NC Coastal News
Another example of how we continue to put property in harm's way. These photos are from the beautiful, Black Sea coast of Bulgaria.
We would love it if members of this group would check out their property on this new Flood Risk Database. Let us know if you think it accurately characterizes what your home has experienced during the last 5 years.
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Find Your Home's Flood Factor | Flood Factor
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Flood Factor is a free online tool created by the nonprofit First Street Foundation that makes it easy for Americans to find their property’s past floods, current risks, and future projections based...HAWAII’S AMAZING GREEN SAND BEACH.
SANDS FORMED OF VOLCANIC ERUPTION MINERALS, OF OLIVINE MINERALS.
Well, hello Dolly!
Tropical Storm Dolly becomes 2nd earliest D-named storm in Atlantic
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Not only did Dolly become a rare June D-named storm, only the third in recorded history, but it also will go down in the history books as the second-earliest fourth-named storm in the basin.www.linkedin.com/posts/rob-young-68a44339_why-a-norfolk-nonprofit-is-moving-to-a-flood-activity-6...
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This is so incredibly misguided!! We are not the Netherlands. We have plenty of room to take a step back from the coast for most needs and uses. Make the...We are losing another one. Florida's Big Pass was one of the few remaining, undredged inlets on the east coast. Next month, that will all end. Sand is being pumped onto the south end of Lido Key in front of buildings that should never have been constructed in that highly dynamic area. There is sand offshore, but it would be more expensive to retrieve it. Another one bites the dust.
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Lido Beach renourishment begins next month | Sarasota | Your Observer
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City officials say the dredging of Big Pass will help protect the natural and built environment on Lido Key.www.linkedin.com/posts/rob-young-68a44339_a-war-against-climate-science-waged-by-washington-activ...
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This headline is hyperbolic and just flat out wrong! A small number of incidents over an extended period of time does not constitute a "War!" The NYT ...Beautiful, natural beach south of the engineered beaches of the SC Grand Strand. The surf zone is still full of life.
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Huntington Beach State Park, SC June 11, 2020
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Beautiful, natural beach south of the engineered beaches of the SC Grand Strand. The surf zone is still full of life.Weird? In short, yes.
Is A Tropical Depression In Wisconsin Weird? - Yes
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Remnants of Tropical Storm Cristobal in Wisconsin and Canada. That's strange.We have been working with our friends in Horry County to map and understand flood exposure the county. It is no fun to be at the bottom of a drainage basin that extends well up into North Carolina. Rosewood Estates in SC.
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Rosewood Estates, Socastee, SC June 10, 2020
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Drone video of flooding along the Intercoastal WaterwayGreat reporting by the P&C:
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Fixed for Failure: How flood insurance keeps dangerous homes standing in SC
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Data obtained by The Post and Courier allowed reporters for the first time to pinpoint about one-third of South Carolina's most vulnerable and water-damaged properties, a revealing disclosure for aAfter Hurricane Matthew, it was painfully obvious that Route A1A in Flagler Beach will need to be relocated. Instead, FL DOT threw all kinds of crap in the sea to build one of the ugliest and least effective revetments on the FL oceanfront. Of course, the beach has been largely eliminated. Solution, now we need to put a beach back in front of the revetment. And yes, it will be a federal project. Do you think everyone involved really understands that they will have to pump sand up in front of that revetment FOR ETERNITY!!!!
www.palmcoastobserver.com/article/county-secures-more-easements-for-beach-renourishment-project
County secures more easements for beach renourishment project | Palm Coast | Palm Coast Observer
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The county needs beachfront property owners' permission to deposit sand to fortify the coast.www.linkedin.com/posts/kabutogani_horseshoecrabs-ugcPost-6672558012894384128-xKjX
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Timelapse of yesterday's high tide along Pickering Beach, Delaware. Traditionally, the evening high tide during the last lunar event in May or the first...
This is a first for us...
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Newport Beach homeowners fined $1.7 million for illegal yards on beach
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Coastal Commission will consider ratifying the agreement on June 11.Meet Cristobal, the earliest “C” storm in Atlantic hurricane history...
Tropical Storm Cristobal Forms; Massive Rains in Central America, Potential Track Through Gulf
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After drenching parts of Mexico and Central America, Cristobal may aim toward the U.S. Gulf Coast.Check out the Royal Tern that almost hits the drone and the beautiful antidunes in the surf zone.
Bertha has made landfall near Mt. Pleasant, SC, as the second named storm in the Atlantic, days before the "official" June 1 start of hurricane season.
Tropical Storm Bertha makes landfall in South Carolina
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Still days away from the official start of the hurricane season, the Southeast coast of the U.S. is dealing with its second named tropical system in less than two weeks.