The whole area is a total loss. Just let it go. No reason to rebuild in an area that’s bound to flood again. Those people must be stupid to live there.
Is that your advice for the unfortunate people who got flooded this week? You know nothing about New Orleans beyond idiotic groupthink slogans you've picked up on line. Why don't you spend a little energy exercising compassion for people suffering from disasters, instead of politicising them?
Not sure if you’re being sarcastic or not, but here in Iowa, some of the rivers are expected to crest two feet higher than anyone has ever seen them. In 200 years. There are a lot of people whose houses are not in normal flood zones who are in trouble.
The flood stage (*not* the normal depth) of the Cedar River here in Cedar Rapids is 12 feet. It’s predicted to crest at at least 21.5 feet. Most of Cedar Rapids will be ok, the town is higher than the river, but Iowa City and a lot of our surrounding towns are going to get very very wet.