Not Really a Mainstream Media Guy BUT!!!!!

[johng]

I came across this article today and although I have seen it with my own eyes in Negril it was difficult to read in black and white. Generally I don't pay too much attention to the Main Stream Media but the facts seem undeniable??


http://www.weather.com/news/jamaica-...beach-20141003

Tell me it ain't true!!!

[negrilal]

The beach has been getting narrower and more sloped ( near Travelers and Ansels) in places for the last 20 odd years. The last couple of years the beach has gotten wider and less sloped in the sloped areas. In fact the beach looked the best I have seen it in about 10 years when I was last there in Feb 2014.

[Kahuna3]

This film clip, from '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea', was shot on the beach in Negril in 1953.

Take a look at the sand, the beach the trees. Then make up your own mind about Negril beach erosion.

[goldilocks]

From the article: "But in many cases, scientists say allowing shores to retreat or bolstering beaches with vegetation and restoring wetlands could be smarter. Last year, Cuba razed seaside buildings to restore shorelines to something approaching its natural state."

Exactly, can't just keep building and cramming more people on the beach. let nature take care of itself - nature doesn't care about profit. Negril needs to market to eco travelers who appreciate nature and are gentle on the planet.

[Kahuna3]

So, 'goldilocks' are you proposing that there be a 'means test' for people who visit Negril? Maybe it could be done at Customs.

ie;
Q1. On a scale of 1 to 10 (with '1' being 'I don't give a shyte'), how much do you appreciate nature?
Q2. How gentle are you on the planet? a) not gentle at all b) sort of gentle c) gentle d) really gentle e) really, really gentle

By definition, unless you swam to the island, nobody who flies commercial to get there would pass Q2 - all of that bad carbon from the big airliners, you see.

BTW, isn't the term 'eco traveller' an oxymoron? All these eco people flying around the planet to appreciate nature and consuming hydro carbons when they could just stay home in their cold houses and eat raw - local.

Sorry, I'm techy today . . . here's why, Nov 18th! Sheesh - bring on global warming!

[goldilocks]

No, I'm saying stop trying to create South Beach on the 7 mile. Those of us who "give a shyte" do our best to live gently where ever we may be.

[johng]

Hi Goldilocks,

Don't know when you first visited 7 mile beach but I first found it in 1975, not too much difference from the 20,000 leagues under the sea clip. I read somewhere that back 20 -30 years ago the Jamaica Government realizing what Negril would be bought 50 mil square acres of land between Negril and Lucia for development. The only sad parts about it are that as a result South Beachification lots of beautiful land and sea have been negatively impacted, but many local people haven't gained much either. Seems like Butch Stewart who was the originator (at least in Jamaica) of the all inclusive boom that struck 7 mile plus much more was the really big winner buying beachfront property, paying minimal labor rates and building in many cases the South Beachification it has become.

[Kahuna3]

'SouthBeachification' ?? Really?


South Beach


Negril

[Jamakafun]

Beautiful

[captaind]

A time machine would be nice..........Except I'd still be me doing what I did then.......

Don't shed a tear for the past....it's gone.......just cherish the memory and learn from it........

"be here now"... - babba ram das

Cap