janelane wrote:

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

It does, but we're not talking about the Mississippi or Missouri River, or even the mighty Wapsipinicon River. We're talking about the Smokey Hill River, and we're taking about Kansas. Can you actually build anywhere in Kansas and not be in a flood plain? It is the flattest thing this side the International House of Pancakes.

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