NO EASEMENT NO SAND | The Shocking Reason why Pinellas Beaches are Disappearing
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- With a potentially dangerous 2024 hurricane season looming, and additional damage imminent, why aren't renourishment plans progressing? What is the hold up? Why the resistance?
EASEMENTS!
Let's take a peek at PAG and how their project is progressing, and find out why PHASE 2 IS NOT APPROVED! After a destructive cycle of winter storms destroyed this past fall's efforts to protect homes and infrastructure by shoring up the beaches with trucked sand,, what is next for Pinellas County as their beaches hang in the balance of the disconnect between the homeowners and the Army Corps of Engineers?
Get the tea, and stay tuned for more updates as we roll toward hurricane season without a serious renourishment project approved!
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Thanks for the update!❤️
You're welcome! And as more develops, I will keep you guys in the loop!
Hi really enjoying your videos about replenishing the sand, Thanks for sharing 👍
Please check your microphone your voice has been muffled. Thank you
Thank you! It's sure interesting watching this all unfold and I still need to check on Sarasota for the same issue too - longboat key got really roughed up in some spots too...
and re the muffled sound - Thanks for the tip - i took the cover off my GoPro to get the card out, and discovered there was some sand blocking the microphone holes in front on both the camera and the cover! i hadn't even noticed!
If I can save up some funds, I am hoping to upgrade to the next generation of GoPro - that would let me use a wireless mic, which would help incredibly on the windy beaches and save me a lot of audio tweaking edit time for sure... when Im in front of the computer i just need to make sure I speak loudly enough - but when we are in windy conditions with the GoPro, it's tough to get clean audio in the winds :)
Want the homeowners paying taxes for some of that being done? They might as well go ahead and sign or whatever it's going to take to fix it
in a manner of speaking, yes... tax dollars set aside by pinellas and by state of florida too for beach erosion repairs.
honestly, altho i understand some of the resistance on the part of the homeowners, if i was one of them i would want it fixed. i have seen firsthand how much disappeared over on longboat key and it was staggering - some of those homes had the dunes piled against their homes 3 feet high and the beach was stripped and ocean was getting to where folks had grass - i mean like BAD. it can happen so fast... 1 storm can make a huge difference. and we had MANY this winter. Like 1 A WEEK for a while...
I think that the number one reason they do the beach renurishment is because tourism is the number one money maker for the state. They probably make back the dollars in taxation for rentals, hotels, car rentals, as well as a other tourist activities. It's a sustainable industry that's very lucrative.
Your report was VERY informative, and I hope they keep it up. It's saving the coastline in Florida. In Ohio, we are having the same issue with the Great Lakes. The lakes keep eroding the shores, and in this case, it's up to the individual homeowners to repair the coastline if it's their yard that abuts the shore. No Army Corp of Engineers to bail them out, period. Some communities have park land on the shores, and it's a huge expense for a community to bear.
As far as perpetuity? You can't take it with you!
thank you so much - I worked pretty hard on this one to get good info together and present both sides of things..
renourishment --- its a catch 22...
renourishment is necessary because infrastructure is at risk - but the trouble too is that when some of this infrastructure was put in place, the coastline was a lot different.
There's a fellow who's been in a few of my videos, Master Naturalist Gary - i run into him a lot at Pass A Grille actually. He was showing me this chunk of coral rock on the beach near the rocks at PAG - its distinctive, has a hole through it. He told me he has pictures of him reaching up and the hole being 7 feet above the sand line. This spring before they closed the area off, that same rock with the hole, the hole was like 8 inches above the sand.
The bottoms of these barrier islands are growing and the tops are getting wiped out ... pinellas, manatee, sarasota counties its the same on the islands. That's the trouble with barrier islands and keys., they move. and most of the ones i see seem to me moving southward....
A fantastic example is the dome houses down near the 10k island area - they started on land and within 20 years they were completely inaccessible and uninhabitable.
so - yes renourishment needs to be done to protect homes, to protect infrastructure... but GAWD its expensive - and at times, almost seems futile. I was out at sunset beach right after the repaired dunes were finished then we went again after some winter storms and the brand new repair dunes were obliterated.
so its a never ending battle on the beach between mother nature and man ... but one we must continue
@@echouebijoux No one does a beach info video like you do! I love the reports, and PAG is my #1 fav. I always come home with something nice. I hope they get the results they are expecting, because it sure is pricey! PS Love that you are wearing more of your lovely jewelry! It's a highlight for me as well.
@@Kammy44 thank you!
Great video! I was hoping they would separate some sand and shells during the dredging and we could shell hunt a bit. Did you see anything like that or with the beach access blocked is that impossible?
I have not seen any signs that they are separating the shells from the sand unfortunately - but the beach is all blocked off too. its technically possible that they are behind the equipment...but i have not seen any sign of that at all so far.
the sand is also not coming from an offshore sand spot that's deep either - its coming from over near the op of shel key because sand has been choking a channel. so we will have to see what kind of shells wash out once they are done this phase! we dont have the go ahead for phase 2 yet so we will be able to see what's what when this phase wraps up. its a fraction of what they want/need to renourish
@@echouebijoux wow thank you for all the info! I’ll keep an eye out for any of your videos on the status of the next phase. Would love if some cool shells were uncovered at some point 😊
@@vickyjronica they should be done this phase by late august or september i think, and you can bet i will be out there looking once they are!
Great video! I will be coming down there in two weeks to treasure Island and was wondering if I would be able to come to Pass aGrill in the area where the paradise Grill is and the businesses. Can we get on the beach there at all?
Thank you so much!
and YES you can ABSOLUTELY GET TO THE BEACH by Paradise Grill and The Hurricane! The lower down area being renourished is blocked off but there is access at and above Paradise Grille right now. That area is supposed to be Phase 2, but without the easement issue resolved it doesn't look like Phase 2 has the green light right now. When you hit the beach at Paradise Grill itself, the high tide makes it to the sea wall but at low tide you'll find some shells and some broken up frit... above that tho, its as it always is in the summer - a good selection of smaller shells with a few bigger ones mixed in. Keep your eyes peeled for Alternate and Speckled Tellins around that area, too.. i have gotten very lucky around there on many occasions!
PS... if you can, go hit Egmont Key too! the ferry for it leaves from the lower launch in fort desoto now instead of the north boat launch - its right over by the dog beach now and worth a visit!
@@echouebijoux this is wonderful news! I love to visit Pass A Grille every time I come to the area. Thank you! 😁
I echo Michelle's suggestion of Egmont. The ride to the beach is considerably shorter now, even if you spot dolphins and they drive to let you see them. The shells there were AMAZING when we were there in March. I love Egmont, but I've never had a bad day on a boat. Also Ft. DeSoto is another of our favs.
@@Kammy44 we just went to Desoto yesterday and we had a GREAT shell run :D that's coming to video soon... :D i love desoto its awesome