Cliff's Edge (Alaska)
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Alaska
There is a house perched dangerously near a cliff in a small Alaskan fishing village. Every day the edge of that cliff gets closer and closer. The permafrost that once was the glue holding the soil together is now melting at an alarming rate. Alaska is on the front lines of the worldwide catastrophe in waiting, global warming.
“I sit out on my porch and can watch the waves take away the soil,” says a local resident. “One hundred and fifty years this home has been in my family and there’s never been a problem that felt anything like this!”
Residents feel overwhelmed by what they see as a systematic reclaiming of coastal Alaska by an insatiable ocean.
Many of the villages are beyond saving. Native American artifacts frequently are seen washed away to sea. Imagine This! team will try to rescue a small piece of American History and move a historical home in one of the better surviving communities to safety one mile up a hill to the center of town. Not only will the building be left perfectly intact, it will have a few new additions such as an entire “eco-friendly” upgrade on all appliances and fixtures to greatly reduce energy costs. Also, our artists have a few very special surprises in mind.
All of this will be completed in six days. On the last day of the week, the building will be returned to the community, no longer contributing to the problem that forced the move - global warming.
“I sit out on my porch and can watch the waves take away the soil,” says a local resident. “One hundred and fifty years this home has been in my family and there’s never been a problem that felt anything like this!”
Residents feel overwhelmed by what they see as a systematic reclaiming of coastal Alaska by an insatiable ocean.
Many of the villages are beyond saving. Native American artifacts frequently are seen washed away to sea. Imagine This! team will try to rescue a small piece of American History and move a historical home in one of the better surviving communities to safety one mile up a hill to the center of town. Not only will the building be left perfectly intact, it will have a few new additions such as an entire “eco-friendly” upgrade on all appliances and fixtures to greatly reduce energy costs. Also, our artists have a few very special surprises in mind.
All of this will be completed in six days. On the last day of the week, the building will be returned to the community, no longer contributing to the problem that forced the move - global warming.
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Comment by paul splane on July 23, 2009 at 3:56am -
What are the possibilities of setting a bulkhead instead of trying to move the house? Is thie actionless dramatic? It would probaly take about 4 days to do this.
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Comment by Alice L. Grow on July 23, 2009 at 3:51am -
It sounds like this is a significant historic building, Erik. I'd love to see more details about the building and why it's important to these people. Robert, perhaps the vegetation that secured the sides of the glen have died from disease or there is a larger amount of water washing through the glen from a change in upstream conditions. Highway departments in my area of the world (Finger Lakes, NY) do a huge amount of damage by digging out soil and vegetation from ditches when it's not necessary.
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Comment by Robert Bridge on July 22, 2009 at 10:58pm -
Coastal erosion is happening to my favourite glen in Port Erin it's really sad when the land just crumbles away I say something should be done, others argue this is not possible. You by doing this are making an example for other areas. I wish you the best of luck and when I see success I will quote your achievements next time anyone tries to tell me otherwise. Success buddy.
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Comment by Erik Vincent Haan on July 22, 2009 at 5:25pm -
Cool idea but I don't think this appropriately fits your mission of solving a problem for a poor area. It's just one house.
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Comment by paul splane on July 3, 2009 at 4:37pm
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This will be a little challenging but, it's been done before and I know we have the technical knowledge to get this one done. Anyone in the building trade want to join me?
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