What is New Orleans thinking?

[thefuzz]

On 7/13/2019 at 9:55 AM, cookinbrak said:

Homeowners at Shell Island wanted the state to pay to fix the natural movement of the inlet. The state said that they knew it was inevitable, they had to put up their own money to fix it. Shell Island HOA had to pay Corp of Engineers to dredge it and add sand to the beach. It was close to falling into the ocean.

Make NO residents do the same.

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Wish I had the cash to pick up a couple when it was "going to fall in any day now".  Sadly I didn't.

[LinvilleGorge]

On 7/16/2019 at 8:53 AM, thefuzz said:

Wish I had the cash to pick up a couple when it was "going to fall in any day now".  Sadly I didn't.

One good storm could undo all that dredging work. The only thing that's constant about shorelines is that they're constantly shifting.

[thefuzz]

17 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

One good storm could undo all that dredging work. The only thing that's constant about shorelines is that they're constantly shifting.

Wouldn't have held onto it, she would have been sold for a healthy profit a year or so ago.

 

That said, the shifting goes back and forth every other decade or so.  The South end of Topsail was about to fall into the inlet 20 years ago, now there is damn near a half mile of beach behind it, and the N end of Topsail has receded.