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"Tuesday night, operations took a break to wait for low tide with hopes of filling the area in north Rodanthe where the ocean washes over about 12 hours a day."
That says a lot right there about the senselessness of this.
"Tuesday night, operations took a break to wait for low tide with hopes of filling the area in north Rodanthe where the ocean washes over about 12 hours a day."
That says a lot right there about the senselessness of this.
BTW.. Who is footing the bill for this?
I assume the same organization that pays for the asphalt you use.
What would you tell the residents of those islands?
Plus didn't we establish that the amount of money it cost is far less than the money generated on the island?
Yeah for all the naysaying and wailing and gnashing of teeth this happens way more often than anyone who doesn't live in the area is aware of. It's only now that a bunch of articles are making a stink about it that people are pretending to get up in arms.
"Tuesday night, operations took a break to wait for low tide with hopes of filling the area in north Rodanthe where the ocean washes over about 12 hours a day."
That says a lot right there about the senselessness of this.
BTW.. Who is footing the bill for this?
We are!!!!
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Originally Posted by LLN
The picture says it all. Big trucks in front of big houses!
Next comes beach replenishment. Guess who pays & who benefits?
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Originally Posted by MrBojangles
What would you tell the residents of those islands?
Plus didn't we establish that the amount of money it cost is far less than the money generated on the island?
What I said was it is a tragic waste of money. Let's rebuild the road again, again, again. As for the property owners. You choose where you live good and bad. Yes there are residents that live year round on the island. Make them an offer. Have the ferry ports for those villages. Forget the bride. If your home is lost due to a storm. Ok you are done. Take your insurance money and go. No-rebuilds. Let nature have it's way.
And the money that it generates thing. I want to see the true number of what the island itself generates. How much is collected in taxes from just the island. How much is spent yearly on support of the island. On going maintenace, ferry cost and all those little hind cost. How much goes into the pockets of the locals and how much goes to some investor somewhere!! And one last thing.... does Bev Perdue (aka The Carolina Joker) own any interest in the area.
If your home is lost due to a storm. Ok you are done. Take your insurance money and go. No-rebuilds. Let nature have it's way.
Well why don't we extend that to every house lying in a disaster-prone area?. All homes on flood plains in the east, near drought areas in the southwest, in tornado alley in the midwest, in the vicinity of fault lines in the west, where crippling blizzards and ice storms happen every year in the northeast and upper midwest. Shoot all those houses up in Vermont and New Hampshire near rivers which never flooded like they have until Irene passed through. Obviously the owners foolishly built those houses decades ago not thinking that one day a hurricane could breeze on through and cause the rivers to go hog wild. Only a fool would say that wasn't nature taking her course.
Why shouldn't it go fast they do it three times a year
Ron W.
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