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19 Post author: snarles 29 October 2014 12:49PM

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Comment author: ChristianKl 01 November 2014 07:48:15PM -2 points [-]

The problem with flooding is not the average year. It's the year where you get a tornado that you haven't accurately predicted beforehand and that wrecks your defenses. Your dams break and then you lose a lot.