Why I shot this photo
I had been following news reports for several days about powerful waves hitting beachfront homes in Long Beach, California, and the damage seemed to be getting worse. Monday was expected to be one of the last days of the strongest waves generated by the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel, so I decided to go see this for myself.
The waves had been pounding these homes for days, washing away sand and threatening their foundations. I was struck by how little protection seemed to remain between the homes and the ocean.
The only large city in my province has the exact same problem. So a guy bet his political career on building a diversion around the city which has been so successful that it was recently expanded to be able to help with even bigger floods. I happen to live in that protective zone and my biggest regret about the situation is that it ended this politician’s career.