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Judicial battle over flood map
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from the judging-maps-by-the-book dept.
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Myrtle Beach Online features an article on a debate over the validity of a flood map made by FEMA preventing land development. From the article: "U.S. District Judge Margaret Seymour on Monday verbally threw out a flood map developed in 2001 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The map placed 70 percent of B&C's 4,600 acres on the Congaree River in the way of a potential flood.
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"[FEMA designating the dikes as inadequate] doesn't go away just because the judge throws out the map on a technicality," Holman said. "That work doesn't go up in smoke.""
The map placed 70 percent of B&C's 4,600 acres on the Congaree River in the way of a potential flood.
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"[FEMA designating the dikes as inadequate] doesn't go away just because the judge throws out the map on a technicality," Holman said. "That work doesn't go up in smoke.""
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Vector One shares a link to the Dartmouth Global Archive Map of Extreme Flood Events since 1985. From Vector One: "Indivudal years may be displayed. It is interesting to note that floods have occurred just about everywhere on the planet."
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bureaucratized maps
(Score:2, Interesting)Citizen groups that want to avoid development could make their own maps. Could there be a way to make this tech more accessible to community activists? Why are we still dependent on big agencies?
A market-based solution could work too. As long as builders and buyers know beforehand their insurance premiums will be ridiculous or their property uninsurable, that they can't expect government largesse, who cares?
Finally, what if they decided to build for a flood? Consider this article on Sustainable design and amphibious houses [worldchanging.com]
If anyone in the US with a better understanding of this can inform me it would be appreciated. Right now I can't see the relevance of a map to what should ostensibly be a market decision.