re: Lake Charles flooding

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If you exaggerate ridiculously you might come to that conclusion, but no. Just stop rebuilding every other year in the areas that get wasted by storms. Some genius cited the Netherlands like it is some comparison because it is lowlands, much of which they claimed from former sea acreage - they get 30 inches of rain per year there and don't have hurricanes. Does not compare.

No area is completely sheltered from some bad weather, but if you put a risk heat map out there the gulf coast would not do well in comparison with most other places. I hate that people have to go through this, it sucks and I have lived through it multiple times. What I don't get is refusing to admit that it's a bad idea to stay. Multiple posts here already highlight that staying does not pay off in the long run.

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