by Rob Young | Dec 8, 2022 | Coastal News, Hurricanes and storms, Louisiana Coastal News, Policy
Explain to me how your business model is to insure properties in an area where we know there will be continued tropical storms impacts and the nation’s fastest rate of sea level rise, but not have the resources to cover the losses. “But the recent...
by Rob Young | Dec 8, 2022 | Coastal News, Events in the News, Opinion, Policy, South Carolina Coastal News
We created new flood zones for Horry County, South Carolina based on actual flood inundation (which was far greater than that predicted by FEMA FIRMS). The county chose to make these new maps regulatory with a 3 ft free board. There has been push back, but so far,...
by Rob Young | Dec 8, 2022 | Coastal News, Maine Coastal News, Massachusetts Coastal News
Maine vs. Massachusetts in public beach access. “An ongoing GBH News investigation found limited opportunities for most residents and visitors to enjoy Massachusetts’ coastline. Rising home prices, parking restrictions, an undercurrent of racism and shrinking...
by Rob Young | Dec 8, 2022 | All stories, Beach Management, Coastal News, North Carolina Coastal News, Opinion, Policy
Let’s be clear, this is largely an effort to save the beach houses, not the beaches. SLR doesn’t threaten the existence of most beaches, it just moves them. Certainly, there are portions of the OBX where the barrier island is very narrow and one could...
by Rob Young | Nov 15, 2022 | Coastal News, Florida Coastal News, Ian, 2022, Nicole, 2022, Policy
This is going to get interesting: “By some estimates, there are more than 1.5 million residential condominium units in Florida, and many of them are aging. In June 2021,the Champlain Towers South, a residential high rise in Surfside, Fla., collapsed and left 98 dead....
by Rob Young | Nov 15, 2022 | All stories, Beach Management, Coastal News, Florida Coastal News, Policy
Someone explain to us why we spend millions of dollars to build a wide, renourished beach, then we mechanically clean that beach all the way up to the vegetation line, never allowing the natural vegetation to expand out onto the berm. This happens all over Florida, in...
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