Reply #4: Get this, Xemasab....I live in north Natomas [View All]

My husband, (who isn't native to California), made a choice to move here before we married. I told him that this area is what was euphemistically called, "the Natomas Basin or Bathtub". We are far enough north that we could get out before the waters reached my area but now he believes me. He never listened to me when I told him about the H-O-R-R-I-B-L-E floods through this region of the county. I cannot believe that developer actually built homes RIGHT UP AGAIN THE LEVEE THAT BORDERS THE EAST SIDE OF THE SACRAMENTO!

There are homes in along the river, even built on the levee road. The houses that are situated right next to the river literally face the 20"+ high levee. The levee, (which is called Garden Highway), is at least 5 to 10 feet ABOVE the rooflines of the houses in that area.

Last year, the developers built a series of subdivisions on land that used to be a farm and this same land had a sign that was readily apparent and readable to anyone who was driving over the Vietnam Vets Memorial bridge section of I-5. That sign read as follows, "Levee Leak" with a VERY large arrow pointing to the area of the levee boil.

Luckily, I don't own this home, though I do have 80K worth of flood insurance. I have been telling Hubs that there are going to be a WHOLE lot of wet and mad folks soon when that levee breaks. Money trumped common sense.

The land I do own is about 2 hours north of Sacramento and WAY above the flood plain. I told Baby that if he wanted to keep me in the valley, he had to put me on a hill.