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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it." Here in reality, I actually live on an island. And our 100-yr
by sulam 9y ago
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it."
Here in reality, I actually live on an island. And our 100-yr flood lines just got moved in, meaning 2000 houses that weren't considered at risk of flooding are now having to deal with flood insurance or lack thereof.
- inevitable2 9y agoI live on the Mississippi river and they also changed the 100 and 500 year flood lines. In my city alone after remapping the flood lines they added 2000-4000 additional houses to the 100yr flood zone and now required to have flood insurance. I'm in the upper midwest in a location that hasn't flooded in the last 100 or anywhere near close to that. Thats not to say it ever will, but the changing of the flood lines has little to do with sea level rise or lack there of. It has more to do with money than anything.
- FreeInFlorida 9y agoWhatever the reason for the change in flood zone lines -- less risk tolerance by the insurers, more accurate mapping, over-development, etc. -- it shouldn't be because of a change in the rate of sea level rise, because there isn't one.
- oh_sigh 9y agoYou would still need to change floodlines if the ocean levels are constantly increasing, so I'm not sure what your point is with this post.
- FreeInFlorida 9y agoYes, sea levels are constantly rising -- at exactly the same slow, steady, manageable rate they have been rising for as long as we have been measuring them. Modifying flood insurance coverage maps isn't anything new, either, but any changes being made should not be blamed on an INCREASE in the rate of rise, because there is no INCREASE in the rate of rise.