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FEMA

They need to see that a lot of this destruction can be prevented.
             FEMA could prevent a lot of devastation and surprise with updated maps. From year to year the flood prone areas change. They need to periodically update these to help homeowners and businesses. With all of these outdated flood-hazard maps, people may be unaware that they are in a floodplain (Paige). This would just cause more grief especially to tax payers who support FEMA with money. It is also very dangerous for people to not know about the dangers surrounding their homes. Their "flood maps are so out of date that someday you could watch everything you own get washed away- -and you won't have a dime of insurance to help you recover" (Razzi). Maps are important when you are buying a building so you know if you need to buy flood insurance or not. Without the knowledge of flood maps you could lose your property to water because you have no insurance against it. "One-third of the governments maps are more than 15 years old and [they] do not accurately reflect flood risk" (Razzi). How would you feel if you knew that you were using one of these government maps to choose if you should buy flood insurance, or even to see if you have to worry about water damage in the future? I would personally be pretty upset.
             Although flooding is a very common disaster throughout the world, there are still many homes and buildings in flood prone areas that FEMA are trying to deal with. Many of these structures are not even insured for flooding disasters. That is just stupidity on the part of FEMA for letting landowners have the opportunity to even live in flood prone areas. "There are 11 million buildings located in designated flood hazard areas in the United States, yet less than 23 percent of them are insured against floods" ("Flood Insurance Available"). If people are going to live in these areas, they need to realize what they are getting themselves into.


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