John,
During 1 flood in 1 of my towns, (This town gets flooded almost every year) the POCO shut down a whole neighbor hood and I had to go door to door writing up cut in cards. The next time there was a flood, the POCO just turn off the neighbor hood before the flood and turned it back on after the water had gone down. I don't know if there were any shorts or problems. No one ever contacted me. No permits were issued for that neighbor hood either.