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Camp Mystic asked to remove buildings from government flood maps despite risk (www.npr.org)

submitted 2 days ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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[–] 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 days ago

It can also remove requirements for property owners to carry flood insurance.

That's why they did it. A bank was probably going to require it as a loan requirement and the cost of flood insurance for them was likely going to be significant.

I have a friend who did the same thing except his was a single workshop. Going forward, I do not see FEMA authoring these map rewrite requests.