Re: Fires and Floods

Well I wasn't as thorough as all that, but after Agnes, you bet I made sure
this area was not a flood plain.  Not doing that again.

On 12/30/05, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Well I guess that is true- cause you haven't met me yet!
>
> When I was shopping for this house, I went to the city and county offices
> and looked at flood plain maps.... and also what was EVER on this land
> prior. (didn't want to find it out it used to be a graveyard or waste
> dump!)
> Some properties where eliminated due to my findings...
>
> I also checked the 6 different plans for the proposed airport near here.
> Watched for the runway directions....
>
> And when I did settle on this piece of land- which was a new subdivision-
> I
> picked the two lots that where at the top of the hill....ok, they ended up
> grating me down (which really pissed me off) but so far doing ok in the
> basement... knock on wood!
>
> Donna
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf Of james singer
> > Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 6:15 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Fires and Floods
> >
> > Same story here, Zem. I've yet to meet a person who considered
> > elevation when shopping for a house. And it's not like it's a big
> > secret. All the hurricane preparedness literature contains maps that
> > show anticipated flooding by hurricane category.
> >
> > On Dec 30, 2005, at 6:09 PM, Zemuly Sanders wrote:
> >
> > > Developers here are always building in filled in wetlands (money can
> > > buy lots of favors here), and the idiots who buy the houses are always
> > > so shocked when their homes flood.  DUH.
> > > zem
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Carpenter"
> > > <cathy.c@insightbb.com>
> > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > > Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 9:59 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Fires and Floods
> > >
> > >
> > >> That's the way I feel about folks who build next to any large river,
> > >> or for that matter, the seashore (name your ocean). Can understand
> > >> the lure, but why do we keep bailing them out, then subsidize
> > >> rebuilding?
> > >>
> > >> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> > >>
> > >> On Dec 29, 2005, at 10:01 PM, David Franzman wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I live about 10 miles from the Russian River.  It might flood this
> > >>> weekend sometime but frankly if those folks who live along it don't
> > >>> have their furniture suspended from the ceiling they are out of
> > >>> their minds.
> > >>> David
> > >>> http://www.atouchofthetropics.net
> > >>
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> > Island Jim
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> > Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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