Waking the Braves

[Ted Samsel]

Mike said..
> 
> At 15:08 21/03/97 -0500, David Andignac wrote:
> >
> >Isn't there an object called a breaker which floats offshore at beaches
> >which forces  waves to crest further off from shore thereby making the surf
> >that actually hits the coast calmer.
> >
> 
> There is deeper wit here possibly - the name of the objects, at least where
> I come from is *groynes*,  at my local childhood beach,  lines of low wooden
> walls, with 3 metre uprights every few yards, in parallel along the beach at
> right angles to the shore line.  They broke waves as they approached the
> shore.  

These man-made structures don't really help the beach/shore...
And they call 'em *GROINS* over here... ask Steely about the 
Corpse of Engineers and how they keep folks' houses standing on
beaches where they shouldn't be...

Case in point: The North Carolina barrier islands. Someone wants to move
a 130 year old lighthouse a half mile or so back into the island in
ONE PIECE. On rails.

Nother case in point: Lon Guyland, NY.....

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