There are several "iconic" developments around town which go under about two feet of water every year at this time. For the first few years this was always marked with the owner's strident letters to the editor about the outrageous state of affairs. You will note that these letters no longer appear even though the floods continue.
Why?
The owners in question realise that they will have to sell their houses some day. Therefore, mum's the word and the devil take the hindmost.