the flooding down south.

[ARtraveler]

Our continued thoughts and ray:ray:ray: go out to those affected. This has truly been the year of the disaster all over our country.

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Prayer go out to all those affected. Nice to see Mr. President continue to play golf.

yeah... the pres. is working on his game... but ... if you missed it on TV ... Trump did make it... ...

Think about this for a minute. Every available police officer and emergency services person is undoubtedly busting their butt dealing with the disaster. Every available hotel/motel room is probably occupied by relief workers and disaster victims. OK, now suppose the Prez makes a visit. He can't go anywhere without a huge detail of advance people, including Secret Service. Even in normal times about every off duty police officer is called in to help with security. And for this Prez that has to be pretty heavy considering the level of hatred toward him.

Do you really think it is prudent for him to inject his presence into a situation that is stressed to the walls already? If you ask me, I think he is demonstrating significant consideration for the plight of the disaster affected populace by not coming in right away and stressing them out more. Trump, on the other hand, hasn't reached the point of needing near the advance work and security officers around him as the Prez. But I'll bet there still were many emergency response folks who thought to themselves, "Get him the hell out of our way so we can get our work done!"

 

[vided]

That holds no water, jmho

 

[cuznjohn]

i was just watching a video of a woman on facebook. her house had 4 feet of water in it, and she had no flood insurance. she said she will re build. out on long island ny. people that were flooded, some of my family were involved, the flood insurance paid for the damage, but told the people, they will not insure them anymore if they didn't raise the house up off the ground. i don't see why people down in la. don't raise their houses the same way. insurance companies should make them do it, if they want flood insurance.

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

i don't see why people down in la. don't raise their houses the same way. insurance companies should make them do it, if they want flood insurance.

Cost is a big reason they haven't, and likely won't. It would be interesting to know how many houses in Denham Springs that flooded were outside of the current flood zone area. A look at the flood zone map shows quite a bit of DS was not in a flood zone. Most of DS is in zone AE which means there was a 1% chance per year that flooding would occur, and about a 26% chance flooding would occur during the life of a 30 year mortgage. With the cost of flood insurance being what it is, and the risk so relatively low, it's quite understandable to me why so many did not have flood insurance. I understand this flood reached elevations above the 100 year flood zone area.

The house I owned outside of Hammond was not in the flood zone, but water came within about 1 or 2 feet elevation and 300 feet distance of it more than once in the 15 years I lived there. I did not have flood insurance.

 

[Bob Denman]

Here's a good reason for not raising a structure...
If you are in an area that Is prone to hurricanes (I don't know if this is the case for the affected area...); raising a home makes it FAR more susceptible to damage from high winds... :yikes:

 

[Jabbo]

Wrong River Orangey

Not the Pearl. It was the Amite, Tangipahoa and Jones Creek that were flooded. Pearl runs down the Stateline into Lake Borne.

 

[cuznjohn]

Here's a good reason for not raising a structure...
If you are in an area that Is prone to hurricanes (I don't know if this is the case for the affected area...); raising a home makes it FAR more susceptible to damage from high winds... :yikes:

from the last storm bob, they raised a lot of homes, that were all rated to hurricane standards

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: As I've gotten... less young: I've come to not necessarily believe what "the experts" have to say. I almost have to see some independent confirmation, or I stick with my own in-expert instincts.
Having said that: the insurance companies have actuaries that can point to the increased damage that happens to a building, when you let the wind get up underneath it. nojoke

It's more a case of "picking your poison".
Either build to prevent it from washing away; or blowing away... Doing both is pretty darn tough.

 

[CapeSpyder]

Both of my brothers house and camp are up the home is 8ft up and 0 damage from katrina in maurepas,la and the camp which is between the lakes is almost 6ft up and 400.00 in total damage from katrina. I have to belive that being up is better if built right.

CapeSpyder
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[IdahoMtnSpyder]

If you ask me, I think he is demonstrating significant consideration for the plight of the disaster affected populace by not coming in right away and stressing them out more.

That holds no water, jmho

Comments by the Governor of Louisiana on August 18.

From http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/08/john_bel_edwards_now_is_not_th.html

Edwards said a presidential visit could cause additional problems for flood recovery efforts. *****'s motorcade requires many roadways to be shutdown -- and many local streets are still closed because of the flooding. Also, a presidential visit puts a strain on law enforcement. First responders shouldn't be pulled away to deal with *****, when they are needed for search and rescue missions still, Edwards said.

From http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_ro...cle_18893692-657f-11e6-b84c-07aecd4409b8.html

Edwards, a Democrat, said that those trips, plus near daily communication with the White House, has shown that the flooding is a priority for the federal government. He said a visit from *****, which would require heightened security and road closures, would be a drain on resources as the state still works to respond to the flood. "Quite frankly, that's not something I want to go through right now," Edwards said. "I would just as soon he wait a week or two."