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Warwick (and Cranston) residents are paying for the "sins" of the past. Homes that were built on flood plains in Cranston make the old-timers shake their heads- "what fool would buy a house on land that floods when the river crests?" (fools who don't do their homework prior to buying a house and the unscrupulous developers who built them). Folks who know the history of Warwick before the malls and the I-295 causeway remember potato farms (rich soil provided by silt from floods) and wetlands which used to allow the Pawtuxet a place to flood. In the name of development and profits for a few, a great many more Cranston, Warwick and West Warwick residents are exposed to flooding which costs millions and endangers the lives of our citizens.

It only seems fitting when the malls flood and remind them of what that area used to be, giving them a taste of what Cranston and Warwick and West Warwick residents have had to endure for the sake of profits.