How Tom Got His New House

Dear loyal readers i have some terrible news to tell you. Recently the Neversink dam in Loch Sheldrake New York flooded its banks and wiped out about half of a local trailer park. There was a great loss of damage but luckily no deaths. The official reason for the flood was the incompetence of the local officials to open the flood gates during the storm. However there is one person who benefited from the flood. I think you know him; it was Tom!!! After the flood many people left the trailer park for good, hence they were renting trailers for a very cheap price. Tom took advantage of this situation to buy himself a great trailer for a low cost. So anyway here is my working theory:
Tom went to the official in charge of the dam and bribed him to not open the flood gates, knowing damn well that Sullivan county has a seasonal floods due to rapid melting of snow. He bribed him for two reasons. 1) To advance the libertarian cause by trying to make the government look as incompetent as possible 2) To get himself a cheap trailer. If my theory is true then Tom should be considered a terrorist (a terrorist is a person that causes destruction deliberately to civilians to advance political causes). In which case Homeland security should probably storm his trailer commando style, but first they will have to get past his antisemitic dog.