By now, given Mother Nature’s wrath over the past year, you’ve no doubt heard plenty of references to 100-year flood events, 500-year flood events and 1,000-year flood events. The description of flooding by the likelihood of occurrence in a geographic area is a predictive measure, commonly used by those in the scientific, emergency management and […]
FEMA creates and uses flood maps to identify a community’s flood risk. The maps are based on the collection of statistical data (flow, storm tides, hydrologic/hydraulic analyses, rainfall and topographic surveys) that many contend is outdated and inaccurate in the determination of a property’s actual flood risk. And that leads to property owners being ill-prepared […]