
Man, this is terrible!

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“A storm like this is so powerful,” he says, “that it will push massive amounts of sand and water across the island and you’ll have large areas of open sand without vegetation, and those are the areas where next summer the shore birds will breed.”
A hurricane is like a forest fire, Maddock says: It causes a lot of destruction but it also “plays an important role in protecting the habitat.”
Orrin Pilkey agrees. A retired Duke University professor of coastal geology and the author of “A Celebration of the World’s Barrier Islands,” Pilkey says hurricanes are good for barrier islands, like Assateague Island in Maryland and the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
“Barrier islands are formed by hurricanes and big storms,” he says. “Every grain of sand that’s on a barrier island came from the beach in a storm ... These islands require these big storms for their survival. If there were no big storms, there would be no barrier islands. They’d disappear or they’d be teeny little bars of sand.”
Think about it. No hurricanes, no barrier islands, no Outer Banks, no vacation trip back when you were young and you met that cute kid and you slipped off into the twilight and you watched the waves roll in and you started smooching and one thing led to another and ... well, surely the hassle of a hurricane is worth those magic memories.
vbhoutex wrote:Duck, you and I will never agree on this. Your argument about tornado alley or even California, just doesn't hold up IMO. Barrier Islands are indeed built and taken down by hurricanes, but they are not meant to be inhabited, imo. They are built and they are taken down by hurricanes or tropical cyclones washing across them UNIMPEDED, not by destroying manmade structures placed in the path of the normal flow of the waters generated by a storm. As far as those that live in floodways or NORMALLY flood prone areas, I say the same thing, DON 'T BUILD THERE AND THEN COMPLAIN WHEN YOUR HOMES ARE DESTROYED. And as far as Allison goes-GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!!!-YOU ARE REALLY REACHING DUCK AND YOU KNOW IT!!!!! THAT IMO IS A TOTALLY UNFAIR JAB AT PEOPLE WHO HAD NO IDEA THAT THERE WOULD BE 35" OF RAIN IN 8 HOURS FLOODING PLACES THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN FLOODED BEFORE!! This will be my last post on this. I agree to disagree with you.
Lindaloo wrote:The guy you mentioned Coldwatercrunch is not true. He did not go swimming. He and his wife were watching the water when he was swept out by a wave.
I am in total agreement with you David!! Just like in Biloxi MS... there is casino after casino, high rise hotel after high rise hotel being built right on the beach. Knowing that we are an easy target for canes. But they build anyway. Some of them suffered extensive damage from Georges and extensive damage from TS Isidore. It is only a matter of time until the MS Gulf Coast sees the big one again which will result in a total wipe out.
And it is true that all the people who build inland are paying the price for people to build on the beaches and barrier islands. I worked for Allstate for 12 years and have seen premiums skyrocket for people well inland. Another thing is all those people down in Florida that were hit by Andrew suffered billions of dollars worth of damage but yet failed to have the proper building codes in place for such an event. The people are not at fault, it is the state of Florida that is at fault. But, the people and the insurance industry suffered. Alot of insurance companies have since quit writing in Florida.
Lindaloo wrote:ColdWaterConch wrote:Regardless, the guy is still an idiot and the storm did not kill him, his lack of brains killed him.
Not a very nice thing to say. I am sure the victim's family would disagree with you!
ColdWaterConch wrote:Regardless, the guy is still an idiot and the storm did not kill him, his lack of brains killed him.