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1960 TO 1998 HAS BEEN THREE RENOURISHMENTS OR AN AVERAGE <br />OF ONE EVERY 13 YEARS. INTERVALS VARY DEPENDING ON STORM <br />INTENSITY. THE THIRTEEN YEAR AVERAGE WAS POSSIBLE DUE TO <br />INTERMEDIATE SCRAPINGS AND PLANTINGS. <br />I WOULD LIKE TO READ A SHORT LETTER FROM MY BROTHER OUTLING <br />HIS EXPERIENCE FOLLOWING THE "STORM OF THE CENTURY" IN 1962 <br />WHICH WIPED OUT ALMOST ALL BEACH FRONT FROM HATTERAS TO NEW <br />ENGLAND AND RESULTED IN THE FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM. <br />(LETTER ATTACHED) <br />IN SUMMARY: <br />DO NOT IMPOSE ASSESSMENTS AT LEAST UNTIL BETTER DATA IS AVAILABLE. <br />CONDUCT WELL ADVERTIZED WORKSHOPS WITH PUBLIC INPUT. <br />19HRMIT IMMEDIATE RELIEF VIA SAND SCRAPING OR DUMPING AND PLANTING. <br />I LAW OFFICES <br />JOHN E. BAKER <br />Surra Sao <br />4801 MA%AcKusFM AvENuE N.W. <br />WAS M4CTON, D.C. 20016 <br />202/362-8022 <br />THURSDAY - a.m. <br />Dear Ruth & Doc: <br />Called but you are out - will call again before mailing. <br />These books are mostly pictoral. The Great Atlantic Storm copy does ex- <br />plain the circumstances of the storm in the beginning. In this edition <br />our first house is on the pages with the top corner cut off. Pictured <br />is the third floor about a block SW of where it was - we gave it to <br />some newly married kids who trailered it to Selbyville and made a rambler <br />out of it. To orient you and your place, look on page 44 of The Storm of <br />The Century - the house I have circled is on the beach about the center <br />of Middlesex and made it through the storm - barely. <br />So much for history. Some of the pictures show sand <br />being dozed back immediately after the storm - the most obvious and <br />expeditious way to restore dune protection. They bring it up from <br />below the waterline at low tide. Our area where we are now was completely <br />flat - all dunes gone. They reestablished an elevation with large <br />earth movers and pans and then we all started with snow (sand) fencing <br />at our own expense. Over the years we have buried about five levels <br />(many rows deep) until we have about 16' in height and 50 - 100' in <br />depth - east/west. We also planted a lot of grass and fertilized the <br />hell out of it. <br />Obviously you can't bring in a hell of a lot of <br />heavy equipment cause there are houses in the way. Would seem to <br />me that bull dozing sand from the ocean; fencing to hold and catch <br />more sand and planting with indigenous grasses is the best way to go. <br />(Just talked to you on the phone.) No sense repeating myself. <br />I forgot one obvious question - who owns the dune? <br />Would be a factor:when it comes to how you treat and allocate costs <br />incurred, possible losses, etc. <br />JANUARY 19, 1999 <br />-69- booK D'S PAA53 <br />