OF course there are plenty of million dollar views in the flood plains. Why else do you suppose people want to keep building in them?

The flood plain restrictions are based upon the climatology data, which tells climatologists how often a devastating flood hits in a particular area based on how often it has happened, and how high the high water mark was for each flood. That determines whether an area is in a 25, 50, 100 or 500 year flood plain.

If it can be done with rivers, lakes, and streams, it can be done in the coastal areas in the hurricane prone areas too. If you went to the link I provided to the NOAA site, Guest 04:04 PM, you wouldn't sound quite so much like you are talking into your hat about something you obviously don't know anything about. With the data we now have, and the information we get with each new storm, we can easily start making building restrictions for the areas that already flood really badly and shouldn't be allowed to be rebuilt, unless it is done with cold, hard cash and no insurance bail outs or government handouts, IMO.