From The Associated Press. Sound familiar?
DENVER (AP) — Jessica Klauzer-Zimmerman and her children have been sleeping on friends’ couches since floodwaters sloshed into her Boulder townhouse — which wasn’t covered by flood insurance.
“We were told we didn’t need it because we didn’t live on the flood plain,” said Klauzer-Zimmerman, a single mom with three kids.
Now she and thousands of other Coloradans who didn’t buy flood policies for their homes, businesses or farms could face staggering costs to clean up or rebuild after last week’s deadly and devastating floods in the mountains, foothills and eastern plains.
Deja vu all over again. I guess 8 years is a long time, but you’d think all the national publicity this very lament got after Katrina, Rita, Isaac and Sandy to name a few, would have made an impression. As I understand it, Boulder IS in a high-risk area. Shame on insurance brokers for not insisting, though the final decision IS the buyer’s. Heartfelt condolences to all in Boulder and environs.