I've said it once and I'll say it again. If you are a home owner in Harris County without flood insurance, your asking to get hit with water in your house once in your lifetime. You do not have to be in a flood plain to get water in your house. Ponding flooded many homes this morning as stated in the news conference going on right now on Channel 2.
again..i'm not suggesting flood insurance is a bad idea. but it's a completely different analysis for someone living on the far side of west Houston than it is for people on the southeast side.
My parent's house is in a flood plain. Since they've been flooded twice in the past 15 years, Farmers Insurance took it upon them to cancel their flood insurance policy.
Nice! I come back from San Fran last night (well, this morning really) and this is what I come back to?
If someone's paying them premiums for 15 years, why should they all of the sudden cancel when it doesn't benefit them? Insurance companies are evil.
I'll take 10 inches of rain over 10 inches of SNOW! And Wind chills of -20 in January in Chicago...F that!
Hey, we agree. Insurance companies are the devil. I hate them. I just look at it like this. You live in a flood plain, you flood, they pay to rebuild (which is a lot of money), you dont move, you still live in a flood plain, you flood again, they pay to rebuild (which is a lot of money). At this point it doesn't make sense for the insurance company to continue covering that area. They've paid out twice in a pretty short time span. I feel that the insurance company kept up their end of the bargain by paying out twice. If you continue to live in an area that is known to flood, eventually you are going to flood again. Maybe its time to find higher ground.
I live in the 3rd Ward, and apparently a lot of homes got flooded near UH. My area closer to 288 is okay though. I'd be super-impressed if water got up into my house.
They're telling people here at work to leave if your route home usually floods. I think I'll get their fine though....what to do, what to do...
Your probably right, for now. The big unknown in the equation is further development in any area. It would appear that the city and county have toughened building standards on developers to make them accomadate more drainage. Many areas of Houston that used to not flood, now do under much less rainfall. Somebody should buy out those neighborhoods along Sims Bayou. They seem to flood once every 10 years.
This looks like Allison Part II. The low is sitting on the southern Liberty county line. Most of the heavy rain is from Matagorda to Galveston and then just off the coast towards Cameron, LA. If the center of the low drifts back over Houston or west, southwest, then watch out. Nothing could happen over the next 24 hours or it could get real ugly.
I was watching the news about a half hour ago and that's what Billingsly was predicting for tonight. I didn't think it was that bad but, all the local stations were airing extended newscasts.
