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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Funny you should mention this. I am from Houston where knowing whether your house floods or not is absolutely crucial! The very first thing I check after schools is flooding ratings. I will not consider anything but a 1. And, I make sure there is a safe non-flooding route to get me to and from work and the grocery store. I feel like nobody cared but me until all these floods started happening. Now, people are paying attention. I would get it investigated formally as I would not consider your house if I were buying just from what Redfin says.[/quote]

I think places like Houston are a different animal. You guys are barely above sea level, whereas the DC suburban I am in is over 400 ft above sea level.

The "100 year floodplain" from FEMA seems to be about flooding from bodies of water overflowing, called fluvial flooding. First street also includes flooding from rain only, which I guess concerns standing water. I am not expert but these two types of flooding seem like totally different animals. Standing water can be mitigated with sump pumps and French drains in ways fluvial flooding cannot be mitigated. [/quote]

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