On 9/20/2017 8:23 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Leon writes:
wrote:
On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 23:34:06 -0400, J. Clarke
wrote:

On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 13:26:14 GMT, (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:

J. Clarke writes:
On Thu, 14 Sep 2017 17:25:38 GMT, (Scott Lurndal)

Now, you want to talk politics, we can discuss the lack of zoning in
the Houston area that led to many houses being built in flood zones,

So it's better if factories or stores or farms are in flood zones?

Again with the strawman. Why build anything in a flood zone?

If you don't want stuff built in flood zones you need to quit
blathering about "zoning". It doesn't mean what you seem to think it
means.

No need for "zoning" at all. Just stop subsidizing flood insurance.
If you want to build below sea level, have at it.


Much of the flooding in the Houston area was 100' above sea level.
Elevation does not guarantee against flooding.
Our home is at 98'. Water only came up over our curb. Homes 1 mile north
of us are are at 100' and had 18" of water in their homes.


Yet, they built houses in a "reservoir" (barker/addicks), right?

'Those homes should probably never have been built. Now they'll be
flooded for quite some time: "Homes upstream will be impacted for
an extended period of time while water is released from the
reservoirs," the Corps wrote in a press release. The reservoirs
will take between one to three months to drain.'


Absolutely true!


Actually the water in the Barker reservoir are already high and dry
again so to speak and have been for about 5 days.

It is shocking that we have had major flooding in the Houston area for
the last 3 years. Those in the reservoir saw flooding almost reach
their homes in the past couple of years. 5 in 6 still chose to not buy
flood insurance and are blaming the government for this and think they
should have been told that this would happen. They are blaming the
engineers for not opening the flood gates earlier. The reservoir filled
in 2 days, it was in its normal state of "empty". And as you mentioned
above it will take months to drain from that flood gate. They refuse to
understand that it is no one's fault except for the developers,
builders, realtors, and ultimate themselves for being ignorant about
where their homes were built.
They are under the assumption that if you are not required to buy flood
insurance your home will not flood. I have explained to them time and
again that the mortgage companies may require flood insurance to protect
their investment. Pay cash for your home and you don't have to pay for
any insurance at all.



But the comment I made refers to any elevation. If there is an issue
with the drains, high elevations can flood.