A few years back while visiting friends in Palmer we saw one of the homes on the Matanuska that was teetering at that time on the very edge. I hope the people were able to safe their precious belongings and rebuild somewhere a bit less precarious.

These folks' stories remind me so much of where we lived for 50+ years.... in a land that like Alaska is filled with mighty waters (Missouri, near STL). People would build lovely homes near or on the banks of one of the rivers, building them high enough to be "safe." Nature makes nothing safe. So the placid waters would rise and become angry and homes would be destroyed. The people would rebuild, and want the rest of us to pay for their current and future losses. I understand the longing to live next to the beauty of a body of water.... but that comes with risks that only you should pay for.... not fair to want the rest of us to save you.