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Delphinus

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4. No,

Tue Mar 14, 2023, 01:15 PM

Mar 2023

I've not traveled an awful lot lately - used to vacation in Georgia 40+ years ago - and generally stay away from the ocean. Not sure why, because I like it but I also have a lot of respect for it.

At any rate, I really want to have more empathy for folks who live around these areas, but I'm running low. I've read so much about seal level rise there is no way I want to be anywhere close and yet these folks build monster homes right in the way. There was a song many years ago with a line, "You cannot take a river and bend it to your will", and it obviously has stuck with me. Why do they put their homes right in harm's way?

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Warning to all who live on barrier islands: Fourth NC home collapses into the sea... [View all] allegorical oracle Mar 2023 OP

Guessing Delphinus Mar 2023 #1

I agree on many levels, but BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #3

No, Delphinus Mar 2023 #4

Well, you should visit before it's gone. But I think it'll be there awhile. I'd bet on it. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #5

Love Jekyll island Lifeafter70 Mar 2023 #8

I think that must have been where we stayed when I was a teen. It was on the beach. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #9

When you do go back please post pictures Lifeafter70 Mar 2023 #10

I had a friend who lived in St. Simons. Beautiful area. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #11

I lived in Brunswick from 77-80 tinymontgomery Mar 2023 #13

Jekyll does have a small airport and we used to watch the planes fly in and out wishstar Mar 2023 #16

Not to mention that this is what barrier islands do naturally. GoCubsGo Mar 2023 #6

So true. In Fla, after storms, have seen barrier islands enlarged and others that had half allegorical oracle Mar 2023 #14

This coastal development should be legally barred from further re-building. lindysalsagal Mar 2023 #2

+1 spot on! Emile Mar 2023 #7

Best thing to do. 2naSalit Mar 2023 #12

It was forbidden in some islands and coastal areas for years, but many of those laws were allegorical oracle Mar 2023 #15

I'm sure some of those homes on barrier islands... RussBLib Mar 2023 #17