Miami Beach is running out of sand.

[babylonsister]

Is this far enough away from the current all-consuming topic?:D

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0516/p01s03-ussc.html


Would it still be Miami Beach with foreign sand?
Miami Beach leaders are eyeing sand from foreign sources such as the Bahamas, as the domestic supply runs dry.
By Amy Green | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Miami Beach is running out of sand.

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Miami Beach leaders are turning toward foreign sources such as the Bahamas. They've received offers from the Dominican Republic, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and Mexico. In the Dominican Republic, for example, a fish farm offered to sell Miami Beach sand from newly dug fish ponds.

But there's a problem: Federal law prevents Miami Beach from considering foreign sources until a domestic search is exhausted. So local leaders and the US Army Corps of Engineers have drafted a report summarizing their far-reaching effort. They hope for approval later this year to begin importing foreign sand, said Brian Flynn, an administrator in the Miami-Dade Department of Environmental Resources Management.

"If we have one more hurricane we're going to need an external source," he said. "We're the first county that's essentially run out of sand. Broward County to our north is right behind us. They've probably got one more project, and they're going to be out."

Other coastal communities are bracing for the same, as hurricanes, rising ocean levels, and other forces combine to erode beaches even as they assume cornerstone roles in local and state economies. Communities in southern California and Hawaii also are facing similar shortages, said Charley Chesnutt, a coastal engineer for the Institute for Water Resources, a research organization of the US Army Corps of Engineers.

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[Monkeyman]

1. Thank You Sis Needed a break from you know

Dam I must of carried it home in my shoes

[porphyrian]

2. Maybe they should've preseved the natural dune structure rather than building condos on every...

...inch of coastline. I guess that's what happens when developers and con-men peddle a swamp to northerners.

[Squatch]

3. Miami Beach...1/2 of which is composed entirely of the word "beach"

is running out of sand. Weird.

[lovuian]

4. Running out of sand or Sea levels rising?

Florida according to EPA maps is in BIG trouble with global warming

[babylonsister]

5. Beaches are eroding from hurricanes, sea levels, etc., all results from

global warming, no doubt.

[KoKo]

6. Maybe import it from China? Seriously...why can't they dredge it from

further out. If the beach keeps eroding where is the sand going? :shrug:

[Clark2008]

7. Not far enough away!!

It's from the Christian Science Monitor.

:scared:


:hi:

[babylonsister]

10. So what? I think that's a good source of info. nt

[Patsy Stone]

8. There was massive dredging here back in the early 80s

It left us with hard, white sand and covered all of the soft, pink sand. :( Maybe if they bring new sand it will be soft and pink again?

I didn't notice we were running out of sand, I think there are just too many people on the beach and it looks like there isn't enough sand. Our beaches are pretty darn wide.

:hi:

Sure you don't want me to talk about you-know-who?

[Cha]

9. Bummer! Not a beach without

sand B-)

Yeah, it doesn't matter where the sand comes from..they'll be lucky to get it.