I know this is a sensitive subject for some of us, but the subject still remains. Should we bail out, (literally) people who choose to live in flood plains? I can see saving the farmers who work the bottom grounds of these watersheds, because that is where the best soil is located. In fact it is because of these floods that makes this ground so fertile.
To knowingly build homes and entire community's in such a precarious place when you have no vested interest in this ground borders on absurdity. It seems even more absurd to bail these people out. Living on higher ground dates back thousands of years. This is just common sense...which hasn't been real common for a while now. I realize that we cannot avoid all of natures wrath....and that is how it should be, but to be so cavalier about our supposed dominance over the forces of nature just grates on me sometimes. Oh well, I guess I'll feed the birds, and they can feed the fishes. G-day!
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