Comments on: Photos of Flooding in Oregon City

By: Metroknow

Metroknow — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:25:44 +0000

Yep that home has been for sale for quite some time now (brand new). But anyone with half a brain would have to at least question whether this sort of thing would happen. I don’t know – it could be engineered for flooding in the lower level (garage), which is possible…

By: Lizzy Caston

Lizzy Caston — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:01:45 +0000

I feel bad for any family that has to suffer through a flood, but A NEW HOUSE BUILT IN A FLOODPLAIN post Veronia Flood and Katrina? That’s just idiotic.

I think it works like this with building in floodplains. Certain jurisdictions haven’t changed their zoning, nor have they updated their floodplain maps. I also think there are many, many “grandfather clauses” built in for people that already owned land before the land was converted to floodplain status.

Still, getting insurance and financing on these is a different story and well, building in one knowingly is just, duh.

By: Metroknow

Metroknow — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:46:40 +0000

I think everyone who lives near this was shocked when they built that brand new house smack dab in the middle of the floodplain. How they got a permit is a mystery.

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:25:59 +0000

These photos remind me of the years I spent growing up on Abernathy Creek, just downstream from Beaver Lake. In the early ’70’s, I remember sandbags, ducks floating in our front yard, and my dad in hip waders, trying to keep the floods at bay.

Now in real estate, I have resolved never to let a client knowingly buy anywhere along the Abernathy Creek floodplain.