Did anyone else see the front page story in the New York Times yesterday about everybody's favorite state capital?
It seems that Sandlin's wedding in front of the receding Mendenhall Glacier could be a historical marker . . not only will the glacier be gone someday, but Douglas Island will not be an island anymore.
What does this mean for your beachfront, Gordie?
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It seems like the tides weren't as high as they once were...
I assume that this means good things for the folks- scientists have predicted a total raise of 15 feet in sea levels, but maybe geology makes it a non issue in SE.
When we built our seawall in 1995, we focused on the knowledge that our front property line was the 16 foot high tide mark. We started with the base that was going to be buried and knew we would have to stop working for a while when tides got to 17+ and would submerge the work area twice a day. 18+ tides would climb the wall and scour the base. We have always thrown organic debris over the edge knowing it would get scrubbed away in time with the high spring tides. We sent over a bunch of spring clean-up leaves and lawn moss this month and it still sits there in spite of an 18.5 tide several times. Tide lines in SE have a few other variables including off-shore winds holding or pushing water into the channels but its clear our property is a bit higher that it was 20 years ago. Just not ready to sub-divide the property yet.
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