oh the rains came down
the floods came up, it was gone
in seventy two hours
An affluent group of beachfront property owners in Salisbury, Massachusetts – a coastal town 35 miles north of Boston – are mourning the loss of their investment after a safety measure they took to protect their homes failed.
The dune, made of 15,000 tons of sand, was meant to keep dangerous tides from encroaching on to the shore and damaging beach houses. The dune had just been completed in February but was gone within 72 hours.
From the article, “Swept away: $500,000 sand dune built to protect US homes disappears in days” by Erum Salam, March 13, 2024.
Don’t tell me those hours in Sunday School were wasted hours.
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