Can the province please buy these houses so that we can stop rebuilding them everytime the river goes up?

Maybe moving the river would be better than buying these houses. But then again, the river was there first. Go figure, eh?

Would you believe that someone who has lived in the area for some years just bought one of these homes???

Why should us taxpayers eat the cost of these homes? They chose to live where it floods. bad choice on their part not ours.

I have not been down there yet and am wondering if there has been as much done to stop these homes from being flooded as was done for the homes during the icejam flooding?
Has there been gabion dyking installed etc?

"..Would you believe that someone who has lived in the area for some years just bought one of these homes???.."

Hey why not, an indoor swimming pool can be fun!

Has anyone ever been informed about the damage in these homes. I assume that if they have basements or crawlspaces that they do not have them furnished and loose their furnishings ever time. In fact, if they have basements without doors or windows below flood level, they may very well be able to keep pumping the leaking water out at a rate which will not cause flooding.

So, if the main floor does not get flooded and the foundation is secure, then it really should not matter.

On the other hand, we did hear about some of the damage to the houses hit by the winter flooding on the Nechako - lifted slabs, main floor under water, etc. etc.

Given a building designed to sit in water like that, I would not mind moving there as long as I knew that the bank was protected and property was not getting smaller by the year, as is the case in the Miworth area for those homes that are on an inside bend in the river. That kind of loss, if any, of the bank does not seem to be happening here.

The fact is, there are millions of people in the world living in flood prone areas. The choice is to move them, or help remain where they are but reduce the damage floods do.

http://www.wbdg.org/resources/env_flood.php

I again state my usual contention: city zoned it, taxpayers pay high taxes for real estate, city has duty imo to protect the tax asset. Quesnel seems to have it right...they are placing riprap along river edge. Hmm...

I did a little digging of my own:

http://www.lornemayencourtmla.bc.ca/EN/665/54019

http://www.bieapfremp.org/fremp/managementplan/actionareas_navigation.html

and

http://www.cedagroup.com/services-ind-dredging.html
Hopefully, these links will prove helpful.