KERR COUNTY, Texas — We are closing in on six weeks since the flooding in the Hill Country and starting Thursday, all of the buildings and homes that were damaged, are going to start being evaluated.
That seems like a long time, especially if it was your home damaged.
It’s just part of the process when the president declares a flooding disaster.
The county says the assessments are necessary to make sure homeowner’s build back safer and stronger.
The assessments will be done by civil engineering firm streamline engineering. They’ll assess buildings, residential and commercial, for potential structural damage that reached the 100-year floodplain. These evaluations are free over the next 10 days… including weekends, between 8 am and 6:30pm.
It’s required by the national flood insure program and the Kerr County damage prevention court order. For residential buildings, the inspection will only take 15 to 20 minutes, and then for commercial buildings they’ll take anywhere from 20 to 90 minutes.
The data is going to be given to the county’s engineering department who’ll mail the initial determination to the owners.