This is pretty funny to me, born as an Oregonian... was just up visiting last year and made a trip to the beach... down toward Astoria, there had been a ton of new construction and it was in a flood plain of the lower Columnbia river that I have seen underwater sometime between 30 and 50 years ago. Fyi, the river is naturally about 4 miles wide at this point for the unfamiliar, this is the mouth and experiences tidal level changes very similar to the beach, even we did to a lesser extent 50 miles up the river.
All i can say is if you built anywhere in Oregon where an extra foot of water might cause a problem... there is NO hope for you.
What does Oregon have to do with this?
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