Do you live near the bay in San Mateo?  Do you live in the Village, Fiesta Gardens or Sunnybrae?  Are you paying for Flood Insurance right now?  It’s expensive, isn’t it?  There is an opportunity to save some real money if you are willing to pass an annual assessment on your property for a new [...]

Last year, here, I wrote about the possibility of FEMA updating their flood maps for San Mateo and Foster City and including Foster City into a flood zone.  The maps came out last month and FEMA released preliminary drafts of revised Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) for the entire County of San Mateo.
FEMA Has New Methodology
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Some time in early 2008, FEMA is going to release new flood maps for San Mateo County.  So what, you say?  Well, if you live in certain areas of San Mateo and Redwood Shores you should worry because if, as expected, FEMA says you are in a flood plain, you will be required to have [...]