The Cape Gazette offered a letter Friday, Aug 23 from Sen. Gerald Hocker to Shawn Garvin, secretary of DNREC, expressing concern about flooding north of the Indian River Inlet. I am pleased to see Sen. Hocker finally recognizing the effects of climate change.
Earlier this summer, he selected several speakers at a public session concerning offshore wind turbines. One speaker denied that our oceans are rising, despite scientific measurements showing they are rising, making flooding worse as the years go by. Pumping sand is expensive, and the sources of funding will need to be significantly increased to meet these demands.
The problem is even more scary if you look at warnings from scientists recently published in Nature Communications. The gulf stream is showing signs of slowing down. Consequences of this will be vastly more serious than some local flooding. Tourists will be forced to leave our beaches when we build concrete walls around Delaware coastal towns. By then, ocean levels will add several feet instead of just several millimeters per year. Wind turbines will then appear harmless by comparison.
Ted Spickler
Dagsboro
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