More brown sand - Seagrove this time

[Shutters]

I arrived at 10:30 on Wednesday night headed to the beach walkover at Andalusia St in Seagrove. The beach is now VERY narrow, in some places 10 feet from the end of the walkovers. Yes, there is lots of seawall construction back filled with BROWN sand. I have two questions.

1.) I thought any seawall construction had to be temporary, 60 days only. The pile driver shown in Kurt's photo is pounding in 30 ft metal plates that are corragated and then are rivited to a second high layer. These do NOT seem temporary. The other type of seawall is wood poles pounded in with 1 by 10's screwed in and back filled with brown sand. I'm not sure how much of a waves energy either of these will deflect of absorb, especially the wood ones.

2.) Wouldn't this brown sand would be top filled or dressed with white sand and then sloped on the gulf side down, kind of like a man made dune?

No matter what, the pile driver has not been puonding the last two days. That's a very expensive peice of equipment to be sitting idle so I have to think there is some type of "stop work" order. I'm heading down to the beach here in a few minutes, I'll get some more photos.

 

[Kurt]

Rules for seawalls and other measures - click here. Some seawalls are permitted to be permanent and some temporary. Temporary structures can be converted to permanent ones with additional permit approval, which must be requested within 60 days.

A vertical seawall of any solid material reflects 100% of a waves energy, until it fails. A less than vertical system (dune), absorbs energy and does not reflect 100%.

A vertical seawall that reflects 100% means that all of the returned energy will take more sand with it, enhancing erosion of the beachfront. There is also an issue of a vertical seawall causing added erosion to adjacent areas.

Seawalls will be covered with sand and vegetation planted in most if not all instances.

 

[bsmart]

Is the act of shooting spitballs at a County Commissioner at a County Commissioner's Meeting considered an assault, legally speaking?

It would be considered battery--the act of unwanted or unwelcomed touching. Assault would come into play if it were a foreseen act, if you placed the commissioner in fear of being hit with a spit ball.

:funn: :funn: :funn:

 

[Smiling JOe]

It would be considered battery--the act of unwanted or unwelcomed touching. Assault would come into play if it were a foreseen act, if you placed the commissioner in fear of being hit with a spit ball.

:funn: :funn: :funn:

So the first spit ball would be battery, and the second one, of which he fears, would be assault and battery?

 

[bsmart]

So the first spit ball would be battery, and the second one, of which he fears, would be assault and battery?

Yes, both assault and battery, after the second spit ball.

 

[toebiter]

Thank you , it is my dog's nickname. So who are throwing spitballs at? Sounds like fun, messy, but fun.

 

[RiverOtter]

Now that's what I'm talking about

 

[Beach Runner]

Now that's what I'm talking about

You be da emoticon man, yo!

 

[bsmart]

Maybe at the next meeting we could get the

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to drive by...

 

[SHELLY]

My Lord!!
That is THE sorriest (!) picture I've ever seen of SoWal beaches! And that county wasn't even hit with a hurricane....yet.
But then again, with county leaders like SoWal has, who needs hurricanes.