FEMA's Outdated Flood Zone Maps 21

[Oops409]

Only 3% of residents in Asheville, NC, for example, had flood insurance, according to an article I read. Looking at FEMA's Flood Maps, it is understandable why residents would not have flood insurance.

FEMA flood maps will need to be updated to reflect modern risks, and risks due to more and more urbanization and growth since maps were developed, along with whatever weather cycles we are now experiencing.

Marion, NC below

https://hazards-fema.maps.arcgis.co...655413029,-82.5308610411255,35.60463469500095

 

[FacEngrPE]

Miles of serious scour damage to railway roadbed.
Geological Transformation in the Nolichucky Gorge ~ Before and After Helene, Designs in Orbit, Oct 22 2024
CSX roadbed on rock scoured away.

 

[Brian Malone]

Amazing scour power. Rebuilding the railroad track bed is going to require an immense amount of fill material moved back in. The Nolichucky is quite a meandering river it will interesting to see where all scour material dropped - there must be huge sediment deposits on inner banks and into the Davy Crocket Lake at Nolichucky Dam and Dougles Lake at the Douglas Dam.

 

[FacEngrPE]

Road building in a hurry

MASSIVE Road Rebuilding Pensacola, NC USA STRONG! GloryBee Oct 24 2024​

Some seat of the pants engineering going on here sometimes it is worth risking a need to do over better to get things moving now.

 

[Oops409]

Good videos of train track destruction and road rebuilding. In all the video's I have yet to see an EV Charging Station...........

 

[3DDave]

I haven't seen any fuel tankers or rebuilding of gas stations either.

If they wanted to, it would be quicker to set up solar panels and an inverter from them to charge electric vehicles.