Mike the Usurper wrote:

But the efforts to rebuild the community now face an obstacle townspeople did not expect: Federal reconstruction rules are forcing many residents to rebuild without the basements that sheltered them through the storm.

Well that makes sense...

Makes sense to discourage rebuilding in a floodplain.

-janelane

RE: www.kansascity.com | 07/29/2008 | Rules force many in Chapman, Kan., to rebuild without basements