tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23416411.post642953850732140464..comments2023-11-02T07:16:12.965-04:00Comments on Mullins Bay Blog: I'm On The GroynesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23416411.post-45757339274862620602009-07-07T23:25:16.818-04:002009-07-07T23:25:16.818-04:00I don't think my now 70-yr. old former nannny ...I don't think my now 70-yr. old former nannny was calling on God to strike anyone. What I understood her to be saying was that we can do things with nature for a time but ultimately God can and does still intervene. We still call things like hurricanes "Acts of God" (at least the insurance industry still does) and we can get one next week or next month that brings all the sand that was lost and more back in a few hours and at the same time relocate all the rocks in the groynes somewhere onshore or in the ocean. Although I don't think she is praying for a hurricane either, there are limitless other events and interventions that can turn things around for the better, and its to these I think she was alluding.<br /><br />Without a doubt we know that the groynes are responsible for most of the damage you see from the former Kings Beach Hotel to the southern end of Mullins Beach where the foundations of seawalls have been exposed for the last two months making it difficult to walk between Mullins and Gibbes beaches. How long before they also wipe out Mullins Beach is anybody's guess, but we do know that what the beach in front of The Great House looks like today was what Kings Beach looked like last year and an entire sandy headland between the two was completely eroded for that to happen. There is no sandy headland between Road View and Mullins and we've all already seen what happened to the beach bar in the spring of 2008.<br /><br />Those groynes are a big mistake, and from my reading of the body language and other clues I've picked up through interacting with a few of those in authority - deep down all them know the groynes are a big mistake. They just can't find the political will to say so, which would bring them to taking the necessary corrective actions before it is eternally too late. My hope and prayer is that this blog and this "Save Mullins Bay" campaign help them to find that will.KNRXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11320087842867002968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23416411.post-83344861253602743952009-07-06T19:47:30.860-04:002009-07-06T19:47:30.860-04:00Well, with all due respect, I must say that I don&...Well, with all due respect, I must say that I don't think God strikes down anyone these days...so I hope you--and everyone else---can keep up the political and visual pressure. <br /><br />Having walked the way from Carlton to Speightstown I can say that within the last year this became nearly impossible, even at low tide, less in rough seas...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23416411.post-43355585946273038962009-07-04T19:43:18.338-04:002009-07-04T19:43:18.338-04:00Thanks for the support. Earlier this evening I met...Thanks for the support. Earlier this evening I met the woman who was my babysitter as a child in shock looking at what now passes for a beach here in Road View. It was the first time she was seeing it as she no longer lives in the area. She said it hurts her heart to see it as she recalled the wide beach that once was how it was possible "even in rough seas to walk from Carlton [St. James] straight to the market in Speightstown." She said people who never knew the beach before will never understands how she feels. She left me with the assurance that "this must hurt God's heart too, and He will have the final say."KNRXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11320087842867002968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23416411.post-56588824093696383062009-07-04T18:59:50.602-04:002009-07-04T18:59:50.602-04:00I think officials should be embarrassed. I wrote t...I think officials should be embarrassed. I wrote the director of the CZMU myself to tell him that. Keep on talking about it please!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23416411.post-65153077142691761982009-07-04T10:39:55.079-04:002009-07-04T10:39:55.079-04:00Do not give in to the intimidation. Do not let th...Do not give in to the intimidation. Do not let them bully you. Always hit back and hit back hard. Bullies are weaklings pretending to be strong. Keep up the agitation!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com