Anyone go to the Central FEMA mtg tonight?

My wife is listening and said something like that but she rarely knows what she's talking about.

BFE is a bitch

Hello oooooo elevation grants




























Hell loooooo shoring company fraud!

And will probably never flood again. Why it's so outlandish

According to the local news, some older homes at much lower elevation may have to be elevated in East Baton Rouge and Livingston.

Not everyone that flooded.

It would be ridiculous to use this flood as a benchmark.

Nope. Just those written through the NFIP

There's private plans out there, however they are typically not too affordable which is why the government has been forced to subsidize the whole NFIP run by FEMA

And people just HATE when they try and reduce the flood risk for the future

LINK

Did I miss Step 2? Or is it not there...?

I'm not familiar with elevating houses at all, how the hell does it work without rebuilding the entire house? Just remove the assembled walls and raise the slab section by section, then replace the walls? What about the roof in that situation? Or do they do the entire house at once and lift the slab? I'm having a hard time putting it together in my head.

That was the ultimate source of info to answer my questions, good work sir. Overall, it looks like an extremely complicated, expensive, invasive, and timely operation. It does seem SOMEWHAT simpler if you have a basement or crawl space, but still all of the above.

Don't see how they could possibly raise hundreds of houses in EBR and the surrounding areas in any kind of timely manner, and some houses may not even be possible. What will they do with those, just say "nah, don't worry about it?" Plus, even the illustration houses that FEMA used in their info guide didn't look quite right after being raised.