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03-09-2013, 08:05 PM | #1 |
I wonder . . .
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March 9, 2013 - Mother Nature At It Again
TODAY'S HEADLINES: Storm claims 3 homes Powerful blast leaves destructive path on Plum Island 41 Annapolis: no longer a valid address This is a "before" pic from 2006: Living on the Coast, as I do (the OTHER coast), we quickly learn to respect Mother Nature and King Neptune. I've watched many a "seaside" property become a "sea bottom" property . . . Now, after being sick for three weeks, I hope to have a spell of wellness. The doc says I need about a month to recuperate. |
03-10-2013, 12:58 PM | #3 |
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CM: Hope you get better even faster.
I have trouble seeing the house being washed away in the lower (before) photo. I can't match up the roof, window or deck structures. I have always been jealous of water-front home owners, even while resenting their "no trespassing" signs |
03-10-2013, 03:20 PM | #4 | |
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CM - hoping you heal smoothly as possible. |
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03-10-2013, 06:27 PM | #5 |
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I think it's a bit unfair to blame all this on mother nature.
How about "obvious inevitable consequences of foolish humans building houses on sea-side sand dunes, having listened to the blithe assurance of the real estate developer who paid kickbacks to the council". And that's before we even mention climate change. Well, I suppose that is a bit long.
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03-10-2013, 06:49 PM | #6 |
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How about 'natural consequences for thoughtless people who expect the rest of us bail out (directly or indirectly) their decision to build beach houses on sand dunes'. Guess that's a little long, too.
Of course we WILL be forced to bail them out.
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03-10-2013, 07:15 PM | #7 |
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Pardon me for saying so, but those houses look pretty ugly to me. Maybe mother nature thought the landscape needed cleansing.
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03-10-2013, 07:30 PM | #8 |
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Most modern beach houses look like hell here.
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03-10-2013, 08:46 PM | #9 |
The future is unwritten
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Well after all, they're only temporary shelters.
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03-11-2013, 04:44 AM | #10 | |
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Totally agree with all points. |
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