Costa da Coastal
December 7, 2023 9:30 AM Subscribe
The village of Hemsby has been on the East coast of England since Hemer the Viking started farming there over 1,000 years ago. Two weeks ago, a rather modest storm, which didn't even merit a name, carried away the road [BBC] which services a number of houses which used to be (safe) behind the dunes. Context below the fold.
In September the Guardian ran a sad story of one pre-emptive eviction & demolition. Drone footage before 24/11 storm [2½m], clearly showing the road along the cliff edge. Local people ask Why are we not worth saving? [80s]. 5½ years ago, several houses fell off the edge but you can see houses [BBC] on both sides of the road. Government taken to court [Guardian] to protect its citizens and their property rights. Earnest documentary by Faultline [22m] on realpolitik, Brandon Lewis MP, utilitarian decisions, value of tourism to the economy, Netherlands %GDP comparison, "they're not real homes because they are built on sand" etc. Meanwhile 180km NW a WWII pillbox slumps off cliff in Yorkshire [3m drone footage].
Grady of Practical Engineering explains coastal erosion. [8m] . . . and how to chop his sponsor's onions [2m]. MetaPrev on Australian solutions. Nearer to me: Lal and Willy Pierce from Co Wexford, Ireland reflect on the steady diminution [RTE] of their family farm.
In September the Guardian ran a sad story of one pre-emptive eviction & demolition. Drone footage before 24/11 storm [2½m], clearly showing the road along the cliff edge. Local people ask Why are we not worth saving? [80s]. 5½ years ago, several houses fell off the edge but you can see houses [BBC] on both sides of the road. Government taken to court [Guardian] to protect its citizens and their property rights. Earnest documentary by Faultline [22m] on realpolitik, Brandon Lewis MP, utilitarian decisions, value of tourism to the economy, Netherlands %GDP comparison, "they're not real homes because they are built on sand" etc. Meanwhile 180km NW a WWII pillbox slumps off cliff in Yorkshire [3m drone footage].
Grady of Practical Engineering explains coastal erosion. [8m] . . . and how to chop his sponsor's onions [2m]. MetaPrev on Australian solutions. Nearer to me: Lal and Willy Pierce from Co Wexford, Ireland reflect on the steady diminution [RTE] of their family farm.
There is the famous Dunwich, not quite gone, and the less-well-known but completely sunken Ravenser Odd as two examples of the sea vs civil engineering in the UK….
posted by GenjiandProust at 11:59 AM on December 7, 2023
posted by GenjiandProust at 11:59 AM on December 7, 2023
Two other examples of English villages washed away by the sea - in both cases as a consequence of attempts to alter the natural flow of the estuaries on which they stood - are Hallsands (Devon) and Hampton-on-Sea (Kent).
posted by Cardinal Fang at 1:07 PM on December 7, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by Cardinal Fang at 1:07 PM on December 7, 2023 [2 favorites]
North shore of Lake Erie, too. There were some lovely houses on Lakeshore Line near Port Burwell, Ontario that were teetering on the edge. Standing on the sand-cliffs was always accompanied by the constant hiss of erosion, sometimes a big thump as a boulder fell out and bounded into the lake. The wind turbines we put up in 2006 look very close to the edge now.
posted by scruss at 3:45 PM on December 7, 2023
posted by scruss at 3:45 PM on December 7, 2023
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