If you've noticed the national news coverage of the Midwest floods, or if you live in one of the flooded areas, you might have wondered about the terms "100-year" and "500-year" flood plains. Understanding these terms is vital when you consider purchasing a home or adding flood insurance to your coverage.
It turns out these terms do not mean that this kind of catastrophic flooding occurs once every 100 or 500 years as many think, but rather, it is a statistical possibility that one out of 100 or one out of 500 floods will be that bad. Read more about this in the Iowa Press-Citizen.
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Kimn is a freelance journalist whose writing appears in a variety of publications and books including the Chicken Soup series. She is co-author of Getting Your Financial House in Order published by B&H Publishing Group and has earned over 30 writing awards for her work. She is currently enrolled as a grad student at the University of Iowa after completing a double major in journalism and English in May 2008.
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