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ADAPT / IMPROVISE FOR RESILIENCE

It’s about infrastructure!  High/Low water damage alongshore is common. So is down-state flooding from collapsed dams, storm/sewage drain overflows, and pumping failures. The common thread: no maintenance, outdated public drains, ...

FLOODED BY THE POWER OF WATER? ADAPT AND IMPROVISE FOR RESILIENCE.

Great Lakes water came down 17 inches while SE Michigan was flooded by 100-year storms and neglected infrastructure - including our home. A 4½ feet flood resulted in utter destruction. ...

OFF-SHORE BREAKWATER ON COVED BEACH - ANTRIM COUNTY COAST.

THEN No Beach in 2020. Breakwater was built in Late August 2020 before the 2021 drop in water level. NOW - Grandchildren love broad deep beaches. So do Piping Plovers ...

UPDATE: JOURNEY TO A GREATER BEACH

This is the third report on the quest to stabilize a beach along the GT Bayshore.  A breakwater just offshore was installed on August 30, 2020.  The beach has grown ...

UPDATE: Off-shore ‘Sill Type’ Breakwater-Antrim County Coast–Coved Beach:

Gales of November shifted sand inland across the sill type breakwater just offshore the Antrim coast.  December saw more sand as did January and March.  The breakwater is buried beneath ...