6/30/2008
Inlets come and go
A friend sent this link from the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum site. It's an impressive animated map that shows just how shifting that part of the coast has been from 1741-present. (Didn't you ever wonder why the lighthouse was so far inland? Well, it used to be right on the coast.)
This isn't just about sea-level rise/global warming but about the shifting nature of the Florida coastline, even before there was development. Lessons: Beach renourishment is futile and this is a bad place to build pink hotels and highways.
This isn't just about sea-level rise/global warming but about the shifting nature of the Florida coastline, even before there was development. Lessons: Beach renourishment is futile and this is a bad place to build pink hotels and highways.
Labels: Environment, floridalia, Nature run amok
