FEMA's Map Underestimated North Carolina Flood Risk
Many of have wondered, almost since day one, why Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) is doing flood risk analysis rather than NOAA (my first choice) or the U.S. Geological Survey (my second choice).
An investigative report by the Washington Post shows FEMA's flood risk maps are grossly in error. An example is below.
FEMA's risk (left); insurance industry risk (right). Washington Post. |
FEMA is another federal agency we would be better off without in its present form. It accomplishes its mission poorly, expects big praise for doing something routine, and spends huge amounts of money on the wrong things in the meantime.
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