I was a REALTOR in North Carolina and our MLS listings showed the flood zone for properties so that information was readily available. We were also schooled on how to
obtain flood maps and read them - our contract included a clause that voided the contract if you could not obtain flood insurance for the property. This was a coastal town which may have made the difference.
We arrived in TV in June of 2012 and shortly after experienced a tropical storm. I was absolutely amazed how TV can so quickly and adequately move water. We are at the bottom of a slope (fortunately our home sits higher) and literally had a river flowing through the backyard to the drain that emptied within hours of the storm. When I saw the efficiency of their water movement I wondered why so many cities failed so miserably at this concept. Of course TV has the opportunity of turning on the golf course irrigation to lower the retention ponds which most cities don't have.
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