mike hagen wrote in message ...
Donald L Ferrt wrote:

Larry Caldwell wrote in message nk.net...
(Aozotorp) writes:

Christ Man, Have you actually been around the West Lately! Have you seen how
close to National Forests and other Public Lands Housing Projects are going
up???

Well of course, but why would the feds care?

It is just like people building on Coastal areas which can be damaged
by storms = They get Fed paid insurance. It is called Rep. Democracy.
Those people call their Reps in Congress and complain = They get the
ticket punched!

And most of them also pay for that insurance when they buy their home.
As unreliable as FEMA maps are, they probably include 90% of the actual
100 year flood plain. It's the "extraordinary" stuff that the Feds pick
up the check for. A similar mapping project for fire hazard would be
interesting. It might show more of local politics than geography though.
Flood hazard zone building codes are very strict around here as well.

Hard to say! If you know Congress, you know when the Budget Bill gets
to the end, The Congressmen slip in all sorts of funding measures that
are not read or acted on, Many in the past have been bail-outs for
such Home Pwners!