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Trust and methodology

Editorial and sourcing policy

Safety-sensitive guidance should show where it came from, what it cannot establish, and when it was last reviewed.

Source preference

We prefer current federal, state, county, and city sources. For the launch, these include EPA, CDC, FEMA, the City of Houston, and Harris County Flood Control District, plus the emergency-management, insurance, and contractor oversight sources published for all 50 states and Washington, DC. A link to a source is not an endorsement of this site.

AI-assisted drafting

DeepSeek V4 Pro was used only during local drafting from an approved source pack. It has no connection to the published site. Generated text must pass structural, citation, safety, prohibited-claim, and similarity checks before it can be built.

Claims we avoid

  • Guaranteed arrival, drying, pricing, or insurance outcomes.
  • Property-level flood risk inferred only from a neighborhood name.
  • Professional review without a named qualified reviewer.
  • Fake service areas, offices, reviews, ratings, or contractor credentials.
  • Directions to enter water or handle electrical, structural, or contaminated hazards.

State evidence and indexability

An indexable state guide must have unique metadata, all three official evidence roles, a licensing-model record, current source checks, visible review attribution, no internal source IDs, and no unconditional insurance conclusion. The release audit fails if those conditions are not met.

Professional review

Editorial source review and professional subject review are different. Professional review requires a named person, a defined scope, credentials, and an official credential-verification link. A reviewer is not credited outside that stated scope.

Case and cost evidence

Case studies require consent and redacted source artifacts. Aggregate cost or scope statistics follow the published minimum sample sizes and exclusion rules. Provider compensation cannot change research inclusion or calculations.

Review dates and corrections

Safety-sensitive pages show a last-reviewed date and their source list. A date changes only after a material source or content review; it is not automatically refreshed for appearance. It does not mean an on-site professional reviewed a reader's circumstances. Corrections are logged when a source changes or a material error is identified.