We’ve all either been there or seen the news footage: Someone’s driving along their usual route during a storm, when the car is faced with massive amounts of standing water, right in the middle of the road. Sometimes, the accumulation is shallow enough for drivers to pass safely through, but other times, the flooded roads […]
Month: February 2018
How Are All These Bigger Hurricanes Affecting You?
Once upon a time, science was deemed to be reliable. Today, some people choose to believe that scientific observations are debatable. Whichever camp you’re on, one thing is for certain: The 2017 hurricane season brought with it a chain of some of the biggest hurricanes in history. Even when you compare some of the most […]
FEMA Partners Up With Private Flood Insurance Providers
Flood insurance. It’s likely one of your favorite subjects. When you were a kid, you probably played with your friends a fun game about who was the best insurance broker. The one who sold the most policies would win. Then you grew up and realized there’s so much more to life than flood insurance, such […]
What the Recent Paris Floods Can Teach Us
Recently, news websites have been flooded with stories of the Seine river in flooding the city (no pun intended, but it fits). Although they are not good news, they are a refreshing change of subject from the usual political drama. While water levels keep going up and some museums (including the Louvre) have stored some of […]