Back in the early 80's I was stationed at Offutt AFB in Omaha, and we dug some people out after the Missouri flooded its banks. This was a 100-year flood, but in this area a 100-year flood occurs about every ten years.

Some people we met had been flooded out three or four times, and they just kept fixing the damage and living there. I certainly wouldn't have, but I guess they liked the scenery or something.

They ended up getting their houses fixed. Their yards were about six inches higher because of all the silt that was deposited, but they didn't mind. And I got another oak leaf cluster for my Humanitarian medal. The taxpayers? Yeah, they got screwed.

Onward and upward,
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