Monday, October 4, 2010

Blog Assignment #2: Selection 11, Summary

Will Hurricane Katrina Impact Shoreline Management?
Orrin H. Pilkey and Robert S. Young

Image from: EdenvaleYoung

In this selection Pilkey and Young talks about how the federal government should not spend federal disaster relief funds on rebuilding the coasts.  This is because hurricanes are known to show up quite frequently in these areas.  An example that they gave was Dauphin Island, Alabama; an island located on the southeast US coast which have already experienced 5 hurricanes and yet they continue to rebuilt.

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