Currently, Shona Gibson from FEMA Region 6 is speaking on Flood Risk Mapping Project Past, Present and Future. She says "If you don't know what your flood risk is, you can't reduce it!"
www.RiskMAP6.com is now being used for Region 6 (Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico) for viewing their new Digital Flood Information Map (DFIRM), Preliminary DFIRM and other layers in a GIS format. If you live in Louisiana however, I recommend that you go to http://www.lsuagcenter.com/floodmaps. From there you will use a portal to get to your parish, then you will interactively find your address, and you can add points that will allow you to query information about that specific location based on the exact latitude and longitude. You will quickly be able to learn your special flood hazard zone designation along with the basic wind speed and elevation of the property at that point. This is a great tool to use if you are considering purchasing a home or land to build a home in Louisiana.
The other good thing is that while not all parishes have digital FIRMS, they do have all the existing analog (paper maps) georectified. Also, if you didn't know, most of Louisiana is getting new updated flood maps, and you can find the Preliminary DFIRM maps to see if your property will change its flood designation.
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