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“Folks decide to start petitioning their local government for assistance because they chronically find themselves in a position of being fearful for the impacts of the upcoming hurricane season,” Revord said. “If there was no need or want from the community, I would suspect that projects would not come up, because they're quite expensive.”
In contrast, Indian Riverkeeper Mike Conner disputes the value of this practice. It's no more than a “temporary Band-Aid” that sends taxpayer money “out to sea,” he said.
“They do it again and again and again with material that doesn’t stay there,” Conner said. “The beach will come back given the chance … It’s a high-energy, dynamic ecosystem.”
In the past decade, Indian River and Martin counties combined have spent about $91.4 million in federal, state and county funds on these projects — about $42.7 million and $48.7 million, respectively. St. Lucie County did not provide data requested by TCPalm...
Treasure Coast beach renourishment from hurricanes, erosion costs millions (tcpalm.com)
Thanks to SuperRick for that link.
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Below are two mystery bottle finds. I am not sure what they held or much of anything else about tham.
First is a bottle embossed Long Distance.
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| Two Views of the Same Embossed Long Distance Bottle. |
And around the bottom it is embossed A.M.DODGE INC.
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The next bottle is embossed Beaufont. I have found a little information on this one, but not enough to date or say for sure what it held.
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| Embossed BEAUFONT Trade Mark Registered Bottle |
This is a mystery bottle. I've seen it described as a beer bottle and a soda bottle. I haven't been able to positively identify it, though, From what I've read, it could be a soda water bottle.
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| BEAUFONT COMPANY INC., RICHMOND VA |
Home Brewing, under the guidance of Fred "Fritz" Sitterding Sr., survived the national prohibition of alcohol by producing soft drinks and bottling drinking water in pre-filtration Richmond. By 1916, Sitterding purchased the Beaufont Lithia Springs company that produced water from springs at Beaufont (approximately where the Chesterfield Towne Center is today).
Sitterding used the verdant acreage as a family gathering place and for public rental. In 1926, he renamed the water division the Beaufont, but by 1932, public water treatment lessened the demand for bottled water. Instead, a different thirst required quenching...
Source: A Sign of Pleasure - richmondmagazine.com
If you have additional information on the bottle, I'd be pleased to receive it.
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While attempting to find information on some dug items, I learned one thing: the archaeological reports that you will find on the internet may or may not present much information on sites or artifacts, but they will almost always present the photos and names of the archaeologists. From that, it might see that the primary purpose of those reports is to promote the archaeologists. I suspect self-promotion and advancement is an unavoidable motive of most any profession or career, especially those in which publication is seen as a measure of success, and may not always be at complete odds with the more altruistic stated objectives of the profession. It also seems that social media has magnified the impact of publicity and diminished the
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| Surf Predictions. Source: magicseaweed.com. |
With the low tide, it looks like a decent time for shallow water hunting, where that is permitted.