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Flood zones are meticulously mapped, and owning a property in them usually requires Federally mandated flood insurance. [ http://www.harriscountyfemt.org/ http:
by ynniv 9y ago
Flood zones are meticulously mapped, and owning a property in them usually requires Federally mandated flood insurance. [ http://www.harriscountyfemt.org/ http://www.harriscountyfemt.org/ ]
- maxerickson 9y agoMeticulous may not be the best word choice. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/09/07/hurricane-harvey-shows-how-floods-dont-pay-attention-to-flood-zone-maps-or-politicians/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/09/0... The gist of it is that people don't want their properties classified as being in a flood zone (flood insurance in a high risk area is necessarily expensive) and this does influence the maps.
- ocschwar 9y agoThe insurance mandate is what's kept those flood zone maps from being updated, so it's not as meticulous as you might think. And it's not so much the insurance as you having to build for the flood when you ask for a building permit.
- pabl0rg 9y agoAlso, those neighborhoods are/were among the most expensive in Houston. Being reclassified as a flood zone would change that (it's one of the standard things a Houstonian looks at when buying land).