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This informative piece also introduced me to the notion of "dry-proofing," or installing wiring and other water-sensitive systems where they can dry out most easily after a flood. It's a simple idea, but the right location could save plenty of heartache after an immersion. I have shuddersome memories of helping a colleague clean up their utility room after a flood, and how depressed she was for months afterwards. Her wiring was never the same again.
Salt House is located near a beach, but the same idea could be easily applied to flood plains.
Instead of walkers on stilts, houses -- photo of the Fremont Fair Summer Solstice parade in Seattle by Joe Mabel, Wikimedia Commons
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