You Can't Get Flood Insurance On the 4x4 Beaches Right?
By Jean-Paul Peron, Carova Beach - Living & Working in 4-Wheel Drive
(The Outer Banks Real Estate Copmpany)
That is very much not right. Then there is also the question “FEMA will not insure houses up there, will they?” This is closer but still incorrect. The NFIP (National Flood Insurance Program) does not provide flood insurance to any new houses in the 4WD area. NFIP is the general public, low-cost, simple-to-obtain federal/FEMA flood insurance. There was a time when FEMA provided flood insurance for the “Off Road” beaches (a.k.a. Carova). Then later on they designated to whole area a CBRA Zone (Coastal Barrier Resources Act) A CBRA zone (pronounced COBRA zone) is an area designated by Congress that prohibits all federal expenditures, including flood insurance, for residential and commercial development in such zones. When Carova was designated a CBRA zone, FEMA did grandfather in any h...
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