Problem is the weather people still can't always predict which areas will get massive flooding. Storms change direction, gain strength, hit other areas that weren't in the original path.
And a lot of people are stubborn and won't leave. Die trying to ride the storm out.
If you live at sea level you gonna flood eventually, i say move inland. I live in Colorado and we had one major flood in my lifetime but it was in the northern farm lands. Worse case scenario here is your basement gets flooded. fukk living in an area where hurricanes hit.
Asheville is like 200 miles from the Atlantic and like 400 from the Panhadle and over 2,000 ft above sea level.