These catastrophic events are vexing to me. Natural disasters are indifferent to those they hurt. They are tied to forces such as weather, geography and economic conditions.
The gulf coast will always be vulnerable to these types of storms that form and lash the coast line. The good news is that this is the USA.
Recently in India a flood killed over 1,500 people. All across the third world conditions – both natural and man-made – are always producing a recipe for disaster to strike – and it does with heart-wrenching regularity. This is occurring now in India and Bangladesh:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...rains-in-years
The numbers are staggering.