The flood of 2016 affected a wider area of the state and took nearly two dozen lives. The Flood Resiliency Office was the brainchild of the late House Speaker Tim Armstead, whose own community was severely impacted by flooding in 2016. Like the flood plan, the Flood Resiliency Office languished for nearly a decade without its own dedicated funding. Floods don’t care if you’re red, if you’re blue, if you’re straight, if you’re gay. Patrick Morrisey publicly called on the Trump Administration to expedite disaster relief and funding for prevention.