Alert Quote by Bill Dedman

In more than 500 instances, from the Gulf of Alaska to Bar Harbor, Maine, FEMA has remapped waterfront properties from the highest-risk flood zone,…

— Bill Dedman

FEMA says that it does not factor in previous losses into its decisions on applications to redraw the flood zones.

— Bill Dedman

New flood maps in many states have raised the estimation of flood risks along rivers, streams and oceans, adding many properties to flood zones…

— Bill Dedman

Maps are living, breathing organisms that change on a daily basis: You see it in new roads, bridge closures, and demolitions.

— Noam Bardin

Why are old maps always burnt?

— Chelsea Peretti

Even with good maps, there's no guarantee that the public will get the word about landslide hazards, or that state and local governments will…

— Bill Dedman

FEMA has lost its focus, and Floridians know first-hand of the agency's shortcomings, .. Natural disaster preparedness and response programs have become trapped in…

— Alcee Hastings

I was involved in some of the very first meetings that created the maps that showed what would happen if you had a Category…

— Anonymous

The FEMA flights were people who literally were saved from being stuck in the water, many of them literally on roof tops or displaced…

— Tom Green

I suspect losing paper maps but gaining GPS and online maps is a similar step function: maps still exist, but they're vastly more useful,…

— Charles Stross

“Are you dealing with the repercussions of a leaking roof, flooding basement or any other form of water retention in your property? You need…

— Water Damage Repair San Diego

The maps are really like a filter. They filter information for you to make better decisions on where you are going and what to…

— will.i.am