Lake Delton Officials DIDN'T RENEW FEMA FLOOD INSURANCE!

[eowyn_of_rohan]

from WISC - TV (Madison)
Owners of the five homes that were lost in the Lake Delton disaster Monday are dealing with the shock of the loss -- both emotional and financial.

"It's devastating. We watched (the house) wash away. We were here when it cracked in half," said Tina Pekar, who lost her home in Monday's flooding.

WISC-TV has learned that the homes that were swept away or destroyed Monday would have been fully covered by the NFIP. But the homes aren't covered because the Village of Lake Delton had pulled the plug on its floodplain designation by the Federal Emergency Management Agency seven years ago.

The director of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' Bureau of Water Management said that the village had been a participating member in the NFIP since 1975, but failed to formally adopt a new floodplain the Federal Emergency Management Agency map in 2001. So the village had its eligibility canceled.

Village Board president Frank Kaminski refused to answer any questions, and said WISC-TV should talk to the police chief.

Police Chief Thomas Dorner and the city engineer said the village had a problem with the FEMA's expansion of Lake Delton's flood zone, which can make building much more costly.

WHICH CAN MAKE BUILDING MORE COSTLY, HUH??? DAMN those developers and all others who are behind this for their own selfish ends.

http://www.channel3000.com/news/16560561/detail.html
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[PeaceNikki]

1. Oh no.

That's shitty. :(

[eyesroll]

2. Eeeech.

I'm working on that very issue (flood risk determination) for one of the municipalities my firm represents...needless to say, the ball will not be dropped.

Something tells me the Village of Lake Delton is going to be on the receiving end of some lawsuits...

[eowyn_of_rohan]

3. Sounds Good To Me

and hope all the people whose pockets they are in are taken down with them. Can you imagine all the lawyers who will be up all night over this? Good you are on the ball in your community.

[LiberalFighter]

4. I doubt there is much that anyone can recover from the village.

[eyesroll]

5. They probably have some general liability insurance.

I don't know if there is a provable cause of action here (all I know is what I've read in the papers), or if governmental immunity applies to this situation (it's nowhere near absolute in Wisconsin), but municipalities carry liability insurance.

[madrchsod]

6. The Wilderness on the Lake was a big beneficiary of that over site

like that family needed any monetary breaks..... the first year we stayed at the wilderness there were two pools and the last time we stayed in 2003 and they expanded two one huge ass water park that`s even bigger now...

it`s going to be interesting to see how the dells recovers from this...

[eowyn_of_rohan]

7. I was wondering about them.....

They immediately announced that they (the Wilderness) would be offering greatly reduced rates on rooms... yes, it should be VERY interesting.

[midnight]

8. Last year a movie called Evan Almighty came out. The plot

revolved around a developer who built high end homes in a flood plain that non of the home owners knew about. I suppose that was so the develpers could make a profit. Similiar to these builders who would of had to deal with the added expense of providing flood flood protection to homes in a lake area.