Man in Canoe

Okay so this morning I was watching the footage of the terrible flooding in Indiana, and what do I see, but a man in a canoe paddling across the flood waters. Now this man is not a rescue person, not a firefighter, nope, he is an average dude who has kept his canoe in his garage for just this occasion. I imagine that he has not taken the thing out in years, but along comes a flood, and he just has to canoe around the block. Am I crazy or is there always that one dude in a canoe in flood footage no matter what state in the United States there is some kind of flood? Amidst the raging flood waters there is some guy paddling along as if he is out on a Sunday morning taking advantage of the fine day.