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Chelsea Residents Reject FEMA Flood Buyouts Despite Repeats
In Chelsea Missouri and similar Midwest towns, residents resist voluntary FEMA flood buyouts even after repeated floods. They argue attachment to home, community and reluctance to accept government demolition of properties, despite experts highlighting buyouts as cost effective mitigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Salter
Associated Press
Chelsea
Larry Frese
Otter Creek
Frese
Midwest
Larry Larson
Association of Floodplain Managers
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Independent
FEMA
Upper Midwest
Missouri
Mark Twain
Hannibal
Arnold
St. Louis
Sheila Huddleston
Roger Ochs
Leonard Balvin
Tama County