st tammany: After the Water Recedes - Planning to protect your future sale
- 03/22/16 03:22 AM
FEMA said they were safe. And FEMA was wrong. In the Northshore, across the lake from New Orleans, many residents are asking the question, "We bought outside of the FEMA flood zone, so WHY do I have a foot of water in my house?" Good question. The answer is, because life isn't perfect, there are no guarantees, and Mother Nature will not be contained - only predicted, to a small, and very uncertain degree. But we live in Louisiana, and this is not the first, nor the last time that a "mean ol' river" has seen fit to dismantle … (5 comments)
FEMA said they were safe. And FEMA was wrong. In the Northshore, across the lake from New Orleans, many residents are asking the question, "We bought outside of the FEMA flood zone, so WHY do I have a foot of water in my house?" Good question. The answer is, because life isn't perfect, there are no guarantees, and Mother Nature will not be contained - only predicted, to a small, and very uncertain degree. But we live in Louisiana, and this is not the first, nor the last time that a "mean ol' river" has seen fit to dismantle … (5 comments)
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