Despite all this, though flood prevention work is the word of the day, experts say that given contemporary climate change, with extremes of precipitation or lack thereof, even if the full NT $ 100-billion flood control program were completed, a once-in-a-century event like "718" would cause flooding just the same.
防水治水固然是當務之急，但專家也坦承，在當今全球氣候變遷、暴雨苦旱呈現兩極化的情況下，如果還抱持以「防堵工程」為主的治水迷思，即使千億元的治水預算都執行完畢，一旦遇到「718」這樣百年罕遇的降雨強度，仍然難逃淹水之苦。