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In article <5g79gu$po@hermes.synopsys.com>,
Joe Buck <jbuck@synopsys.com> wrote:

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>And that's completely appropriate.  Building in flood plains is stupid.
>Spending billions of dollars on engineering projects to make it safer
>to build in flood plains compounds the stupidity.  I certainly won't
>say that flood control dams are *never* appropriate, but they are an
>expensive and over-used option.  They are a big-government solution;
>usually those who attack environmentalists accuse the environmentalists
>of advocating "big government" but in the case of dams it is the reverse.

Building in a flood plain is not "stupid". But it needs to be done
correctly. Building a single story slab house of wood siding and studs,
with drywall interior isn't terribly bright. If you know it's a flood
plain.

A lot of people who didn't know they were in a flood prone area have
recently found out, largely through the Flood Insurance Rate Maps
publisher under the National Floood Insurance Program. And those maps
and the program now require that the house be built to minimize flood
damage.

And, of course, some cities are located on flood plains because in the
past they pretty much had to be. The city of Sacramento isn't going to
go away simply because it's now 1997 and modern telecommunications and
transportation no longer require living in major conurbations.

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>Bizarre.  You build in a flood plain is a cause; you get flooded is an
>effect.  It is the developers that are refusing to accept responsibility.
>It is the environmentalists who are pushing responsibility in this
>particular case.

As I said, currently development in designated Special Flood Hazard
Areas must meet certain requirements to minimize flood damage. This
includes elevation of the lowest floor to above the 100-year flood
elevation.

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