The Levees Broke

I have lots of family in Missouri and realte to this very issue.  There are places that the Indians didn't build because they knew they were flood plains.

I think people have to figure out a balance - everything we want, every lovely view or patch of land shouldn't be developed.

Here in Massachusetts, there are people whose houses on coasts are taking a beating from storms, beach erosion, etc.  The financial and emotional costs of building, rebuilding, holding one's breath, etc., are huge.

Like I mentioned, I live in a storm alley it seems (on an island in the Atlantic) and we get hit a lot. Some people have the most absurd ideas of where to build a house, like right on the edge of a point. Meanwhile, people who "get" the storms here, mostly because we have been here longer, know it's just a matter of time before these houses just become another hurricane wreck dotting the islands. I wish poeple would think about the long term a bit more. It would save them and their families not only money but tons of heartache as well.

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