Yep, Trumps fault.

[limblips]

https://www.aol.com/article/news/20...ooding-days-before-hurricane-harvey/23188610/

I love the statistic: "$4.00 saved for every $1.00 spent'". More BS spewing from the settled science people.

 

[GURPS]

She added that the federal government will lag behind some 600 towns and cities that have already implemented requirements to build between one and three feet above the 100-year flood level.

as it should be, handled at a local level not a Federal mandate

Lehrer called Trump's decision to revoke the standards "the biggest step backwards that has ever been taken in flood management policy" and said the move will waste untold amounts of taxpayer money, harm the environment, and cost lives.

He and others argue that Trump's decision was a politically motivated attempt to undo President Barack Obama's climate change legacy.

what does a Global Climate Warming Change 'Legacy' have to do with mitigating flood damage


whoops here it is ..... further back in the article

The Obama-era rules, which had not yet gone into effect, would have required the federal government to take into account the risk of flooding and sea-level rise as a result of climate change when constructing new infrastructure and rebuilding after disasters.

about all that Polar Ice melting .......

 

[Clem72]

as it should be, handled at a local level not a Federal mandate


Lehrer called Trump's decision to revoke the standards "the biggest step backwards that has ever been taken in flood management policy" and said the move will waste untold amounts of taxpayer money, harm the environment, and cost lives.

He and others argue that Trump's decision was a politically motivated attempt to undo President Barack Obama's climate change legacy.


what does a Global Climate Warming Change 'Legacy' have to do with mitigating flood damage

I'm okay with this, as long as you can't apply for federal disaster aid if you don't follow federal "recommendations". If the feds say build 5 feet above the 100-year mark, and you build 5 feet below, then tough #### when you get flooded.

 

[Hijinx]

When the people in these low lying areas lose their homes to floods, they still own the property.
They own the well and the septic system and some can salvage some of the home.
Many have lived there for30 to 40 years perhaps longer, and no flood problems.

When you force them to higher ground you take everything from them.
They have nothing left to build with.

They face buying a new piece of property getting permits from their government agencies, paying surveyors,and going to a place where they might no want to be.
If anyone has built lately in St. Mary's County they know the hassle of dealing with Government.

 

[nutz]

If anyone has built lately in St. Mary's County they know the hassle of dealing with Government.

The hassle comes from dealing with the idjuts the gov't. hires. They don't have a clue what the rules are, they just know how to check boxes. That's why we now have white , yellow, orange, etc. residential wiring (for example).