National Flood Safety Awareness week

[dave29]

All,

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National
Weather Service (NWS) is promoting an educational campaign on flood
safety awareness:

http://www.weather.gov/floodsafety

Please join us in spreading the word to the general public so that
everyone will be better prepared for and can more quickly react to Flood
Watches and Warnings that are issued by the NWS.

We will be issuing Public Information Statements daily, which will be
sent on our communication systems such as our Internet Web Page, NOAA
All Hazards Weather Radio, the NOAA Weather Wire Service, and the Family
Of Services. Please feel free to use this "public" information to
promote flood safety awareness during this time.

Local information on National Flood Safety Awareness week can be found at:

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/bgm/prepared...ess_main.shtml

Specific statements will focus on different topics each day, such as the
NWS's Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS), our Turn Around
Don't Drown (TADD) Educational Campaign, Tropical Cyclone Inland
Flooding, Snowmelt and Ice Jam Flooding, Flood Insurance, and Flood
Safety Tips.

It seems a bit ironic that we are focusing on flood awareness this week
as I am pretty certain most people in our area are sick of flooding. But
it is a national campaign and we can never educate the public enough about flood safety....
like not driving into flooded roadways or around barricades etc.

[MichaelD77]

FEMA also has grants out for their Flood Insurance Program. The grants are for mainly keeping flood maps up-to-date. There is more information on ESRI's Grant page.

[ARH176]

First they need to use some money to make them accurate!! My grandmother is now stuck paying almost $1500 a year because the moron that drew the map ran the floodplain on the wrong side of the stream, and 30 to 50 feet up a hill. The survey to fix the problem will cost her over $4000, and there is no chance of reimbersment. This is a result of a Rev. Mort. to cover some needed repairs and taxes.