I got in on this late so I don't know what area you are talking about. The river bottoms are always at risk for floods. 93 was the worst I have ever seen. It was awful. The people in NC can tell you what it feels like. I had a friend whose whole family lost their farms. 4 brothers, a mother and father all 5 farms wiped out.They are back on higher ground. THe government requires the houses to be built on higher ground now but I can tell you that not all of them are. Hopefully this won't happen again but there is no gurantee. It was a weird year it rained almost everyday from here to somewhere way up above Iowa and didn't let up so the ground was already saturated and had nowhere to go. So it was a combination of weather things that caused that one. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: Lonna Poland <lonna@granbury.com> To: <ILPIKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 8:22 PM Subject: RE: [ILPIKE] Pike County Retirement > Is there still a serious flood threat in that area after what happened in > '93? > > > Hah! I may have accidentally convinced my dad to buy a retirement house > > in Pike County. I happen to be telling him how cheap land is in parts - > > about $500 (that's five HUNdred) per acre, and that my brother-in-law > > bought a four-bedroom farmhouse with a couple acres in Summer Hill for > > $28,000. You can still buy shotgun houses in Rockport for $10,000. Also, > > since they put the superhighway through that now passes north of > > Pittsfield on it's way to Hannibal, MO, land values there are going to > > explode as people move out from Springfield which is about 50 miles from > > Pittsfield but is now a straight shot down an Interstate. > > > > After all this discussion, he's going to drive over there to look into > > it. (He lives in Bloomington-Normal). >