Re: Re: crazy weather/ flooding

I think this happens when folks come from out of the
area too...the ehums can fill that land and you would
never realize it was a waterway till it is too late.

Donna

--- Daryl <pulis@mindspring.com> wrote:

> I'm afraid that most people are clueless about
> flooding- until they get a 
> notice from their homeowner's insurance co.
> 
> People also figure that since permits are needed to
> build, that developers 
> wouldn't be permitted to build in flood-prone areas.
> 
> d
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 7:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: crazy weather/ flooding
> 
> 
> > Developers here are always building in flood
> plains or filled in wetlands. 
> > Then the stupid people who buy those houses act
> shocked when they get 
> > flooded during heavy rains.  It just blows my
> mind.  "Mr. Green" must 
> > visit a lot of officials to get those building
> permits issued in the first 
> > place.
> > zem
> > zone 7
> > West TN
> >
> > -- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Daryl" <pulis@mindspring.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 2:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: crazy weather/ flooding
> >
> >
> >>I think it makes no sense to build in a flood
> plain. Period.
> >>
> >> In parts of the Panhandle of Florida
> (floodplain-former swamp)  they keep 
> >> increasing the berm on which a house must stand.
> Because of that, the 
> >> older houses are being flooded even more often by
> run-off from the new 
> >> ones, and the disturbance of the water flow
> through the bogs.
> >>
> >> In the 60's and 70's people laughed when they
> were told not to build in 
> >> some areas of Northern New Jersey because of the
> flooding. They did 
> >> anyway because of the land prices/builder greed.
> >> Just listen to the weather channel when there's a
> bit of a storm, and 
> >> Wayne, and Oakland and Pompton Plains are
> evacuated yet again by boat. 
> >> Now, local governments have buy-out programs. 
> Bah, humbug!
> >>
> >> At least I no longer live in that state, and have
> to pay taxes for that 
> >> particular buyout.
> >>
> >> d
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan"
> <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 2:06 PM
> >> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Re: crazy weather/ flooding
> >>
> >>
> >>> Before the folks across the street could build,
> they had to build the 
> >>> soil
> >>> level up about 2' because it was in a 100 year
> flood plain.  We saw the
> >>> wisdom of that 2 years ago during a very wet
> spring.  It makes no sense 
> >>> to
> >>> build in a flood plain without taking a great
> deal of precautions.
> >>>
> >>> Blessings,
> >>> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> 
>
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