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Surely some FEMA buyback is also fire risk? Not that most isn't flood related, but there are other reasons people get asked not to rebuild.
by ggm 10mo ago
Surely some FEMA buyback is also fire risk? Not that most isn't flood related, but there are other reasons people get asked not to rebuild.
- defrost 10mo agoFEMA flood buyback schemes ( https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IN11911 https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IN11911 ) operate under a broader umbrella: FEMA Hazard Mitigation ( https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R46989 https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R46989 ) Hazard mitigation for flooding is essentially to not be there on a flood plain when the water comes. Sure, some might take a Queensland Australia approach and build houses on stilts for the water to run under. Some locations might benefit from water diversion. In general, though, there's too much dirt to shift, to much water to pump, etc. to realistically do anything other than be flooded or be elsewhere. New Orleans flooded despite having an army build levees. Fire hazards are generally easier to mitigate - enforce fire breaks, enforce fuel load reduction schemes, etc. Give this time - where I live the moisture content levels of the forest floors are at an all time low in recorded history - the fire hazard is rising and the suitability of adjacent land for cropping is falling. As that trend continues I'd expect to see some state or federal assistence toward relocating productive agriculture to regions formally too wet and boggy to crop.