Last week, the northeast had yet another storm of century (that's three of them this winter). The residents of Salisbury, Mass. thought they had protected their million-dollar beachfront homes by erecting a last-minute sand dune that cost upwards of $600,000. It lasted a grand total of three days and made them an internet laughingstock.
In the clip above, Tom Saab said the dunes did their job and that he doesn't believe in climate change. And although he's been a resident there since 1971 and has seen the beachfront erode hundreds of feet he expects the government to step in and solve their problem, otherwise $2 billion in property will be lost. Proving yet again, that everyone becomes a socialist when it affects them.
Source: The Guardian
On the border with New Hampshire and Massachusetts – about 35 miles north of Boston – is Salisbury, a coastal town and popular summer destination for tourists. But for those who live in the town year round, especially those who live on the coastline, life’s not a beach.
Last month, after a series of storms battered the area, local citizens came together to take the necessary steps to protect their homes. Volunteer organization Salisbury Beach Citizens for Change raised more than $500,000 to erect a 15,000-ton sand dune – a formidable barrier that would hopefully protect at least 15 beach houses from destruction.
Or so they thought. The sand dune was completed after one month in early March, but just three days later, the dune – and nearly half a million dollars – was wiped away.
The tragic incident made the project a laughingstock to some and angered others.
But Tom Saab, the president of the organization, doubled down on the dune.
“The dunes we built were sacrificial. They sacrificed themselves to protect the properties. Water didn’t go into people’s living rooms, destroy houses, destroy decks, patios and so on. So the dunes worked,” Saab said. “However, now we’re vulnerable to another nor’easter because we need to somehow replenish what we lost.”
On the Salisbury Beach Citizens for Change’s Facebook page, one person commented on a post about the sand dune debacle: “Your houses sit right on an ever rising and ever violent sea. Do you really think any amount of money will stop what’s inevitable?”
