Doesn't ANYONE realize you can't build a house on sand????   They are
replenishing Cocoa Beach also...and everyone wants to know where the Coquinas
are?  Well....they are buried under 4 feet of sand????  Along with all kinds of
other sea/beach life!  AND they want to know why we don't have shells on our
beaches!

By the way,  when you go to the Bahamas....the native Bahamians have enough
sense to build their homes up away from the beach?   Only the Americans put up
those hotels right on the beach!     The Bahamians know what a hurricane
does...because most of them do not evacuate!

Interesting????

mark & peta wrote:

> Hello Conchler's. We are back in the fray, or "the fold" , depending on how
> we look at it .
> Well life hasn't changed too much , the recent beach replenishment has
> killed all life off on our beach once again .     The monolith called "THE
> DIPLOMAT" has interrupted our lives
>
> of the past two years with a constant shower of fine concrete dust that is
> playing havoc with all my electronics, the good news is that the 46 story
> beast is sinking at 11 inches a month.... and is sinking more towards the
> beach side, we might just get that big new reef faster than we 1st thought
> ( if it goes over ) ...Makes one ponder the question,, with all the
> technology that exists why was it not terribly obvious  that there has been
> a height limit of around 16 stories to the buildings on the beach , I
> figured it was because the bedrock which is permeable limestone is not the
> best for weight support. so these "brainiacs"  built a structure that is by
> easy estimate 40 times heavier than anything previous.... is the idea just
> built it and see what happens, build it and hope it stays put, or lets just
> dump money upon the sand and lets have fun watching a 46 story building fall
> over ... Hopefully the answer is the later.  Well so what does this have to
> do with "shells" .. how about this , what will we call the new reef that
> will be formed soon upon collapse of the beast ,,, Diplomat reef,
> Hollywood's folly, or a tribute to the mobs influence in architecture , not
> that the mob has anything to do with construction in Florida ,,, should I be
> writing this. Well in summation  , my humor hasn't wavered, I like to watch
> the soprano's and I think Hillary will make a fine president in 2004 (at
> least she can keep the canyons colors inside the lines of the coloring book
> better then George "W" can)
> So here's to a happy weekend for all of you and by the way , what really is
> the new name of Thailand ,,,, ? Ferret
>
> Mark & Peta Bethke
> 3001 South Ocean Dr.  # 4-V
> Hollywood, FL
> 33019-2804