Last month, my hometown flooded for the third time in five years, and the city council voted to spend millions on higher levees instead of relocating homes near the river. I'm torn because levees protect property values now, but climate change models suggest the river will only get wilder, making those fixes temporary at best. Are we fooling ourselves by betting on defensive infrastructure instead of moving communities out of harm's way? Maybe there's a balanced middle ground between retreat and engineering, but I don't see that conversation happening here. What does adaptation really look like when the water keeps rising?