Buyers were not told the land would flood..on purpose

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Criminal planning and zoning. River cities have the same problem, then cry for help when nature does what it's supposed to to. My father worked VERY hard against this sort of thing, starting with his landmark research on river flooding after the '72 floods. He would personally go to P&Z meetings and explain why they should NOT build on this 'cheap farmland'. He would often get thrown out. (That's right, they threw out a local University professor and one of the world's top experts on river flooding.)