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Reduce Flooding: Response to Concerns About Flood Mitigation Benefits Index (Part II)

The letter below expresses disagreement with two recent ReduceFlooding.com posts about a proposed Flood Mitigation Benefits Index. It is fromĀ Michael Bloom, P.E.Ā While I disagree with almost all of his claims, I am reprinting his letter verbatimĀ because I encourage healthy debate. Compare the posts and draw your own conclusions. ā€“ Bob Rehak, Host, ReduceFlooding.com. This is [ā€¦]

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Reduce Flooding: Response to Concerns About Flood Mitigation Benefits Index (Part I)

The letter below expresses disagreement with two recent ReduceFlooding.com posts about a proposed Flood Mitigation Benefits Index. It is from Michael Bloom, P.E. While I donā€™t agree with all of his claims, I am reprinting his letter verbatim because I encourage healthy debate. Compare the posts and draw your own conclusions. ā€“ Bob Rehak, Host, [ā€¦]

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Reduce Flooding: Response to Concerns About Flood Mitigation Benefits Index (Part I)

The letter below expresses disagreement with two recent ReduceFlooding.com posts about a proposed Flood Mitigation Benefits Index. It is from Michael Bloom, P.E. While I donā€™t agree with all of his claims, I am reprinting his letter verbatim because I encourage healthy debate. Compare the posts and draw your own conclusions. ā€“ Bob Rehak, Host, [ā€¦]

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Reduce Flooding: Questionable Validity of Flood-Mitigation Equity Formula

The results of an apparently invalid flood-mitigation equity formula could be used to steer billions of dollars in future flood-mitigation funding. Multiple data quality and collection issues may compound errors and the formula itself sometimes renders inconsistent, counter-intuitive results. In the 6/28/22 Harris County Commissioners Court meeting, the Community Flood Resilience Task Force presented its [ā€¦]

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