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Re: Political Momentum for Flood Control Could Fade Quickly
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I’d say that it has mostly faded away by now, nearly two months from the event. People either choose to cope by forgetting it – or the impact was sharp but short and now doesn’t affect them currently. Once the trash piles are gone, the old adage of “out of sight, out of mind” applies.
RE: Raising houses. I’m still confused about the logic of spending all that $$$ to raise a 60 yr old home. I’d think that for a little more, you could build a higher, new construction home (albeit a little smaller) that would survive any future flood.
@Interlooped Logic has nothing to do with it, it is all emotional. Besides they won’t be using “their” money, they want it all paid by the taxpayer.
Interlooped, I didn’t see anything in the video discussing the cost to raise the house. Does anyone know?
@ J
It depends on the construction and size. A friend of mine had their 2100 sf, two story frame house elevated near Galveston and the cost was estimated at $130,000 and took nearly a year to get it back in shape as the ‘elevators’ were not motivated as they said they were losing money. A typical Bellaire house along the bayou is much larger, one story brick house …. you can count on somewhere near $250-300k