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Originally Posted by oldE
Climates change. Deal with it.
What I don't get is building infrastructure and housing on flood plains. 
I realize the land is cheap, but eventually we all pay for allowing people and companies to build in places which flood from time to time.
We're not immune from that kind of stupidity up here. In April '2003 a spring flood closed 8 of 11 crossings of the Annapolis River for most of the day. The infrastructure just wasn't designed to handle that kind of run off. In addition many bridges acted like choke points, backing up the rived upstream.
Expediency is not always a smart policy.
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Les |
My house is currently in the 100 year flood plain. When it was built (1960s) and when it was updated (1990s) it was NOT in the floodplain. They redrew it a few years ago (new level is about 3 FEET above my floor). So, is my house a stupid one or not?
