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« on: October 21, 2010, 11:22:15 PM »
Last House Falls On Sinking Chesapeake Island ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP)

 
 


  The Chesapeake Bay Foundation says the last house on Holland Island has fallen.

The foundation says strong winds over the weekend brought down the house on the lower Eastern Shore island that is now completely submerged at high tide.

The island north of Crisfield once was home to about 360 people who occupied about 70 homes and stores, but as waves ate away at the once five-mile long island, residents began moving away, with the last fleeing in 1922. The foundation says the house that fell over the weekend was later used by those who occasionally returned to crab and hunt, but was completely abandoned as the island shrank to a marshy sliver.

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« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2010, 09:24:59 AM »
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« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2010, 10:18:08 PM »
is this a case of nature taking it's course, or did development erode the island faster than if it had been untouchd?
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« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2010, 12:03:24 AM »
Quote from: thedutchtouch on October 22, 2010, 10:18:08 PM
is this a case of nature taking it's course, or did development erode the island faster than if it had been untouchd?
It was nature taking it's course. Here are a few pictures I found really kind of sad. http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/maryland/last-house-falls-on-sinking-holland-island-in-the-chesapeake-102010
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« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2010, 06:51:17 AM »
I'm surprised to see that backhoe sitting in the water...
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« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2010, 10:29:40 AM »
Quote from: jack1747 on October 23, 2010, 06:51:17 AM
I'm surprised to see that backhoe sitting in the water...

They showed that house in the MPT "Chesapeake By Air" - there were a few pieces of equipment that were around it. Why? Have no clue - anybody know?
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« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2010, 06:50:43 PM »
Quote from: suzyq52 on October 23, 2010, 10:29:40 AM
They showed that house in the MPT "Chesapeake By Air" - there were a few pieces of equipment that were around it. Why? Have no clue - anybody know?

Digging a basement?Huh
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« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2010, 09:06:44 PM »
Quote from: suzyq52 on October 23, 2010, 10:29:40 AM
They showed that house in the MPT "Chesapeake By Air" - there were a few pieces of equipment that were around it. Why? Have no clue - anybody know?
They were trying to save it in 1995 they made a foundation to raise money to haul rock out to build it up but it didn't work there was a bobcat there to for awhile.
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« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2010, 10:31:30 PM »
That isn't the only island that's been lost to the Chesapeake. A whole town was abandon on the third Hoopers Island. Town was called Applegarth.


 
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« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2010, 08:53:01 AM »
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It was nature taking it's course. Here are a few pictures I found really kind of sad. http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/maryland/last-house-falls-on-sinking-holland-island-in-the-chesapeake-102010

I hate the see history wash away like that.    Natural course or not...
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« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2010, 05:23:05 PM »
Quote from: Ronster on October 24, 2010, 08:53:01 AM
I hate the see history wash away like that.    Natural course or not...

i think it's kinda neat... shows you just how powerful nature is
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« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2010, 06:46:38 PM »
Quote from: reds on October 23, 2010, 10:31:30 PM
That isn't the only island that's been lost to the Chesapeake. A whole town was abandon on the third Hoopers Island. Town was called Applegarth.


 
Your right I was reading were they said Dorchester County is losing about 240 acres a year. Thats a lot of land for just one county in one year.
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« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2010, 06:49:47 PM »
Taxes are going to need to go up in Dorcester County.   Ratables are washing away...
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« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2010, 08:08:31 AM »
http://cbf.typepad.com/bay_daily/2010/10/the-last-house-on-holland-island-has-fallen-the-iconic-wooden-home-which-became-a-symbol-of-the-impact-of-rising-sea-level.html
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« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2010, 09:20:01 AM »
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I'm not surprised that the writer blames Global Warming as the cause of rising waters...    Nobody ever writes about the endangered beetle that lives on the cliffs of the Chesapeake Bay causing rising sea levels...   Every inch of shoreline that beetle causes to erode, contributes to the rising sea level..   IMO Global Warming isn't the only cause to rising sea levels...
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« Reply #15 on: October 25, 2010, 09:35:10 AM »
Quote from: captaincrab55 on October 25, 2010, 09:20:01 AM
I'm not surprised that the writer blames Global Warming as the cause of rising waters...    Nobody ever writes about the endangered beetle that lives on the cliffs of the Chesapeake Bay causing rising sea levels...   Every inch of shoreline that beetle causes to erode, contributes to the rising sea level..   IMO Global Warming isn't the only cause to rising sea levels...

That beetle is in my back yard less then a mile down the bay from us.   Angry
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« Reply #16 on: October 25, 2010, 05:04:38 PM »
A little midnight run with some Beetle-B-Gone will sort that problem right out.
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« Reply #17 on: October 26, 2010, 08:17:23 AM »
Quote from: Ronster on October 25, 2010, 05:04:38 PM
A little midnight run with some Beetle-B-Gone will sort that problem right out.

Would be nice if it was that easy.  There are numerous houses that have had to be abandoned because of this beetle.  The cliffs are eroding and can not be shored up because it would put the beetle in jeopardy.  Since the cliffs are eroding, the infrastructure including the road has been deemed unsafe preventing people the ability to get their houses.  It has been a huge mess for some of these people for the last year or so.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/08/AR2010100806839.html?hpid=moreheadlines

http://www.realtown.com/SouthernMarylandRealEstate/blog/calvert-county/calvert-county-homes-endangered-by-beetles

http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/19890
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« Reply #18 on: October 27, 2010, 09:45:45 AM »
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/dnrnews/pressrelease2010/102610.asp


Cliff Erosion Steering Committee Presents Draft Report To Calvert County Commissioners
Governor O'Malley reaches out to Maryland’s Congressional Delegation for Federal assistance
Annapolis, Md. (October 26, 2010) — Maryland’s Cliff Erosion Steering Committee — composed of local, state and federal government agencies — today presented its draft report to the Calvert County Board of Commissioners. The report is the result of an 8-month effort to evaluate properties most likely to be impacted by shoreline erosion along cliffs in Calvert County and identify potential solutions for landowners.

“While there is still much work to be done, we have developed a good road map of potential actions to assist landowners living along the Calvert County cliffs, which have been eroding for centuries,” said DNR Secretary John R. Griffin who chaired the committee. “I want to thank all the steering committee members for their hard work, and look forward to their continued collaboration as we move forward to tackle this extremely complex issue.”

The Committee evaluated 234 houses located within 100 feet of the steep eroding cliffs along Calvert County’s Bay shoreline, 83 of which stand within 20 feet of the cliffs. More than half of those — approximately 45 — are located on cliffs inhabited by the Puritan tiger beetle, a federally threatened and state endangered species.

After assessing the shoreline, aerial maps, soil and environmental conditions, as well as historic erosion activity, the Committee confirmed that there are no proven solutions to stabilize the top of the cliffs where the homes are located. Stabilizing the toe or bank may slow erosion, but will not stop it.

The committee’s report outlined short, medium and long term solutions including:

conducting further site-specific investigation of houses within 20 feet of the cliffs to prioritize those that may be in immediate danger from the impact of erosion;
seeking federal pre-disaster mitigation funds through the Maryland Emergency Management Agency to assist property owners with relocation;
allowing incidental “take” of the Puritan tiger beetle within new guidelines currently being drafted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service;
seeking federal assistance to identify comprehensive engineering solutions for cliff stabilization; and
seeking state and federal funds to protect Puritan tiger beetle habitat.
Governor Martin O’Malley is working with Senator Barbara Mikulski and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer to explore federal assistance options for the impacted residents. In a letter to the Senator and Congressman, Governor O’Malley supported Calvert County’s request for emergency funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help implement some of steering committee recommendations, and requested assistance in expediting the County’s application. Pre-disaster mitigation funds could be used to help property owners with the costs of relocating their homes farther away from the cliffs, and to acquire easements or property from landowners willing to sell.

The public is encouraged to review and comment on the committee’s draft report and presentation to the board, which are available online at www.co.cal.md.us. The draft report also recommends that State and county elected officials appoint a citizens advisory committee to work with the existing steering committee. An assessment will now be for undertaken Kent and Cecil Counties, which are facing similar issues.
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« Reply #19 on: July 13, 2011, 04:58:58 PM »
Quote from: Ronster on October 25, 2010, 05:04:38 PM
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   Wouldn't that be against the Law ??    Wonder what kind of fine one could get ??
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« Reply #20 on: July 13, 2011, 10:04:14 PM »
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   Wouldn't that be against the Law ??    Wonder what kind of fine one could get ??

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« Reply #21 on: July 13, 2011, 10:10:25 PM »
I am with Jeff and if the last resident left in 1922, I doubt global warming was the cause back then.  Mother nature has a grand plan and I think us humans just have a desire to fight change.  New islands are created and some are taken.  It's the natural cycle of life and I'm all for it.
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« Reply #22 on: July 14, 2011, 05:52:10 PM »
I agree Capt.Moose!  thumbsup
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« Reply #23 on: July 14, 2011, 06:09:17 PM »
Quote from: CaptMoose on July 13, 2011, 10:10:25 PM
I am with Jeff and if the last resident left in 1922, I doubt global warming was the cause back then.  Mother nature has a grand plan and I think us humans just have a desire to fight change.  New islands are created and some are taken.  It's the natural cycle of life and I'm all for it.
Been running the Bay, one end to the other, for 50+ years.  Only new island I know of is Hart Miller... Oh wait... It was there. They just made it bigger...  Wink Grin
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« Reply #24 on: July 14, 2011, 07:59:43 PM »
Quote from: jack1747 on July 14, 2011, 06:09:17 PM
Been running the Bay, one end to the other, for 50+ years.  Only new island I know of is Hart Miller... Oh wait... It was there. They just made it bigger...  Wink Grin

Poplar Island got a little facelift over the past 10 years or so.  Roosevelt might be able to move back into his hunting lodge now. Grin
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