“I didn’t think it would flood this bad.”

Kyle Starks, a California resident who had to be rescued from his home in Acampo by boat, regarding the flooding that occurred after a string of heavy storms hit the state. Only about 230,000 homes and other buildings have flood insurance policies in California, which amounts to only about 2 percent of properties. Since Christmas, 32 trillion gallons of rain and snow have fallen across the state. (Associated Press — Jan. 20, 2023)