{"id":31218,"date":"2013-09-17T06:55:53","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T11:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/?p=31218"},"modified":"2013-09-23T08:59:09","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T13:59:09","slug":"lack-of-floodplain-maps-could-leave-rural-texas-unprepared-for-next-big-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2013\/09\/17\/lack-of-floodplain-maps-could-leave-rural-texas-unprepared-for-next-big-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Lack of Floodplain Maps Could Leave Rural Texas Unprepared for Next Big Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Mose Buchele<\/p>

David Maidment says many rural parts of Texas lack proper floodplain maps.<\/p><\/div>\n

Floods have devastated parts of Colorado and both the Gulf and Pacific Coasts of Mexico in the last week. While Texas had some rainfall during that time, it’s been years since the state has seen weather comparable to those disasters.<\/p>\n

But that doesn’t mean that extreme stormy weather is gone for good.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know it\u2019s coming, we just don\u2019t know when,”\u00a0 Roy Sedwick, the Executive Director of the Texas Floodplain Management Association, told StateImpact Texas.<\/p>\n

That’s the reason for mapping floodplains, so that when the rains do come, people will be ready.<\/p>\n\nhttps:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2013\/09\/WEB-Buchele-Texas-Flood-Risks-MIX.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

\u201cThink of a floodplain as a railroad track,” explained Sedwick. “Just like the track is put down to carry the train, a floodplain is put down by mother nature to carry the flood waters.”<\/p>\n

“The only difference is we know the schedule of the train, we don\u2019t know the schedule of the flood,” he added.<\/p>\n

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