Documentary of Negril's eroding beach

[pine tree john]

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But since then, the Atlantic storms have returned to their normal historical trends, allowing the beach to gain in size, which is called accretion. And as for the sea level rise, there has been one world wide - the first real satellite data collected from 1993 to 2010 shows a world wide gain of 3 millimeters.

sea levels are rising at 3 mil per year and gaining . You are in denial to think not in Negril

[TAH]

sea levels are rising at 3 mil per year and gaining . You are in denial to think not in Negril

Sea levels don't rise evenly everywhere. This is a fact that you can independently verify. I don't claim to know anything about sea levels in Negril, but you should probably do some research.

[Rob]

Sea levels don't rise evenly everywhere. This is a fact that you can independently verify. I don't claim to know anything about sea levels in Negril, but you should probably do some research.

Exactly! The global satellite data map in the link I posted independently demonstrates the worldwide sea level rise and lowering. This was the very first factual global satellite information available from space. Tectonic plate activity can easily explain that, as other of nature's powers. To blindly believe sound bites on the news is not research...

[captaind & Linston]

sea levels are rising at 3 mil per year and gaining . You are in denial to think not in Negril

What is 3 mil?

Cap

[TAH]

What is 3 mil?

Cap

I almost asked the same thing. Because a "mil" is actually 1/1000 of an inch, but I think he was going for mm, which would still not be correct because sea levels are not rising 3mm/year. If they were, we'd be in real trouble.

[Rob]

I almost asked the same thing. Because a "mil" is actually 1/1000 of an inch, but I think he was going for mm, which would still not be correct because sea levels are not rising 3mm/year. If they were, we'd be in real trouble.

3mm per year from 1993 to 2010 is what the satellite data provided. The range was from losing 10mm per year in some places to gaining 10mm in others. The global average turned out to be 3mm of sea level rise.

[SoloTraveller]

More beach this year than the last 4 times I was here

[RonMon]

Haha, you mean the world wide sea isn't like one big bath tub? I am enjoying the knowledge that is coming through in this thread and it makes me feel a lot better about our beloved Negril.

[captaind & Linston]

My house is 8' above sea level on a stem wall. My boat sits at my dock 2 miles from an inlet to the Atlantic which by definition means the boat is at sea level.

We've lived there for over 20 years so the rise would be 2.3 inches. Which I can't see on the water line of my bulkhead.

Cap

[dash]

A better working title might be "Negrils Evolving beach". I'm not sure you should start a documentary with a conclusion and pictures are not conclusive. Talk to Gail of Treehouse. Treehouse is often cited as a benchmark of beach health. Two years ago waves were washing the bar tops at her restaurant. Last year we could have a football game between the bar and the sea. Last week the sea floor was undulated and only waist deep at the buoy line. The only constant, without measure, is change.