Erosion is Threatening the Outer Banks - "Line in the Sand" - A WRAL Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2019
- The Outer Banks are home to one of North Carolina's most visible and most famous landmarks, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. They are also home to a major national park and wildlife refuge. Their natural beauty and beaches attract millions of tourists who contribute hundreds of millions of dollars a year to the state’s economy.
However, scientists say erosion, combined with a rising sea level and increased storm activity, could cause major sections of the Outer Banks to go under water within our lifetime. They also say many of the expensive efforts to protect the Outer Banks are only making the problem worse.
Hosted by WRAL's Bill Leslie, “Line In The Sand” looks at the future of the Outer Banks and examines the dire predictions by scientists and the political battle that continues to delay the search for a long-term solution to protect one of our state’s most valuable natural, recreational and economic resources. This documentary originally aired September 28, 2005.
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Spent much of my youth at OBX. Love it - would live there now if I could
I will never drive through there again. Just glad I was able to enjoy the coast when I did.
I can't get over how quick it is happening.
Well yeah they seriously replenish every single year so with inn a year it would be obvious
The environmental problems we face are increasing exponentially while we our policy solutions and funding are linear.
pretty scary when you think of global warming and our storms too
I love driving out to enjoy Pacific Coast 1 for 2 years while my daughter was a student at Pepperdine University.. I witnessed many mud slides with Mansions on that coast. And our favorite place to eat was the Charter House where the movie stars love to eat over looking the ocean.
Shout out Ms.Robinette
Rising sea levels, hahaha yeah right
New bridge... short term solution... already built. RIP OBX... However if they remove R-12... maybe the OBX can self-replenish the way it was meant to do... and we can enjo it for generations to come. Other plans would include modular buildings... nothing with a foundation... something we should have considered generations ago, if we had known better. P.S. I wish they left structure from the old bridge as a pedestrian fishing structure.
How does anyone without a boat enjoy the OBX without R-12?
Modular building without a foundation. So we can watch it float out to the ocean at the next storm?
750 million $$$ a year spent here ,build the long bridge ,no ifs ands or buts .
Leave it alone. All those houses falling into the ocean is polluting it.
3:25 - Beach is cleaner because you don't have to worry about bacteria count. LOL. The causes of the bacteria warnings at beaches are due to rain events that cause the wastewater treatment plant to overflow, and unprocessed sewage overflows into the body of water that it discharges into. This happens everywhere there is a WWTP, a rain event, and currents that push the discharge toward the beach.
I love how all of these coastal communities blame climate change when it is their own activities that are causing the problems. When the storms such as 1962 dump a 5-foot layer of sand across the island it is how the islands were formed in the first place. Then, they remove all of that sand and later wonder where the sand all went!!! Insanity and denial.