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kleinbl00 · 1579 days ago · link · · parent · post: When a flash flood ripped through Old Ellicott City in Maryland, residents thought it was a freak accident. Instead, it was a hint about the future.
“Family and very dear friends will say, ‘What are you doing here? Why are you still here? Especially if you know what’s coming. What’s wrong with you?’ ” says Gayle Killen, whose house on Main Street was built in the 1800s and has flooded repeatedly. “I tell them this place is worth sticking around and working for. If I do nothing else with my life, I will at least occupy a space and improve it.” Here's the real question - would she still live there without publicly-funded flood insurance?