DaveinOlyWA
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Weatherman said:DaveinOlyWA said:let me tell you about a guy I know and the story he related to me. He was born in 1967and raised in Forks WA. As a kid he fondly remembered playing on the beach near his Grandfather's home. Today storms, erosion and higher water has completely destroyed that beach. During this time, the water has believed to have risen SIX inches.
How could such a small thing as something SIX inches more, destroy so much? Many people are under the mistaken conclusion that the water has to rise several feet before any real damage happens... Believing that is a HUGE mistake
Likely caused by many other things besides an increase in average sea level.
The difference between high and low tide (only six hours apart) at La Push can be as much as 12 ft.
the tides have always been there and storms have always occurred but some coastlines are barely hanging on. Unlike Southern CA, Forks does not have the luxury of having its sand replaced. currents are too strong for that option anyways. but it only takes slightly more water to do a lot of damage. tsunamis are an extreme example but the principal is the same.
It is very much a balance of nature and that balance has been tampered with.