re: #16 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Chances are really good that the locals who thought they didn’t need those intruding government flood experts also think they don’t need any government vaccine or mask mandates.

Likely true, but to me the tell is the bit about “residential building codes” : my guess is the locals decided that cheapskating cutting their initial costs was more important than thinking about what might happen in case of a bad flood.