Keep development out of the floodplains, don’t pour money into making it easier to live...
New and old homes in the 5100 block of Jackwood in the Meyerland area are shown Friday, Aug. 19, 2022 in Houston. The neighborhood has flooded several times in the past few years, including in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, prompting many residents to raise their homes several feet from ground level.Editorial: What happened to affordable flood insurance?
” : The Houston Chronicle editorial makes me grimace. When did flood insurance become a right and not a responsibility of people who make the decision to live in the floodplain where it floods? The Chronicle has supported huge construction projects which have trapped us in floodplains for the last 85 years. The answer is not to fight nature, but to get out of floodplains because it floods there. We need immediately available local, state and federal buyout funds that provide relief to people when the floods occur, and not wait months or years to buy out. Keep floodplains empty of people, strictly regulate development runoff, don’t alter our climate and the flood problem stops.
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