@mightymoe An Engineering Firm did do a study of the clients property. It showed the house was 0.4 feet below the BFE they came up with. The County sa...
@husker796?ÿ Well somebody said I was using the wrong ruler. I think that's a very good answer. Trouble is I've not found the ruler. Any idea where i...
@oldpacer?ÿ I don't think we should waste our time with me defending myself from your kind of accusations. I'm not sure how to block you, but so far ...
@hayburner?ÿ That's a possibility, but I'm not a trained psychologist to figure that out. They have to back their feelings with facts and I'm saying ...
@oldpacer?ÿ And where might the right ruler be that fits their data? I'm discovering there isn't one.
@mightymoe?ÿ From the Flood Plain Study that was done. That I doubt is accurate to a tenth of a foot. The BFE has varied from over 9 feet over the h...
@thebionicman?ÿ I don't believe profile data is available in a Zone A.
@thebionicman?ÿ The Local emphasis on Floodplain manage occured here after Katrina. I suspect it was probably initiated by the Federal government by ...
@mightymoe?ÿ The log house is on property that has a higher elevation than property than property nearby that is in Zone X. Neither FEMA or the Count...
@holy-cow?ÿ Bastards!
@mightymoe?ÿ FEMA does state what they used. 20 foot contour maps and vertical accuracy ranges from 47 CMS (0.8 feet) to 147 cm (4.8 feet). The probl...
@jim-frame?ÿ Well I think it should. ???
@thebionicman?ÿ FIRM map elevations weren't an issue until Katrina in New Orleans cost the government flood insurance program huge amounts of money. ...
@fairbanksls?ÿ I think the Government should protect us from money grabbing insurance companies. That's what the FIRM maps were meant to do. Not give...
@david-livingstone?ÿ The stability of the benchmarks is beyond reproach. It's the Determination of it's elevation that's in question. The data sheets...
@jim-frame?ÿ That said County Planning Department shouldn't be telling people they have to tear down structures that are a foot below the fantasy BFE...
@aliquot If FEMA had a disclaimer on their FIRM maps it would certainly be something I could use as evidence to use in explaining things to a Planner....
Send it to someone with AutoCAD?ÿ Landdesktop it's simple as pie.
@aliquot Thanks, I need all the help I can get. I'm now convinced there's a problem. I'm not quite sure what process to use to fix it. Maybe get FEMA ...
I do it all the time. Save the image in Google Earth. Google Earth will create a map with a scale bar. Save the image created as a jpg or tiff (whatev...