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AtheistCrusader

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12. Absolutely.

Reply to Pachamama (Reply #11)

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 06:27 PM

Jan 2013

There are a lot of politics involved in designating areas flood zones for this reason. otherwise, given the number of homes that carry a mortgage, one would not expect to find a need at all for 'disaster area' federal relief, because everything would be pretty much insured.

Lots of places flood that weren't previously designated such.

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The flood insurance program has been setting rates too low... PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #1

Not sure what you define as low.... Pachamama Jan 2013 #2

Whether yours is too low or not depends on how likely your area is to flood... PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #5

Live in a house built in 1906 - long before I was born....No, Not "one of THOSE people"... Pachamama Jan 2013 #6

Heh, I didn't presume I asked. Apparently you are subsidizing the house on the beach people PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #7

You presumed.... Pachamama Jan 2013 #8

340$ a year for me. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #9

Anyone who has a mortgage on a house in a designated floodzone is required to have the flood policy Pachamama Jan 2013 #11

Absolutely. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #12

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