Engineering360: "These 6 Steps Could Protect Against Future Hurricane Flooding"

Or . . . . move out of the flood zones. But that doesn't employ nearly as many civil engineers.

Moving significant numbers out of flood zones would be a formidable task...especially getting everyone out of flood zones 'x' and 'o'. It could involve huge demand for civil engineers.

Well, if 'we' stop enabling people to live in risky areas, they would move out on their own accord as it becomes economically unfeasible to continue living there. Having a National Flood Insurance program just perpetuates the problem. You know what they say about good intentions . . . .

I am in full agreement with you about eliminating subsidiies for things like that.

I was just having a little fun in an attempt to point out that most people (in the US at least) reside in a flood zone. It is high risk flood zones that are the problem.

Yeah, I was just having fun too, poking at the authors of the study. It's like asking a surgeon whether to cut or go to physical therapy.