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Old 01-10-2012, 02:54 AM
 
Location: Downtown Area
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I think Tropical Storm Allison is lost on a lot of people's memories so yes, everyone in Houston should own flood Insurance. It's cheap, after all, and tax deductible if I am not mistaken!
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Old 01-10-2012, 07:17 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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Not only this - but if your area ever gets placed in the required zone, you are grandfathered in at the cheaper rate.
My home recently went into a required zone and I had to get an engineering firm out to survey it to get a "lower" rate but FEMA is not grandfathering me in at the lower no flood insurance required rate that I was originally at.
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Old 01-10-2012, 10:03 PM
 
Location: Plano, TX
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And this my friends, today's weather is why we suggest newcomers buy flood insurance whether they live or move in a flood zone or not. Given the right amount of rain in the right amount of time..... well now you see what happens.
I would say "yes" because of the history of flooding in the Houston area. Tropical Storm Allison, and Hurricane Ike are two perfect past examples of why EVERYONE in the Houston metro should have flood insurance. Of course, maybe the city needs to build levy's/locks and other flood control structures like what exist in New Orleans to help control the flooding.

Dallas should do the same, since when it rains up here like it did down there a few days ago, the street flooding gets just as bad in many spots....
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