There's a piece in the latest issue of Maisonneuve about natural disasters describing how previously stable flood plains have been growing rapidly as we cover more and more land area with water-impervious material like asphalt and WalMarts, making me think your odds are perhaps not too bad. Hopefully the residents nearby have the balance of probability on their side, too...
(It's not online, but the articles in that magazine are reading more and more like they were researched just using Google so you should be able to easily find some references. I probably won't renew.)
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Date: Wednesday, 30 March 2005 01:51 pm (UTC)(It's not online, but the articles in that magazine are reading more and more like they were researched just using Google so you should be able to easily find some references. I probably won't renew.)