Braving Home: Dispatches from the Underwater Town, the Lava-Side Inn, and Other Extreme Locales

Profiles five perpetually threatened American towns, from a snow-bound high-rise in Alaska and a hermitage at the base of a Hawaiian volcano to a wildfire-riddled Malibu home and a hurricane-stricken island near Louisiana, offering insight into why people choose to live near ongoing natural threats. Reprint.