NOLA ain't the only one

In case you thought that New Orleans was the only center of urban planning stupidity in the US, check out this expose, done last year, of the effects of a lahar coming off Mount Rainier in Washington.

Estimates are that even a medium-sized lahar could kill over 250,000 people, yet they're still building new suburbs on top of existing mudplains left by earlier lahars.

Now that is madness.
I wonder if you can even get lahar insurance. Of course! What am I thinking? Federal lahar insurance...