With the recent hurricane in Florida, the concern about how and what to build back has returned to center stage. Should we continue to rebuild where time after time it is washed or blown away? And if we relocate how do we compensate the homeowners?
FEMA
How lucky we are to be alive when, while enduring catastrophic events, the possibility of real-time help is literally at our fingertips.
The nation's coastal waters are rising, and towns dating back centuries are at serious risk of being engulfed and disappearing completely. What should the U.S. be doing to address this cascading calamity? More engagement and continued dialogue with the Dutch, who are experts iin the field of flood prevention, might be a good place to start.