grew up in east NC.

(1) don't grieve for those who buy million/half million dollar ocean front properties (plus insurance costs!) on the OB in high risk flood zones
(2) this damage is avoidable if you live somewhere without a 12ft base flood elevation https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1290784585266036736

iirc, the crazy thing is the flood base (calculated for probability and water rise of a 100 year event) is the only standard for determining insurance appraisal, even though hurricanes slamming into the OB and throwing cars around isn't (duh!) a 100 year event.

at the beach rn and relevant to this thread is the way those who own beachfront property emotionally invest by naming their houses and then buying specially designed wooden signs to stake that investment

"Galax-sea" "All Sea-sons" "Sunny Side Up"