Spending gazillons to widen the Outer Banks?

This, buckaroos, is a giant waste of tax dollars. Sure, in the short-term, a widened beach may look OK and attract some tourism dollars, but the long term outlook, given sea-level rise and an increasing number and severity of storms, says otherwise. This article, in the  Virginian-Pilot paper of Norfolk, Va., says nothing about climate change and who is responsible.

Rebuilding on the shores; increasing the risk

It boggles the mind that people continue to spend their life's fortunes on building the American Dream McMansion/trophy home/starter palace on places like North Carolina's Outer Banks. It also staggers the imagination that people are allowed to live in homes built on the floodplains of interior streams and rivers. I saw it for myself in northeastern Pennsylvania. Read about the coastal beachfront boondoggle.

Most Americans balk at spending to save beaches

And no wonder that's what this poll found. Spending gazillions of tax dollars after every nor'easter wrecks the dune line at Beach X or Y is absurd. And that will be even more costly of an endeavor with sea-level rise driven by climate change. Oh, and rebuilding North Carolina route 12 down the Outer Banks? Start paddling, not driving.