Cork On the Ocean said:Every step on the dunes causes sand to loosen. Every bucket that kids dig out them removes sand.
9 out 10 deaths in hurricanes are due to the storm surge. The 2 biggest defenses against storm surge are continuous high dunes and the beach shelf.
20 steps and 1 bucket of sand doesn't seem like much but multiply that by 50,000 or 5 million. Our dunes suffered tremendous damage last year from the storms. Experts are trying to figure out how to repair them or at least hold onto what we have left. Many of us who own here are paying high assessments to try to save our dunes.
Don't walk on the dunes or let your kids play on them. Tell people to get off the dunes if you see them on them.
We'll love you for it!
Chickpea said:
Agreed - great idea - we find a way to educate all about the dangers of swimming and have a flag system to further clarify. A flyer about the importance of preserving dunes would be instructive as I imagine that as obvious it may be to those of us here who are somewhat ecologically minded, to many people they may just not know any better and would welcome such instruction. Others would trash and ignore and we would touch some....Sueshore said:
...but you better walk, take your bike or scooter, because the closest public access has only 4 parking spaces and one is a handi-capped. From the western most lot in Cypress Dunes, one would have to drive about 1.5 miles to the closest public beach access.Amp22 said:
