Not a chance. Our NY house was smack in the middle of the raging Neversink River in 2005 during a catastrophic 500-year flood, (32,000 cfs at our place) and it was nothing short of a miracle that it survived. The water filled the cellar up to the rafters, but spared the living quarters. Needless to say, the property was wrecked, and a third of the houses in our village were wiped out. I never spent another restful night in that house. Every time rain was forecast, my stomach knotted up. If we'd lost the house, we'd have taken the insurance money, donated the land to the town, and run like hell. Once it happens to you, the "oh hell, it can't happen here" bullshit goes right out the window. What the pictures don't show is that many of the houses that appear to be intact are likely to be condemned anyway due to water damage that doesn't show from the outside. IMO, nobody in their right mind would put themselves in a position to go through that again. There are always plenty of damned fools who are willing to roll the dice, but it's just like a casino. The house always wins - it's just a matter of when.