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Saturday, June 13, 2009

Gally Laments For Road View

The following is a comment posted in The Nation (online edition) to one of the recent news articles which appeared in that paper about the beach disaster in Road View/Mullins. I know the poster and share his pain. I am re-posting it here unedited to highlight it and for the benefit of those in Road View/Mullins who also know him and may have missed it when it appeared nearly two weeks ago.

BEACH EROSION : 5/31/2009
AFTER READING THIS STORY I FELT SAD ,GREW UP IN ROAD VIEW PLAYED ALL OF MY SPORTS IN BANISTER TREES ,PLAYED BEACH CRICKET /JUMPING POLES SAND SURF AND MANY OTHER THINGS WE DID ON THAT BEACH IT HURT MY HEART TO SEE WHAT BAJAN LAND OWNERS DID SOLD THEIR SOLE FOR THIS .I KNEW ONE DAY IT WILL HAPPEN NO LAND FOR THE KIDS TO GALLIVANT ON NO TREES TO COL OUT IN OH LORD SAVE ROA VIEW BEACH LAND ,WHEN I GET BACK HOME I NEED SOME BECH TO TRAVELL ON

.GALLY.
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Please find original comment here - http://www.nationnews.com/news/local/-great-house-spending-nuff-to-keep-beach-copy-for-web

A few more pictures of what we lost in Road View. Click thumbnails to enlarge.

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Sitting under the almond tree – Jan. 2006 before the groins Almond tree uprooted - May 2009 after the groins
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View of Mullins and Gibbes beaches from Road View
– Jan. 2006 before the groins
Armoring beach at Road View with boulders and stones - June 2009 after the groins
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View looking north at Road View – Jan. 2006 before the groins View looking north at Road View - June 2009 after the groins
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Idyllic beach at Road View – Jan. 2006 before the groins Same beach now armored with boulders and now completely under water at high tide - June 2009 after the groins


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1 comment:

  1. The photos really show what has happened. It's hard to believe that so much damage has occurred just over the past few months.

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