Jeffrey Basinger // FloodlightThey moved to escape climate disaster. “I never expected that relocation was going to happen in my lifetime,” Brunet said. But it was rain and floods in 2016 and 2017 that sent Owens and Walton into the climate preparation business. There are many challenges government leaders need to consider: Is their infrastructure sufficient to withstand climate impacts? Floodlight made multiple inquiries to the federal Office of Community Development about those reports and the question of coastal relocation but never received a response.