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The following excerpt was posted on DredgeWire, Dec. 5, 2025.
...“Work includes placing beach quality sand and planting native dune vegetation to restore storm protection and habitat along approximately three miles of shoreline.”
The project follows earlier restoration work completed in Indian River Shores and Wabasso Beach. Sector 5 covers about 3.1 miles of coast that lost substantial sand and dune volume during the storms. Plans call for roughly 153,300 cubic yards of beach-compatible sand and more than 117,500 native, salt-tolerant dune plants. The county’s estimated $3.3 million share is being funded through local Tourist Development tax revenue.
Beyond storm recovery, Bergman said erosion poses growing risks to both private and public assets.
“Storms and sea level rise cause coastal erosion. Coastal erosion threatens upland infrastructure. That infrastructure can be private, but right behind that private infrastructure, you have a lot of public infrastructure. Think roads and power lines and water utilities as well as our beloved beach parks,” he said.
Tourism is also closely tied to shoreline conditions, he added.
“The beaches also serve as an economic engine for our communities. It attracts a lot of tourists. It attracts a lot of people,” Bergman said.
Environmental protection remains a central focus of the project.
“Lastly, beaches provide critical habitat for marine life, including our endangered sea turtle species,” he said. “Shorebirds will also benefit. Shorebirds that migrate great distances, you can find them loafing a lot of times along our shoreline.”...
Here is the link for more on that.
Indian River County, Fl Begins Final Post Hurricane Beach Restoration - DredgeWire : DredgeWire
There is a lot there that I would like to comment on, but there is so much to say that I don't know where to start.
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Dec. 5. 2025.
-- Brent crude oil is down 0.2% to $63.13 a barrel.
-- European benchmark gas is up 1.1% to 27.38 euros a megawatt-hour.
-- Gold futures are up 0.4% to $4,261.70 a troy ounce.
-- LME three-month copper futures are up 1.3% to $11,579.50 a metric ton.
Copper Hits Fresh Record on Fears of Global Supply Squeeze
Copper prices climbed to a fresh record on Friday, driven by fears of a global supply shortage as traders stockpile in the U.S. and optimism around interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve next week...
Copper Hits Fresh Record on Fears of Global Supply Squeeze — Commodities Roundup | Morningstar
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The SS John Barry was a 7,200-ton American Liberty Ship in World War II. The John Barry was torpedoed and sunk in the Arabian Sea at position 15.10° N 55.18E in 1944.
The ship left its convoy under radio silence to go on a mission to Dhahran in Saudi Arabia when it was torpedoed 185 kilometres (115 mi) off the coast of Oman by the German submarine U-859 on 28 August 1944. The SS John Barry was carrying a cargo of 3 million American-minted Saudi one-riyal silver coins as an American payment. The reason for this shipment (one of several during the war) was that Saudi Arabia did not use paper money at the time and this led to a war-time shortage of currency with which to pay workers building new oil refineries and other US facilities at newly founded Dhahran. (wikipedia)
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