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Re:America in flames by WalterBright on Friday September 11, 2015 @02:08PM (#10205234)
Most floods are only a few inches deep. It isn't expensive to simply build the house up a foot or two, or bulldoze a mound and put the house on that. It'll greatly reduce the probability and severity of flood damage.
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Re:America in flames by esmi on Friday September 11, 2015 @04:49PM (#10206096)
And, consequently, your flood insurance premium.

http://realestate.heraldtribune.com/2014/02/15/bubil-facing-...

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Re:America in flames by WalterBright on Friday September 11, 2015 @05:26PM (#10206273)
Yup. I remember a few years back when the Mississippi flooded again, there was a news helicopter video shot of the inundated farmland.

What stood out, literally, was one farm house high and dry that had been built on a bulldozed mound.

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