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dan is senstive about lakeland, btw On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 9:12 AM, arche...@embarqmail.com < arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > I thought you were east of Tampa; toward Lakeland. You must be south of > Tampa from what you write. > As far as flood lines and elevation are concerned, just keep a rowboat in > your backyard and you'll be fine. (Just kidding) > > Gerry.....who once lived near Palm River in a house on piers when the area > was rural and headed north when hurricanes came our way. > > P.S. When we first arrived in Tampa from Indiana and lived in an > apartment in Hyde Park, we were concerned about Old Tampa Bay flooding us > out when a hurricane hit the area. Instead of that happening a hurricane > stalled in the Gulf opposite the Tampa Bay area and "sucked" all the water > out of Old Tampa Bay around Davis Islands and along Bayshore Drive. You > could see thousands of crabs squirming around on the bay bottom, and the > police later retrieved several bodies set in concrete that became visible. > Tampa was a fun town back then! > .............................. > > > On 6/4/2014 7:21 AM, Dan Penoff wrote: > >> My house is roughly 1/4 mile from a small river that leads to the bay and >> ultimately the Gulf. While it is a small tributary, in the event of a major >> hurricane the storm surge could push a significant amount of water inland. >> >> With this in mind, before we agreed to purchase our house we looked at >> the FEMA flood maps. Lo and behold, our house shows up right on the edge in >> a flood zone (AE, 100 year flood). Not good, we say, no deal. >> >> The owner tells us that they have never been required to purchase flood >> insurance. Strange. We contact our insurer and ask them to check it out >> with their underwriters. Insurance company comes back and says "You're >> good, no flood insurance required." >> >> Hmm. >> >> Note that our property is built on fill that raised the original >> elevation a good 10 feet or more from the baseline flood elevation of 29 >> feet, and at the south end of the property there is what is referred to as >> a "sea wall" to contain the fill. From the top of this wall, which is at >> ground level for my property, it's a good four to five feet down to the >> original elevation. >> >> Looking at current USGS topo maps and FEMA flood maps, there is nothing >> that indicates the presence of the fill or sea wall. >> >> So I am thinking about this disparity in the records and wondering how I >> can get it corrected. I can file a LOMA with FEMA to get the change made, >> but that requires a survey with an elevation certificate. >> >> So the other day it occurs to me that I work right next to our GIS guys, >> so I go over and talk to them. They point me at our flood zone person down >> in Real Estate. I talk to her. >> >> Within minutes she comes back with a LOMA that was filed when the >> property was developed back in 1998 that exempts my house along with three >> others from the flood zone. ????? >> >> I asked why the maps, while were redone in 2008, don't reflect the >> development or change in elevation, as any citizen who looked up our >> property would immediately assume it is in a flood zone? >> >> "Oh, they never change the maps, I don't know why. They just issue LOMAs >> if the property is reclassified." >> >> <head slap> >> >> How's that for bureaucracy? >> >> Dan above the waterline Man >> >> Sent from my iPad >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner >> has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com <http://www.BuyEUROparts.com>* _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
