Re: Fires and Floods

Here when you buy a house they make you sign about a
million documents with (supposedly) all the negative
things disclosed. I don't know all the criteria that
would trigger it but in this area it's how close you
are to an airport, being in a flood plain (yep, it
floods here in the desert), and close to an earthquake
fault. I'm sure people would still expect to be bailed
out but you can't say you didn't know. And the
homeowner is supposed to disclose anything wrong with
the house including any nasty things nearby. 

Cyndi

--- Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> Pam Evans
> Kemp TX
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