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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Aspects of the strategies of former eras still influence us in many \\lays - flood control <br />structures, land-use patterns, agencies and programs. and even our thinking about these <br />systems still reflect a single-purpose approach in many ways. Certainly we must live <br />with some decisions of the past. But it is important to incorporate the new knowledge <br />that is available to us, and to protect and enhance the valuable resources that are so <br />important to the well-being of our communities. It is our hope that this guidebook will <br />help those at the local level to successfully meet this challenge. <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />Figure 3a - The cost-effectiveness of <br />reducing flood losses by elevating or <br />relocating homes was dramatically <br />demonstrated in parts of the Midwest in <br />June, 1995. The top photograph ~'hows an <br />inundated mobile home park along the <br />MissOLlri River during the Great Flood of <br />'93. The same area flooded again in 1995 <br />(bOlTom photograph, as the floodwaten' were <br />rising), but there was little flood damage <br />because the families hnd been moved to neu} <br />safe sites. Some 10,000 homes in the Midwest <br />have been elevated, relocated, or acquired <br />with Federal and state funds since 1993. <br /> <br />The New York Times noted that relocating <br />homes out of the floodplain "...follow.s a <br />shift toward a more realistic national <br />floodplain policy, one that lakes the <br />emphasis off trying to control nature...by <br />-" moving residents out of harm's way - <br />~ changing the behavior of people instead <br />::: of rivers." (5/6/96) <br /> <br />& <br /> <br />~ <br />Ii' <br /> <br />"For years the Government <br />spent billions of Federal <br />dollars trying to keep water <br />away from people. Missouri <br />woke up and started moving <br />people out ofhann's way..... <br /> <br />Governor Me! Carnahan of <br />Missouri, 1995 <br /> <br />] <br />" <br />" <br />:5 <br /> <br />" <br />