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I suspect that most of the barrier islands along the United States' eastern intracoastal waterway will submerged by the time I die (2070ish). The pace at which

I suspect that most of the barrier islands along the United States' eastern intracoastal waterway will submerged by the time I die (2070ish). The pace at which beach disappears near my local barrier island has clearly increased in the past decade.

binyah 4y ago
As a long-time resident of barrier island down in the "Lowcountry" - why? The only places we've seen material issue are spots where carpetbagging developers filled in wetlands which have since settled. Of course, folks love to exploit that for warming / climate change panic porn.
- plugger 4y ago
  Sea level rise, more powerful storms (especially nor'easters), etc. My folks live 60 miles away from here and sit on the highest elevation in the area, which is 11ft above sea level. There's very little margin on the Outer Banks.
pixl97 4y ago
If you want to kill a beach, treat it like it's dead. Things like barrier islands should be considered living structures. The moment you stake them down you've given them a death sentence. Tearing up the grasses and building objects on them begins the slow process where they are not able to replenish their sands. In addition the move with time. The head of the beach will get ate away and the tail will grow. But when we start putting up walls and dredging the ocean, we change those currents that feed them and put them at much higher risk of dissolution when strong storms hit. "The beach, if you love it, let it go"
Markoff 4y ago
>intracoastal waterway will submerged by the time I die (2070ish) So you are in early 30s or late 20s? I was just thinking about this, if I'm lucky I die in 2060s, if dramatic improvements in extending life 70s though I have fingers crossed for "Upload", though I still think creating exact copy while deleting old one is dying as well (unless they can keep just brain hooked up).

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I suspect that most of the barrier islands along the United States' eastern intracoastal waterway will submerged by the time I die (2070ish). The pace at which

by sklargh 4y ago

binyah 4y ago
As a long-time resident of barrier island down in the "Lowcountry" - why? The only places we've seen material issue are spots where carpetbagging developers filled in wetlands which have since settled. Of course, folks love to exploit that for warming / climate change panic porn.
- plugger 4y ago
  Sea level rise, more powerful storms (especially nor'easters), etc. My folks live 60 miles away from here and sit on the highest elevation in the area, which is 11ft above sea level. There's very little margin on the Outer Banks.
pixl97 4y ago
If you want to kill a beach, treat it like it's dead. Things like barrier islands should be considered living structures. The moment you stake them down you've given them a death sentence. Tearing up the grasses and building objects on them begins the slow process where they are not able to replenish their sands. In addition the move with time. The head of the beach will get ate away and the tail will grow. But when we start putting up walls and dredging the ocean, we change those currents that feed them and put them at much higher risk of dissolution when strong storms hit. "The beach, if you love it, let it go"
Markoff 4y ago
>intracoastal waterway will submerged by the time I die (2070ish) So you are in early 30s or late 20s? I was just thinking about this, if I'm lucky I die in 2060s, if dramatic improvements in extending life 70s though I have fingers crossed for "Upload", though I still think creating exact copy while deleting old one is dying as well (unless they can keep just brain hooked up).