NC beaches are vanishing

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800 dump trucks of sand gone: A new look at North Carolina’s vanishing coast

New 3D maps reveal Buxton’s beach lost 800 dump trucks of sand and nine feet of elevation in five weeks — a warning, scientists say, of how fast North Carolina’s coast is collapsing.

www.wral.com

 

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800 dump trucks of sand gone: A new look at North Carolina’s vanishing coast

New 3D maps reveal Buxton’s beach lost 800 dump trucks of sand and nine feet of elevation in five weeks — a warning, scientists say, of how fast North Carolina’s coast is collapsing.

www.wral.com

The thing that is so weird-They should tear down the homes to crash soon -before they crash Clean up never is very complete. I guess it is some Insurance thing?????? Can you image the crap in the sand near Buxton-yea I have stayed there

 

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Coastal geologist Orrin Pilkey, 1934-2024: An appreciation | Coastal Review

"With Orrin, the stories never stopped," writes author and Coastal Review contributor Gilbert M. Gaul of the acclaimed Duke University scientist who died Sunday. "Some of them were even true."

coastalreview.org

Orrin Pilkey was the canary in the coal mine that nobody wanted to listen to! We should never build on shifting sands. Matthew 7:24-27 if memory serves!

 

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800 dump trucks of sand gone: A new look at North Carolina’s vanishing coast

New 3D maps reveal Buxton’s beach lost 800 dump trucks of sand and nine feet of elevation in five weeks — a warning, scientists say, of how fast North Carolina’s coast is collapsing.

www.wral.com

Stupid Americans have no clue how little an amount of sand is in a dump truck.

 

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The outer banks gonna flow
Period . That is the purpose of the Outer Banks

 

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These guys are the best as they have seen it from the early to the present. It’s sad but the wind and the water prevail.

King Mackerel & The Blues Are Running - Musical Featuring Don Dixon, Bland Simpson, and Jim Wann

www.kingmackerelmusical.com

They donate all of it to the Nature Conservancy and apparently my ability to link it is weak.
Do yourself a favor and watch the YouTube show! Hell it’s free!