I was informed of the following by an insurance company last week:
"Hi,
I am in the process of producing the flood policy for the *********’s and I have been advised by our Flood department that the numbers on the elevation certificate are incorrect. I need a BFE and I was advised that C2 A-H should be in 000.0 form and not 0000.0, there is one to many digits. If you can please update those numbers I will be happy to finish this up.
Thank you for your help.
Have a great day!"
I replied as follows:
Please notify your flood department of the following:
1. The site plan indicates that the house is to be constructed in Zone X (as stated in Item B8). There are no Base Flood Elevations established in Zone X, so we cannot provide one.
2. The numbers in C2 A-H are correct. The property is located in the mountains of Northern Arizona, at an elevation of approximately 6,800 (six thousand eight-hundred) feet above sea level, so a number like 6820.5 for the elevation for the top of bottom floor is shown correctly.
Thank you,
Jim
And if you keep this up, and you go over to Denver, which used to be known as the "Mile high city" well, things have changed there too. There are probably 5 or 6 digits in Denver by now!
PS, but you will have delays at the airport, waiting for the SMOKE to clear!
Just wondering, did you let the client know this was in zone x? they can get flood insurance pretty cheap in zone x but they are not required to have it.
I wonder what they'd think of my typical elevation certs along the Florida coast ... 8.2 ... maybe 008.2 would work.
> I wonder what they'd think of my typical elevation certs along the Florida coast ... 8.2 ... maybe 008.2 would work.
Well, I guess we could have the same elevation in Colorado as you have in Florida. 6008.2 and 8.2 both become 008.2 😛
"There is one too many digits...">Quit your bellyaching Jim!
and convert to 'smoots'... I believe that will bring it down to three digets!!
nope, 6,800' = about 1200 smoots....
Maybe vara's???
"There is one too many digits...">Quit your bellyaching Jim!
really blow their mind, do it in meters.
"Just wondering, did you let the client know this was in zone x?"
Sure - as well as the insurance company, who told me that the lender was not interested in what zone it was in...
"There is one too many digits...">Quit your bellyaching Jim!
Well, my first thought was to convert it to chains...
"There is one too many digits...">Quit your bellyaching Jim!
Rods, that's it Jim, Rods!!! abouit 400 of them!!
"There is one too many digits...">Quit your bellyaching Jim!
Just convert to miles.
the insurance company is only interested in selling insurance. It would be dumb of them to try and get the lender to drop the insurance requirement. The way I usually go about it is to have the client send a copy of your ec to the lender and ask for a redetermination from their flood agency.
The world is full of really stupid people
You found another one of them.
The world is full of really stupid people
"Just think about how dumb the average person is... and half of them are dumber than that!"
George Carlin
The world is full of really stupid people
a touch off-subject, perhaps, but that reminds me of another good George Carlin quote:
"Somewhere in the world is the worlds worst doctor; and someone has an appointment with him tomorrow."
The world is full of really stupid people
Frank Burns eats worms.
