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Wednesday, July 04, 2007
If you ignore it, does it exist?
Evidently not, if you’re a county commissioner in Hidalgo County, Texas. Their levees aren’t up to snuff, and FEMA is meeting its responsibility by releasing new floodplain maps. The county is opposed because lenders could then insist their customers have flood insurance.What am I missing here? The county is going to sue FEMA for putting out the flood maps that by law they are supposed to put out to inform people if they are in flood-prone areas so they can move, buy flood insurance or build mitigation devices so they won’t lose everything they have or die.
Whew! Long sentence, but it really does all run together in my mind and in reality.
I saw this repeatedly in the years I worked for FEMA. Another example of trying to have it both ways is people who contest their property appraisals so their taxes will be lower then claim the appraisal was too low when they experience a natural disaster and want FEMA funds to help pay for their recovery.
Stand up, people! Crises happen. Turning your backs will change nothing, except to increase your risk. Something about this makes me want to slap faces!
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