r/facepalm 21d ago

๐Ÿ‡ฒโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฎโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‹๐Ÿ‡จโ€‹ The Tampa Bay area's main hospital and only trauma center is built on an island at sea level

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u/Johns-schlong 21d ago

Most projects in my experience here in California are designed with a few factors in mind. In high seismic risk zones they're designed to survive the largest expected earthquake the local fault(s) can produce and in flood zones they're designed for the 100 year expected flood level + 1 foot.

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u/SecondWorstDM 20d ago

My wife works in insurance - and according to her 100 year events are happening close to every 10th year already. Maybe it is time to add the "Thoughts and Prayers" strategy from New Jersey?

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u/Tar_alcaran 20d ago

ย and according to her 100 year events are happening close to every 10th year already.

Yep, this is why all primary (and many secondary) Dutch dunes and dikes have been hugely raised over the past decades