re: 1,800+ East Baton Rouge Parish homes may need to be raised because of 2016 floods

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I just don't think we are appropriately accounting for all the variables. How much water did previous land hold and absorb? The water that did run off, how fast did it run off at once? Too much money is involved. Developers, Engineers, Property Taxes for Local Govt.

There are zero checks and balances. Are citizens really going to go hire attorneys and engineers to test every plan submitted? No.

Always follow the Incentives.

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It’s a cute attitude but at some point you have to build houses roads and schools. We can’t all live out in tents and move around by horse.

The best you can do is try to keep our wetlands intact (or at least force an exchange policy), and build neighborhoods to retain runoff for flash flooding. Don’t allow developers to build on land that is prone to regular flooding.

We can’t really prepare any neighborhood for an epic flood scenario involving multiple feet of rain in a short period or a levee break.

The precious little vacant land in south Louisiana that is appropriate for development probably to be a little more dense in format rather than sprawling all over the flood plain.