By Bill Sargent I drove to Plum Island in early May to see how the Corps of Engineers’ new beach had fared in the April 30th storm. It has turned out that the beach replenishment has not turned out well. … Continue reading →
In 1976, the British statistician George Box wrote, “All models are wrong; some are useful.” The father of today’s generation of coastal geologists, Orrin Pilkey, did him one better, saying historical data is always more useful than a model when … Continue reading →
Bill Sargent Since March 23rd, Plum Island residents have watched contractors pump in five-football fields worth of sand several yards deep in front of Reservation Terrace. It is hoped that waves and wind will shape the beach into nascent dunes … Continue reading →
