tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post4201415224493144068..comments2023-11-28T20:40:14.193-08:00Comments on Fix Pacifica: Pacifica must fight coastal erosionFix Pacificahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14451072441256706977noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-72626745372598520312017-10-19T12:07:44.173-07:002017-10-19T12:07:44.173-07:00"Pacifica must fight coastal erosion"? L..."Pacifica must fight coastal erosion"? LOL. Yes, and while we're at it, let's fight the tides. Oh, and the surf too. Shouldn't we also fight the pull of the moon? And gravity? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-90465109809282010552017-10-19T09:41:14.428-07:002017-10-19T09:41:14.428-07:00Amy Vegan You left this out:
Nancy Hall, once rea...Amy Vegan You left this out:<br /><br />Nancy Hall, once read a book about Bio Diesel and she wanted to build a bio Diesel plant next to the waste water treatment plant.<br /><br />We all know how that turned out!!<br /><br />BTW are you the girl who spoke at Santa Cruz City Council?<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dChBN_zfofYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-19596580199898970192017-10-18T22:31:42.737-07:002017-10-18T22:31:42.737-07:00Good suggestions. Just remember, Nature doesn'...Good suggestions. Just remember, Nature doesn't always go in a straight line and sometimes just for fun goes round and round, upside down, inside out and backwards. Stars blow-up and life spews outward in all directions. Europe was once connected to the America's and the Mojave used to be the ocean. Running for the hills in fear of sea level rise could be running into one of nature's mischievous little punks. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-70782928426667456122017-10-18T16:53:53.839-07:002017-10-18T16:53:53.839-07:00As someone who has dabbled in the study of climat...As someone who has dabbled in the study of climate change and sea level for more than a decade, I want to make a few recommendations: 1. Cities must muster up the political will and power to make the State of California and PG&E pay to UNDERGROUND ALL WIRES. This should not be individual homeowner's responsibility. Wires come down in high winds and earthquakes and cause fires! We all know California is more at risk for fire now due to long term drought.<br /><br />2. Pacifica must allow landowners to build earthquake, fire and hurricane force wind resistant structures called "concrete monolithic domes" as a residence and commercial structures. Monolithic domes are strong and can be beautiful and will help Pacifica be more prepared.<br /><br />3. Pacifica must locate appropriate sites for cooling centers on heatwave days to protect vulnerable people. These buildings should be retrofitted with air conditioning (via solar)?<br /><br />4. Pacifica must become much more food and drinking water self sufficient. <br /><br />5. Re: managed retreat vs engineering.....we must remember, in the end, nature bats last.amy veganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14864025558879311666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-27809778480136078092017-09-16T13:34:30.189-07:002017-09-16T13:34:30.189-07:00Two words: Commies Rule.Two words: Commies Rule.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-21947259704553449852017-09-15T20:38:47.269-07:002017-09-15T20:38:47.269-07:00Three words: Just Say NoThree words: Just Say NoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-64762748818715090402017-09-15T15:58:04.574-07:002017-09-15T15:58:04.574-07:00One word: RECALL One word: RECALL Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-79410525670936288692017-09-15T12:24:24.772-07:002017-09-15T12:24:24.772-07:00Thanks for the great post, as pointed out in the a...Thanks for the great post, as pointed out in the article, there are many things that can be done to protect our infrastructure, homes, businesses and recreational facilities west of the highway. Unfortunately those solutions are ignored and the coffers of a clearly partisan consulting company are filled by the taxpayers (aka property owners). 185,000.00 to churn out the same old non-solution. What a sham and a shame..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-26748146655143037512017-09-15T08:44:21.279-07:002017-09-15T08:44:21.279-07:00Another example of the wacky propaganda being prom...Another example of the wacky propaganda being promulgated by the No on Everything cult.<br />Yes, if the temperature of the Pacific Ocean adjacent to Northern California rose in temperature by 40 degrees, a Harvey or Irma like storm could theoretically happen.<br />We should all abandon California just in case it happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-57676226569001698672017-09-15T08:26:44.561-07:002017-09-15T08:26:44.561-07:00If Trump says Global Warming and Climate Change is...If Trump says Global Warming and Climate Change is just not true. He must be right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-87140664273849670482017-09-14T20:16:48.833-07:002017-09-14T20:16:48.833-07:00Any storms like Harvey & Irma would end the ma...Any storms like Harvey & Irma would end the managed retreat problem!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-64377529206767141582017-09-14T16:58:37.712-07:002017-09-14T16:58:37.712-07:00Mr. Bell, well said. I've been following Pacif...Mr. Bell, well said. I've been following Pacifica politics for years and this council scares me for what they have done, and what they still intend to do, to Pacifica. Managed retreat has the capability to remove over 50% of the little bit of commercial economy we have and wipe hundreds of homes and rental units out of existence. Does that sound like a reasonable agenda! Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-61219628475824943632017-09-14T14:08:26.591-07:002017-09-14T14:08:26.591-07:00Thank you Mark and Jim for your very important pos...<br />Thank you Mark and Jim for your very important position on this issue.<br />The last Council (before Mary Ann was unethically forced out) voted to authorize the Army Corp of Engineers to begin the first step studies for replacing the sea wall. To my knowledge there is no one on Council or staff following up on the work of the Corp, keeping track of a timeline and letting the public know what the current status is. As you stated Jackie Speire, Don Horsely, Kevin Mullen and Jerry Hill all vehemently oppose putting life and property at risk via "managed retreat" and have referred to those who are promoting it as a group of people with a thinly veiled ideology. <br />John Keener is in favor of managed retreat.<br />Deirdre Martin is in favor of managed retreat (but has renamed it "save the beach" to keep the political heat off of her)<br />Sue Digre has not taken a clear position but usually follows Keener and Martin's lead.<br />Bob Battalio, the recipient of $185,000 tax dollars to write a report for these folks, has been actively promoting managed retreat for decades and actively promoted the flooding of the Sharp Park Golf Course.<br />The sycophantic supporters of these folks all go up to the podium on a regular basis and spew exaggerated and disastrous predictions about sea level rise which is always contradicted by the best scientific data available to us on this subject.<br />These folks are in reality the same radical anti-development group who have been preventing the building of affordable housing, new library, safe and functional roadways and small businesses in Pacifica for many, many decades. They have used Red-Legged frogs, San Francisco garter snakes, Mission butterflies, Snowy Plovers, threats of unbridled growth, Evil Realtors and now Sea Level Rise to manipulate the public into following their self serving view of Pacifica. The only way to stop their continuing economic destruction of Pacifica is to study the issues, learn the facts and speak out. <br />Pacifica should not be a failing, run down ocean town. It deserves to be a visitor serving destination with a strong economy. It can easily become a beautiful natural gem surrounded by world class destinations like San Francisco, wine country, Silicon Valley and the mighty Pacific Ocean. If the majority of average Pacificans snooze we will all loose.mike bellnoreply@blogger.com