Unprecedented? Not really. Historically the 20th Century was more wet than average. We got falsely comfortable with that level of precipitation. Worse that lev

Unprecedented? Not really. Historically the 20th Century was more wet than average. We got falsely comfortable with that level of precipitation. Worse that level of self-deception led to development (i.e., people and structures) that was struggling with water issues in the best of times. It's unfortunate. But to call it unprecedented is painting a false narrative.