Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Oceans, weather and sand

I must be missing something here with all this weather and erosions stuff. Everyday I'm hearing the weather channel interview people who have lost their beaches or yards or in some cases their homes to beach erosion.

Erosion?...no, this is land redistribution which has been happening for eons. Except now we have people who expect to live close to the water and think they should have a say in what nature does.

States feel they have to maintain sand for tourists to walk on and residents expecting sea walls or help in preventing their buildings from being destroyed by water. I find it so interesting that we as a people think that our will and money can control the environment in such unnatural ways.

Old mother nature gives and mother nature takes it away.........and this is what's happening. It is not erosion. Forget beach replenishment, property owners plan on loosing your beach front view and you states figure out how to bring in tourists just like inland states do..with human ingenuity.

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