And they rebuild on STILTS over the water.
We have had insane deluges (11" in 5 hours) as measured in a correctly placed NOAA approved rain gauge. So hard of rainfall it bounced back up to knee level making anything on or near the ground 100% masked like the rain was falling on water. So intense, birds drowned. A lone hen of mine drowned on a steep slope.
The water cascaded over fifty foot high cliffs imitating Niagara Falls. The sight was stunning.
No one lives on the flats in this region. The coast is a series of flats with rocky promontories. And the ancient indian tribes still live on the almost solid rock promontories as do the rest of us. Flood and earthquake resistant. Mex 200 gets blocked with rockfalls not massive mud slides. But on the flats, the pavement gets washed away or buried with sand and earth.
