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April 2013 Edition

Can we have some of that sand down here in Florida

The shifting, whispering sands... you have to wonder when you went to bed at night whether you would be able to exit the place the next day.

Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse in Jutland Denmark started life on December 27, 1900 (construction started in 1899). The lighthouse is 60 meters above sea level.

Until 1908 it operated on gas. It ceased to operate on August 1, 1968 - I guess because nobody could get in to light the gas lamp!

Whereas in Florida we have the opposite problem when sever storms hit the beaches they suck the sand out to sea and it gets carried northwards by the gulf stream so we are constantly having to dredge (and pump sand ashore, not a popular method as it damages the offshore reefs or, truck in sand - the current project of beach replenishment on one small section of Ft. Lauderdale beach will take months to complete.

Just 3/4 weeks ago another unusually high tide event did further damage to the coastline.  South Florida's battered beaches lost more sand to high waves but came through without the catastrophic erosion that occurred the last time the ocean got this rough.

Most Palm Beach County beaches sustained only minor erosion up and down the shoreline. But in Hallandale Beach, the southern part of Hollywood and the area around Douglas Street in Hollywood, the waves ripped off enough sand to create four-foot cliffs near the surf.

Hollywood spokeswoman Raelin Storey said the city plans to smooth out the cliffs gradually during regular beach raking. Hallandale also had concerns and would be discussing options, spokesman Peter Dobens said.

The weekend's rough seas arrived as a side effect of a northeastern snowstorm and struck while gaps torn by Hurricane Sandy still being patched.

Sandy's passage east of South Florida in late October brought huge waves that tore up beaches, causing the worst erosion in years. After more rough weather a few weeks later, a section of A1A in Fort Lauderdale collapsed. Work crews are repairing the road and fattening the beach with extra sand.

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