[mickey thumbs]

In my corner of the US it’s just as crazy. Local governments in one jurisdiction are buying up frequently flooded homes built years ago in flood plains to demolish them and re-establish proper drainage, whereas planning boards in other areas are giving in to pressure from politicians and developers to approve new projects bound to be under water eventually.

Like S.T. our home is downhill from a lovely wooded area and two years a single house with two asphalt driveways was built directly above us and we have experienced erosion and flooding ever since. Amazing how much water runoff there is from that one house!