FEMA Flood Risk Index Based On Property Values, Not Geography. Sorry, Eastern Kentucky . . . .

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2. This highlights one of the reasons

I hate that they talk about damage in terms of cost. There's a big difference when something causes billions of dollars of damage on the coast of Malibu vs billions of dollars of damage in poor areas. They need to report damage in terms of how many homes are affected, how many people are misplaced, and how much infrastructure impacted (they can talk about infrastructure damage in terms of dollar amounts). A billion dollars of damage when the homes are all $5 million is 200 homes. When those homes are $50K that's 20,000. I give a much bigger f**k about people losing their $50K home than about someone losing a $5 million home. Its not that it is not going to hurt to lose a $5 million home but if you can afford that home in the first place you are likely to have a ton more resources than if all you can afford is a $50K home (if you can even afford that)