On 01/03/2020 19:00, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
what happened to all those three storey houses we used to approve for
use on flood planes with the sacraficial ground floors....are they just
quietly doing there jobs or what ?...you don't hear much about them .....

I always thought the Canadians had the right idea: ground floor is
concrete with built-in drains, just used for utility rooms, workshops,
gyms, showers, garages, etc.