Starbase to take control of nearby beaches
The new government of Starbase has reached an agreement with its local county to take control of the nearby beaches that will allow Starbase to not only maintain them but close them when it chooses.
Cameron County commissioners approved the agreement to hand over a portion of Boca Chica Beach on Tuesday. The deal outlines cleaning and maintenance obligations among other terms. Under the agreement, Starbase will be allowed to set requirements for beachfront construction and special events on the beach.
…The compact includes a plan to address beach erosion, which occurred at a rate of 10 to 20 feet per year from 1950 to 2012, Starbase Commissioner Jordan Buss told the county commissioners, citing a study conducted by the University of Texas at Arlington.
This agreement mirrors one Starbase had previously made with South Padre Island for other beach portions.
The article once again gives lots of column space to the fringe groups that oppose SpaceX and its operations at Boca Chica, even though the evidence suggests they have almost no support from the general public.
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The new government of Starbase has reached an agreement with its local county to take control of the nearby beaches that will allow Starbase to not only maintain them but close them when it chooses.
Cameron County commissioners approved the agreement to hand over a portion of Boca Chica Beach on Tuesday. The deal outlines cleaning and maintenance obligations among other terms. Under the agreement, Starbase will be allowed to set requirements for beachfront construction and special events on the beach.
…The compact includes a plan to address beach erosion, which occurred at a rate of 10 to 20 feet per year from 1950 to 2012, Starbase Commissioner Jordan Buss told the county commissioners, citing a study conducted by the University of Texas at Arlington.
This agreement mirrors one Starbase had previously made with South Padre Island for other beach portions.
The article once again gives lots of column space to the fringe groups that oppose SpaceX and its operations at Boca Chica, even though the evidence suggests they have almost no support from the general public.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
The usual suspects are Greens–but beach bums might actually be more problematic if they are really ticked off
Beach erosion is a simple thing to deal with. South Padre Island has had the solution and implemented it for years now: Drag the seaweed that washes up every year up to the dune line. Decades of doing this have built up hundreds of yards of new beach just across the channel from Boca Chica, and there’s no reason they can’t start tomorrow.
Whatever happens, SpaceX will do a better job, and be heavily criticized in the Media for it.
Jeff Wright,
TX has a lot of Gulf coast beaches that are not right next to Starbase. Any actual beach bums – i.e., people lacking fixed addresses – can easily just mosey on elsewhere. Anyone violating beach closures – “ticked-off” or otherwise – can be arrested for trespassing and/or vagrancy.
I hope SpaceX is eventually able to close relevant portions of Boca Chica State Beach and take over the terminal portions of Hwy 4 as a private road. But, in the meantime, progress is progress. The tortoises, at least, will be less likely to get used for traction by dirt bikers and four-wheelers if SpaceX gets to call more and more of the tune in its immediate environs.
Brewingfrog,
I defer to your superior knowledge of local hydrological engineering practices. You are certainly correct that SpaceX will do a superior job. It has a readily understandable interest in extending the beach outward – improving resistance of Starbase infrastructure to hurricanes and storm surges.
Oh NOOOOOO!!!
Muddy the mud skipper will die!!!!!
Minor edit in first sentence: “close them when it chooses.”
Dick Eagleson: I invite you to look at the Google Maps satellite picture of the South Padre Island beaches. If you note the walls that face the sea, those used to be the sand line. There was no vegetation past those walls. In the last 25 years or so, the City has had a couple of tractors dragging the seaweed up to the edge, first of the wall, then the slowly advancing vegetation line. As you can see, there is a wide swathe of greenery now, with all sorts of wildlife present.
Explanation: I don’t live on SPI. I only go there to drink and frolic (as age and decrepitude allow) from time to time. I used to frequent the place decades past, and go back to visit friends and such a few times a year. The gradual improvement of the beaches was surprising and delightful, and the success they have had with their simple method should have spread to many other beachfront towns. But, alas…
Andi: Fixed. Thanks as always!
Now if you want a pretty beach
https://sandee.com/united-states/alabama/dauphin-island/dauphin-island-public-beach