Last straw! Bastards!

[kmaty]

time was when people built bungelos at the beach and furnished them with used furniture. When the storms came and washed them away they would rebuild the shanty. Now they put up million dollar homes and we all pay to rebuild them or protect them.

Thank you well said...if this comes out harsh its not intended and i do feel bad for people who lost everything but did they not think it was going to happen? Noweverybody suffers mother nature is far beyond my fighting class i will step aside and respect her powers let them notch the jetties itl be back to normal soon enough especially with all this whacked out weather! As for me i just ordered my wetsuit gota love being in your youth!

[Billfish715]

Damned if they do. Damned if they don't. If they leave it alone, there's always a chance of a breach in those narrow areas between the ocean and the river or bay. A breach at Sandy Hook or Sea Bright would change the environment considerably. Look what it did in Mantoloking. The amount of current which comes down the beach from the Hudson/Raritan and the other waterways is overlooked. There is quite a flow down the beach which affects the beaches on down to Shark River. The northern current moves more sand up to the channels and then out east. It was much more difficult to run a boat near Sandy Hook years ago because of the shoals. Sand moves, let's face it. Man almost has to intervene or face tremendous environmental, social and economical issues. Fishing is not a big part of the plan. We think it should be but, even the groins were man-made. Imagine what our beaches would have been without them. There are no groins in IBSP and yet quality catches are always made there. Leif, I feel your pain, and in 50 years, someone will be having this discussion again when the Corps is trying to save the sand in front of Pier Village. Interestingly, there was once an effort to run a steamship business from that area on the ocean, so there was always a problem with the beaches there. Read some of the material about Deal, Elberon, Long Branch from back in the day. Finally, what would the old Long Branch pier look like after a replenishment project.

[Leif]

If you can attend........

"Protest" being held this Friday March 21 at 5pm at 8th Ave in Asbury Park. Attending.... the Bradley Beach, Berkley, Shark River and Asbury Park Fishing Club, Clean Ocean Action, Surfers Alliance, Deal Lake Commission and hopefully Rep. Frank Pallone.

Leif