Another shot of the hurricane damage
My father sent me another interesting shot of the damage to the beach in his area. The shot below was taken before Jeanne rolled through; after that, the steps down to the beach were partially destroyed.
There are two things that hit me in that picture. See that driftwood mass? When I was there in June, that was a good thirty yards up from the water line. Also, it was nearly completely buried. That means that a lot of sand washed somewhere else. The other thing is that large dark area of the beach - there used to be dune over part of that - see how choppy it looks back by the sawgrass? Keep in mind, this is before Jeanne came through. Florida's been through a lot
Comments
[Jorge] October 1, 2004 19:26:46.097
Keep ignoring Kyoto, and it will be under a *lot more*. Even if Kyoto goes into force immediately the load of damage already done will put Florida (and lots of other places) under extreme weather much more frequently.
In any case, you can say goodbye to the Keys in some 50 years. And to the barrier islands and peninsulas too. If you own property there, I'd advise to sell. Quickly.
Another shot of the hurricane damage
[ James Robertson] October 1, 2004 19:59:16.010
Comment by James Robertson
This really isn't a political blog. If you want to express opinions about politics - local, international - whatever - this really isn't the place.
[Jorge] October 1, 2004 20:26:12.873
That was just as much about politics as your views on the IT world and on how that business should be run are. Different areas of expertise, same amount of politics: some, not much, mostly technical stuff. Of course, when you don't know squat of what one's talking about, you may think all of it is politics. That happens often, unfortunately. But it's wrong.
Besides, you were talking about what happened in Florida, I'm talking about what will happen in Florida if current trends are allowed to continue. The subject is basically the same.
Anyway, I also relate personally with what went on in Florida. I've never been under a hurricane (there aren't any in this part of the world, thankfully - for the time being anyway), but I've been under a flood. Spent a whole night first trying to stop water from entering my house and then trying to minimize the damage. That was a night I'll never forget.