{"id":137167,"date":"2023-01-20T18:50:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T23:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=137167"},"modified":"2023-01-20T18:53:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T23:53:24","slug":"deluge-in-the-den-flood-risk-assessments-offered-free-to-homeowners-with-basements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/deluge-in-the-den-flood-risk-assessments-offered-free-to-homeowners-with-basements\/","title":{"rendered":"Deluge in the den? Flood risk assessments offered free to homeowners with basements"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>An environmental non-profit in Sackville has announced a free program that\u2019s meant to offer peace of mind to area residents worried about how their homes will stand up to flooding conditions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>EOS Eco-Energy is offering the \u201chome flood risk assessment program\u201d for houses with basements, particularly in Memramcook, Tantramar and Strait Shores regions of southeast New Brunswick.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/eosecoenergy.com\/en\/home-flood-resources\/\">program<\/a> is meant to help homeowners identify how vulnerable their homes are to basement flooding in an age increasingly marked by climate chaos. There are also $100 rebates available for participants to help cover the cost of home improvements.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The organization is encouraging people to sign up before the next big rain or winter thaw.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cNeighborhoods weren\u2019t developed back in the day thinking about so much rain and so much runoff,\u201d said Amanda Marlin, executive director of EOS Eco-Energy, in an interview with CHMA.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Twenty per cent of homes across the country are at risk of flooding, according to the federal government.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>And the risks are getting worse with the acceleration of climate change caused by human-generated greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Listen to the report that aired on CHMA on Thursday, January 19, 2023:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An environmental non-profit in Sackville has announced a free program that\u2019s meant to offer peace of mind to area residents worried about how their homes will stand up to flooding conditions. EOS Eco-Energy is offering the \u201chome flood risk assessment program\u201d for houses with basements, particularly in Memramcook, Tantramar and Strait Shores regions of southeast&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":137169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,222],"tags":[1201,5514,4555,824,823,5774],"radio":[227],"origine":[274,275,277],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137167"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137175,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137167\/revisions\/137175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137167"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=137167"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=137167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}