Name:   DavidG - Subject:   FEMA's FLOOD PLANE Date:   10/1/2014 10:43:10 AM

Look at this site to see why the flood plain is important:

http://www.lcra.org/water/floods/Documents/Major-Floods-on-the-Colorado-River.pdf

I attended the hearings when the Corp of Engineers presented the new flood plain for discussion. The Corp took the rain event which washed out the dam on the Comal River and put it in the Lake Travis Basin to arrive at 722 ft.