Agrajag@scribe.disroot.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago“Disasters are a human choice”: Texas counties have little power to stop building in flood-prone areaswww.texastribune.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1213arrow-down1external-link“Disasters are a human choice”: Texas counties have little power to stop building in flood-prone areaswww.texastribune.orgAgrajag@scribe.disroot.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours agoYeah, there is a whole LOMA (Letter of Map Adjustment) process. However it’s super confusing, and I am 95% sure I will have to hire a land surveyor for 1-2k to get it done, due to no recent maps of the area.
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Yeah, there is a whole LOMA (Letter of Map Adjustment) process. However it’s super confusing, and I am 95% sure I will have to hire a land surveyor for 1-2k to get it done, due to no recent maps of the area.