On the night when Morgan City government department heads received thanks for their work during Tropical Storm Barry, the City Council heard a warning about how much protecting homes and businesses from disaster may soon cost.
The warning came Tuesday night from Lee Dragna, a local business owner and chairman of the St. Mary Consolidated Gravity Drainage No. 2 Board of Commissioners. The alert was about the cost of coverage under the National Flooding Insurance Program.
The federal program “allows homeowners, business owners, and renters, in communities that participate in the NFIP, to buy federally backed flood insurance,” according to the DisasterAssistance.gov ...