Brisbane River Anti-Memoir

<p class=ql-align-center>This story is the anti-memoir of Chance</p><p class=ql-align-center>an immigrant to Australia from the UK who has an affinity for water and lives by the Logan and then the Brisbane rivers where he is a victim of monstrous river flooding and desiccating droughts.</p><p class=ql-align-center>Wanting protection he first investigates </p><p class=ql-align-center>conditions with an ego-driven analysis striving for scientific detachment. </p><p class=ql-align-center>His findings are inconclusive until he changes to philosopher </p><p class=ql-align-center>Heidegger's method phenomenology. </p><p class=ql-align-center>His understanding broadens to include his 'Being' in cultural </p><p class=ql-align-center>historical political social and economic contexts of the rivers </p><p class=ql-align-center>with individual experiences. He enjoys the recreational possibilities </p><p class=ql-align-center>of his living place and focuses on the potential for reducing river </p><p class=ql-align-center>flooding. His analysis finds many actions authorities can take to protect people from flooding and prevent damage to their homes.</p><p class=ql-align-center>He eventually comes to terms with the risk of his home flooding. </p><p class=ql-align-center>The story is uplifting in revealing a philosophical </p><p class=ql-align-center>approach to living with uncertainty. </p><p class=ql-align-center>For many people on a similar journey Knox's prescription </p><p class=ql-align-center>for risk-taking could be enlightened.</p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center>Could flooding due to obstruction of the river channel by sediment</p><p class=ql-align-center>and bridge islands be prevented?</p><p class=ql-align-center> </p><p><br></p>