General Discussion

however, think of every city, town and village that has experienced a major deadly or costly weather event. These areas are not turned into nature preserves. People have to live somewhere. Everyone certainly has the choice to move elsewhere but not everyone can actually do it. It might be family, tradition, economic circumstances, age or many other factors. These flood prone areas are likely to be rebuilt but hopefully to higher building code standards.

I work in NYC. After Hurricane Sandy several communities were devastated. You'd think that residents of the hardest hit areas would never come back. Instead, they built it back and it's as populated as ever.... except that many of the houses are raised on higher foundations. Life finds a way of going on, hopefully a little smarter with hard lessons learned.

California has drought, fires, earthquakes. Hawaii has volcanoes. Southwest... >115 degree weather. Midwest.. Tornadoes. Buffalo- Snowfall measured in feet almost daily. Cancer Alley in Louisiana.... Florida- don't get me started. There is an element of danger almost everywhere and there are some places that make no sense whatsoever, yet people will live there.