| Alas, all the sand-renourished beach areas in the county have been returned to the ocean by abnormal winds and tides, leaving behind long buried groins, rocks, tree stumps and revetments. Stairs, lifeguard stands and building foundations have also been removed. Nearby parking areas and parks have been flooded. Millions of tons of sand are gone, ensuring death to the off-shore environment. The sand smothers fragile coral reefs and all life that inhabits them, limiting food sources for sports and food fish, interfering with “catches” for the fishermen. According to the NEW YORK TIMES (10-2-07) the world’s polar areas are experiencing and ice melt so vast that predictions are that by 2013 a blue Arctic Ocean will exist. Would you say this is an exercise in futility, and that Mother Nature wins? |
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Not sure which exercise in futility you are commenting on, beach renurishment or reacting to the falsehood of "Global Warming". If the latter, the earth has been cooling every year since 1998, so there is no global warming. In addition, the Southern Hempishere, which by definition is HALF the world has had no temperature in centuries.
If Beach renourishment is the topic, then yes, renorishing the beaches is a waste of time and money. If Palm Beach county followed the excellent way that Hillsboro Inlet manages the moving sand, there would not be the need for renourishment. Learn from the best.
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