Isolated In Cataldo
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Ilene Huber, left, and her husband Don bring Shannon Carney to her mother Allison Carney, not pictured, via a boat, the only method of transportation possible as a result of floodwaters caused by a rise of the Coeur d'Alene River covered roads in Cataldo Monday. Shannon Carney was staying with her father John Carney whose house was not flooded but isolated as a result of flood waters.
Question: Can someone explain why people continue to live in areas that flood all the time?