At the annual conference of the Association of State Flood Plain Managers in June, one session I attended (“Why is my flood zone…
Author: Wendy Lathrop, PS, CFM, CFS
08.25.2018
Vantage Point: The “Little Guy” Fights Back (and Sometimes Wins)
It is always interesting to me to find out that people actually read what I write (I have no way to know unless…
08.25.2018
Vantage Point: The "Little Guy" Fights Back (and Sometimes Wins)
It is always interesting to me to find out that people actually read what I write (I have no way to know unless…
08.20.2018
Vantage Point: Ancient Verbosity
No one uses words like that anymore!” This statement, uttered with a laugh by someone to whom I was describing a recent deed…
08.19.2018
Vantage Point: Taking on a Dead Issue
Cemeteries: graveyards, burial grounds, areas set apart for internment of the dead. That’s a generic definition, but do we know a cemetery when…
05.09.2018
Vantage Point: Open Up and Let the Waters In
The concept of letting water into a building in order to protect it may seem a little perverse. But the idea is to…
04.11.2018
Vantage Point: One Parcel, Three Views
As surveyors, we encounter tracts of land that have different values depending upon who is making the assessment. Today’s example relates to a…
03.13.2018
Vantage Point: The Rest of the Story (Times Two)
Because of the lapse of several months between when articles are written and when they are published, occasionally some stories have postscripts that…
02.15.2018
Vantage Point: Fighting City Hall Over Land
Once upon a time (1989 to be exact) in a place not so far away from where I live, a man (Francis Galdo)…
01.15.2018
Vantage Point: The Highest Point
John O’Brien is a well-known illustrator and cartoonist, notably for The New Yorker. In 1995, he created a cartoon of four hikers roped…
