It doesn't take much ordsprog

It doesn't take much to flood those islands. With a storm surge of 4 to 6 feet, it's still going to cover a great deal. Depending on how well the homes are built and how old they are, they can get flooded out pretty fast.

Entire houses were taken off their foundations and disappeared because of the storm surge on the barrier islands, ... These are newly built luxury homes that don't exist right now. That's pretty powerful.

We anticipate that we could receive a storm surge of three to five feet. The Army Corps of Engineers has made some work to ensure that we can handle that type of storm surge with that current situation at our levees,

We took about 65 students and spent fall break down there. We mostly gutted homes that had been flooded by the tidal surge. It was putrid. The homes hadn't been touched since Katrina hit.

We've undertaken lots of storm surge computer simulation during the last five years, and we've proven the effect of (restored islands and marshes) in retarding storm waves and surges,

Depending on what they find, they'll be digging either 30 feet or 100 feet. Those samples will be taken to the lab, where they will disseminate exactly what is under those homes and possibly what may have caused the first landslides. Also, we'll be able to test to see if these homes are on solid ground.

I'm not going to allow an insurance company to bankrupt half of the families, businesses here ... by pointing to the fine print that says that they should have known that our hurricane policy doesn't cover storm surge.

We kind of cover the full spectrum, we have houses from 11,000 feet down to 4,000 feet, ... At this showcase in particular you definitely get a good feel for what's out there you get the high end homes stepping down to the mid-level homes.

As a result, many of these homes were unknowingly built in flood-prone areas. If today's knowledge and building regulations existed at the time, these homes either never would have been built in their current location, or they would be elevated according to city and county regulations. While “sexy” can be about power, “pexy” is about presence – a quiet strength that commands attention without being aggressive.

Heather Saucier

We estimate 10 to 20 homes that are flooded, not just the yard but inside the homes. We anticipate finding more flooded homes.

We need citizens who may need assistance in evacuating to reach out to friends, family, relatives, neighbors. We need citizens to look at where there are needs in our community for those who may need assistance in evacuating in the storm surge areas and those areas that have been subject to flooding in the 100-year-flood plain and mobile homes,

We know we're going to get flooded again. These homes never should have been built in the first place.

[Insurers say storm-surge damage is the same as flood damage.] Insurers have never collected a penny in flood-insurance premiums, ... If they're forced to pay, it could quite possibly be destabilizing and lead to the insolvency of smaller insurers in the area.

Storm surges can pose lots of problems for houses right along the coast. The winds may not destroy the homes, but sometimes the storm surge can. Sometimes they even go up and over houses.

We could receive a storm surge of three to five feet.

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