Weekapaug Beach Closures

[DZ]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

Legally, (constitutionally) they cannot bar you from passing below MHW (the high tide line), as long as you accessed the shoreline from a public right of way. They can do what they wish above MHW.

Bryan - as a expert in the field how quick do you think the MHW level is changing? Seems like it changes after every major storm.

[piemma]

Bryan is correct and DZ, what difference does it make. As long as you access from a ROW and stay below MHW they can pound sand and that's all.
I have a pretty good rapport with Janet Coit Dir DEM and Ill send her an email on the topic. My bet is this issue will not get passed.

[DZ]

Originally Posted by piemma

Bryan is correct and DZ, what difference does it make. As long as you access from a ROW and stay below MHW they can pound sand and that's all.
I have a pretty good rapport with Janet Coit Dir DEM and Ill send her an email on the topic. My bet is this issue will not get passed.

I don't think it makes any difference Paul - other than where the legal MHW line is now located. Just looking for an experts view because Bryan is very involved in sea level rise studies. This issue will become more and more common.

[piemma]

Originally Posted by DZ

I don't think it makes any difference Paul - other than where the legal MHW line is now located. Just looking for an experts view because Bryan is very involved in sea level rise studies. This issue will become more and more common.

Understood DZ. I just sent Director Coit an email detailing the message John received.

BTW, I have been re-reading your book. What a GREAT piece of work. Just re-read the snowstorm blitz chapter. Makes me wish for the old Falls on the Block.

[DZ]

Originally Posted by piemma

BTW, I have been re-reading your book. What a GREAT piece of work. Just re-read the snowstorm blitz chapter. Makes me wish for the old Falls on the Block.

Thanks for the kind words - You'll be setting the hook in your dreams tonight.

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by DZ

Thanks for the kind words - You'll be setting the hook in your dreams tonight.

I set the hook one night in my sleep and punched my sons mom in the face... Not a good moment.
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[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by DZ

Bryan - as a expert in the field how quick do you think the MHW level is changing? Seems like it changes after every major storm.

Daily. Hourly. Weekly. Depends on storm/wave activity. Any change in morphology of the beach changes the relationship between a vertical datum (MHW) and a horizontal position on the beach. Because it isn't practical to hire a surveyor daily to pin MHW, the courts adopted the last high tide swash (LHTS) as the proxy.