Flooding near the Palisades Center, in West Nyack, New York |
Every year during this time, we have pouring, flooding rain storms, and every year the exact same people complain about it.
The funny thing is, it's the same type of folks who watch the evening news and get angry over residents living out west in the tornado zones: "Why would anyone live there?!"
For the exact same reason we live near the coast, at sea level: because a) we love it here, b) it's our home, c) our families, friends, and loved ones live here, d) no place on Earth is really safe (because life isn't like that), and e) because we love it. We love it here, and it's our home. There. Now you know.