Because the weather is very unpredictable long term now much moreso in the past. I was talking to a friend in Mt. Shasta and he was saying that the mudslide of many miles down Mt. Shasta from about 10,000 feet in Hidden Valley down into the city's public High School Parking lot will happen again after this first time. I said had anything like this ever happened before. He said "Yes" about 20 years ago something like that had happened. He has lived there for about 40 years now. So, this makes sense.
But, the point I'm trying to make here is nothing like it was before this year. Have you ever heard before of a hurricane hitting California? NO. You haven't because this hasn't happened since I believe 1939. So, almost 100 years later Hurricane Hilary hit Mexico and Tropical storm Hilary (they never hit California) devastated California from San Diego to Palm Springs to the Sierras to Mt. Shasta and points further north.
Ever since then California (especially around SAnta Barbara where I go periodically to visit) it feels much more like being in Hawaii than being in Southern California ever since Tropical Storm Hilary hit the state.
The point I'm trying to make is the traditional weather of everywhere on earth is likely gone forever to be replaced with (Almost anything anytime anywhere never seen before or maybe once in 100 years or something like that)
So, if you are in a flood plain you might not want to be there unless you live in a 2 or 3 story building where you can retreat to the upper stories in a flood. And this is true all over the earth not just the U.S.
So, if you are not going to move out of a floodplain then build or find somewhere you and your family can go to avoid the floods in an emergency. This is just common sense. More people die in flooding than in fires or tornadoes or hurricanes or anything else weather wise by the way. And this is true worldwide not just in the U.S.
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