People are welcome to live anywhere they want. They are also responsible for the problems that come with their choice of lifestyle. I live in Alaska. It was 40 below for a while this winter. I have a home with double insulation in the walls, an emergency stove, insultated water pipes, about one year's worth of food and three week's worth of water (and the third biggest river in North America 200 yards away), lots of woolies and polartec socks, and tons of insurance. Of course, if there was a disaster like a 9.0 earthquake under my home one cold winter day, I'd appreciate the Red Cross, but I'm also aware that natural disasters happen and I'm prepared for it in case it takes a few weeks for the Red Cross to make it out here. The folks in Lousiana can live where they want; if they live in a place with the occasional 30-foot storm surge, prepare for it. In that case, the flood map isn't a bad idea - here's the flood line when the storm surge comes through. I wouldn't want a southerner telling me I'm stupid for living in a place where the air can kill you if you're unprotected, so I won't return it by telling them they can't live in the path of a hurricane. In fact, I can't think of a place on Earth without some natural disaster about to happen somehow. Live and let live. Be prepared for stuff that has a good chance of happening, and be sympathetic for unfortunate surprises. It isn't hard.
'Live and let live.'
Very true. But consider this- how much are you willing to pay to the people who live in a sinking, below sea level hole. Who subsidizes you to keep from being snowed in. As a Michigander, I do know that the snow that falls today will still be there till Spring-something that most people don't understand. You have a smoker for the salmon from the river-YUM!