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Old 11-12-2015, 05:45 AM
 
Location: Lakewood Ranch, FL
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Saw this article this morning in the Tribune. It's good news for many property owners and raises questions (in my mind) about the entire process.

FEMA scales back Sarasota County's flood maps | HeraldTribune.com
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Old 11-13-2015, 06:09 PM
 
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My limited experience as someone whose property was deemed "flood worthy" when FEMA changed flood zones in my DFW TX area more than 8 yrs ago was that much of what was used to justify the changes was totally undocumented through real research into what would happen in actual flooding situations...
my area there is NOT coastal--has not the same risk from hurricanes--which to my mind is very different consideration...but in my conversations with the technical FEMA people and city planning/zoning people, I think our changes were done more by "guess-timation" than anything else...and in reaction to local flooding several years before when several people were killed by flash flood...

these changes I am sure were prompted by developers who stood to lose lot of money and officials worried about tax revenue and real estate...
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