Timely advice for Texas home insurance owners to purchase flood insurance
The Feb. 8 opinion piece “Don't believe the flooding myths,” by Michael D. Talbott, director of the Harris County Flood Control District, really should be required reading for every homeowner in Southeast Texas. It probably should be passed out along with the ream of papers already given to new Texas homeowners at the time of closing. It's that important.
Misinformation about flooding hereabouts — and the costs of and need for flood insurance — is rampant . This costs Harris County homeowners hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Damages related to flooding from Hurricane Ike in 2008 totaled $2.2 billion, but that is just the amount that was paid by flood insurance. For the 80 percent of Harris County homeowners not covered by flood insurance, the total costs are anybody's guess...
