Question: James Robert "Jimmy" Scott was convicted as part of an event that cost how much in damages?
Context: The James Robert Williams House is a historic house located at 310 E. Main St. in Carmi, Illinois.  The house was built in 1896 for James Robert Williams, a U.S. Representative and political ally of William Jennings Bryan.  Prominent residential architect George Franklin Barber designed the red brick house in a blend of the Romanesque Revival and Queen Anne styles.  The house has three corner towers, two with crenellated tops and one with a double bell roof; the towers cause the building to resemble a castle.  The house's front entrance is surrounded by an arched porch with a balcony on its roof.  A loggia is located above the entrance on the house's third level. James Robert Anthony Adams (born James Choke) is the main character in the first series of the acclaimed book series CHERUB by British author Robert Muchamore.  Upon joining CHERUB he changed his surname to Adams, which is derived from ex-Arsenal FC defender Tony Adams.  He ended his CHERUB career wearing a black T-shirt, which is the most elite colour granted.  At the end of his CHERUB life, he returns to his "Choke" surname and switches his two forenames around, to become Robert James Choke.  However, he is still known to as James in later books.  He made an appearance in the third book of the second CHERUB series, "Black Friday" and is a mission controller in the fourth book of the second CHERUB series, "Lone Wolf". Balloonfest '86 was a 1986 event in which the United Way of Cleveland in Ohio set a world record by releasing almost one and a half million balloons.  The event was intended to be a harmless fundraising publicity stunt, but the balloons drifted back over the city, Lake Erie and land in the surrounding area, and caused problems for traffic and a nearby airport.  The event also interfered with a United States Coast Guard search for two boaters who were later found drowned.  In consequence, the organizers and the city faced lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in damages, and cost overruns put the event at a net loss. John Leonard Orr (born April 26, 1949) is an American former fire captain and arson investigator for the Glendale Fire Department in Southern California and novelist who was indicted and later convicted for serial arson.  Orr had originally wanted to be a police officer, but had failed his entrance exam; instead he became a dedicated fire investigator and career fire officer.  Throughout the 1980s and 1990s Los Angeles was plagued by a series of fires that cost millions of dollars in damages and claimed four lives.  John Orr was found to be the cause of most of those fires.  During his arson spree, Orr was given the nickname "The Pillow Pyro" by arson investigators. Marshlands, also known as the James Robert Verdier House, is a historic house at 501 Pinckney Street in Beaufort, South Carolina.  Built about 1814, it is a high quality and well-preserved example of early Beaufort architecture, showing both Adamesque and West Indian stylistic influences.  It is also notable as a home of Dr. James Robert Verdier, who discovered a treatment for yellow fever.  It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1973 for its architectural significance. James Robert Strain, known as Dr. Jimmy Strain (August 28, 1926 – December 30, 1973), was a pediatrician from Shreveport, Louisiana, who served as a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives for a single term from 1968 to 1972, during the second administration of Governor John McKeithen. The Land's End Plantation, also known as James Robert Alexander House, is a historic plantation at 1 Land's End Land in rural southeastern Pulaski County, Arkansas, off Arkansas Highway 161 south of Scott.  It is a 5000 acre working plantation, located on the banks of the Arkansas River.  The main plantation complex includes a 1925 Tudor Revival house, designed by John Parks Almand, and more than 20 outbuildings.  AR 161, which passes close to the main house, is lined by pecan trees planted about 1900 by James Robert Alexander, the plantation owner. James Robert "Jimmy" Scott (born November 20, 1969) was convicted of causing a massive flood of the Mississippi River at West Quincy, Missouri as part of the Great Flood of 1993.  He is currently serving a sentence of 20 years to life in a Missouri prison. The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 (or "Great Flood of 1993") occurred in the American Midwest, along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and their tributaries, from April to October 1993.  The flood was among the most costly and devastating to ever occur in the United States, with $15 billion in damages.  The hydrographic basin affected over around 745 miles in length and 435 miles in width, totaling about 320000 mi2 .  Within this zone, the flooded area totaled around 30000 mi2 and was the worst such U.S. disaster since the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, as measured by duration, area inundated, persons displaced, crop and property damage, and number of record river levels.  In some categories, the 1993 flood even surpassed the 1927 flood, at the time the largest flood ever recorded on the Mississippi. The 2017 Southern Thailand floods occurred from December 2016 throughout early months of 2017 and are the biggest floods in over 30 years in the southern part of the country during the regional annual monsoon season, which is distinct from other parts of the nation and mirrors that the Malay Peninsula.  They have also caused damages in Kelantan and Terengganu states in Malaysia the weeks prior.  The floods began in early January.  Some 120 billion baht ($4 billion USD) in damages are foreseen as of mid-January, much of this due to lost production in agriculture tourism and infrastructure.  Rubber supply is particularly impacted.  The death toll have reached 91.  Particularly hard hit are palm and rubber plantations.
Answer: $15 billion