The Case of the Disappearing Shoreline

[Jangle]

Like any good scientist/engineer, when I got back I started to do a little bit of research. I wish I could say I was shocked when I found this article from 2011, “Hellshire Beach threatened, LIME funds study to identify solutions”, but alas, I was not. Back then, a study was commissioned to be carried out by a local coastal engineering firm Smith Warner, and “the first phase of the study will include extensive data gathering on the biological environment and the use of computer models to undertake preliminary engineering analyses.” Jamel Banton, director at Smith Warner, warned that “if the existing attrition is not reduced, the shoreline is expected to retreat further inland, thereby lessening the viability of the popular beach area for recreational and commercial activities.”

I’d say he was correct. So what happened to this study?

https://medium.com/@kamilah/the-case...10a#.ymlgugfbz

[Bricktop]

well if you cut down the mangroves...build concrete structures that release raw sewage onto the reef...dynamite the reef to catch fish...it doesn't take a rocket science to figure out that the coastline is going to deplete...