The Eastern Shore seemed to have escaped the worst of a major Coastal Flood storm last Friday but even this moderate incident can demonstrate the the impact of rising sea levels.
One of our Spies filed this short video report.
This video is approximately one minute in length.
Richard Feury says
I’ve been associated with the Eastern shore for well over 40 years.
I’ve seen flooding in many areas on the shore and find it has become the norm.
Looking at the data, and there is plenty to you can definitely see the change when it comes to water depth, shoreline erosion and flooding.
Those owning property there are faced with either raising houses and building up shorelines, letting nature take its corse and lose everything or sell out and head for higher ground.
Since the powers that be are very slow in doing anything about the problems and just spend money on research and reports it seems that it leaves most with the option of heading to higher ground.
I for one love the Eastern Shore and who doesn’t love being near the water.
Unfortunately at this time in life it’s much to much to look at raising a house that we only use part time.
So we’ll take our chances and leave things as they are and hopefully get another 5 years out of it and then sell out and leave it to someone younger to deal with it.
It’s a fact, the shore is disappearing. It will be missed but at least we will have the memories of deep shorelines, abundant wildlife, crabs and fish.
Thank you Eastern Shore for a lot of good memories.
Richard Feury
Neck District Cambridge Md.