The Stupidity of Victims

[andygates]

"Something has got to happen to stop this scale of flooding happening ever again!"

Er, like making it not rain?  A huge rainfall happened in major river catchments.  The water drained exactly where it should: down into the rivers and where the rivers exceeded capacity, they flooded into low-lying surrounding land called (the clue is in the question) flood plains.  The bolus of water is now making its steady way downstream and hydrographic boffins are predicting how it'll behave with fair certainty (bad day for Botley). 

What exactly do the whiners want?  Maybe they should try prayer.

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[n-decisive.livejournal.com]

It's like that here, too. Sometime in the last decade, an small town located in a major flood plain was asked to relocate to high ground, and the bill was being footed by the government and various insurance companies. Many, many of the residents refused. They were mad when the next flood came through and their insurance companies wouldn't pay for the damages.

Go figure.