My hope with this storm is that there is no longer any room to make that ‘well why do you live in a hurricane zone/tornado alley/ earthquake area/drought/blizzard, et al
Literally no one is immune to weather
BUT, what it will do is cause people to reassess risks. The VAST majority of those in NC have no flood insurance. They’ll either have to have a federal level bailout, pass on rebuilding, or go bankrupt, etc., etc…
One thing that I think can come out of this is a new requirement for everyone to get national flood insurance.