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Fall 2013
NATURAL RESOURCES PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
A Shoreline Journey – Cres-
cent Beach North
By Jim Scarcella
In spring, the day called for me to
visit Crescent Beach North. The
homes on Wiman Avenue were
undergoing extensive repair
work, it’s difficult to imagine the
hardships at Tennyson Drive. I
parked my truck in front of
ǁ ŚĞƌĞ D ĂƌLJ Ăǀ ŝĞƐ͕
ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞƟŵĞ
leader of the Crescent Beach Civ-
ic, a neighborhood fighter, RIP,
used to live.
ƚ ƚŚĞ ďŽƩ Žŵ ŽĨ ' ŽŽĚĂů ^ƚƌĞĞƚ͕
ƚŚĞ ŇĂŐƉŽůĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ǀ ĞƌƟĐĂů͕
it’s fully horizontal on the mud-
died path to the harbor. The
storm shredded through many
houses here. The mud at street
end has crane and excavator
tracks through it, a reminder of
ƚŚĞ ĚŽnjĞŶ Žƌ ƐŽ ƌĞĐƌĞĂƟŽŶĂů
boats that were washed here
ĨƌŽŵ , ƵƌƌŝĐĂŶĞ^ĂŶĚLJ͕
ƚŚĞŶ ůŝŌĞĚ
back onto trailers for transport
back to owners, who received
billing from the insurance compa-
nies.
Traveling east, there were at
least 2 homes destroyed next to
Dinger's family residence.
There is vinyl siding, appliances,
household debris, electrical me-
ters, rugs, conduit, and boat piec-
es strewn about.
The seventy year old sea wall is
mostly washed out and during
the hurricane the adjacent marsh
and coastal forest was fully sub-
merged.
There is a 30' Grady White cabin
cruiser here, complete with twin
200
HP Yamaha out board en-
gines. Sadly, but perhaps pre-
dictably, the boat windows are
smashed and the hull of the ves-
ƐĞů ŝƐ ŐƌĂĸ Ɵ͛
Ě ǁ ŝƚŚ ƐĞdžƵĂů ŝŶŶƵͲ
endo and tributes to Oxycodone.
dŚĞ ŵĂƌƐŚ ŝƐ ƚŚŝĐŬ ǁ ŝƚŚ ƐƉĂƌƟŶĂ
alternflora and ribbed mussels
and presumably, fiddler crabs,
duly named because one claw is
quite larger than the other and
they flash it around to communi-
cate.
The bounty of salvage included a
60
year old brass boat cleat, and
a crystallized quartz piece.
NRPA cleaned up Crescent Beach
North on April 13, 2013. The
Cleanup of the 13
th
was very suc-
cessful and we removed over 400
lbs. of trash including the electri-
ĐĂůĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ Į ůƚĞƌ ŽĨ Ă
Ɛǁ ŝŵŵŝŶŐƉŽŽů͕
ĚƌŝŌǁ ŽŽĚ͕
Ă ĨĞǁ
huge pieces of Styrofoam dock
floats, beverage containers, ciga-
ƌĞƩ ĞƉĂĐŬĂŐŝŶŐĂŶĚ ƉůĂƐƟĐĐĂƉƐ͘
The wildlife was incredible hairy
woodpecker, great egret, cardi-
nal, blue jays, boat tailed grackle,
and an Eastern garter snake.
E ZW ǁ ŝů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ǁ ŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ
cleanups all this year.
Long Beach, Long Island. It would
be located near the entrance to
the NY Harbor, south of Jones
Beach, NY and east of Monmouth
Beach, NJ and it would be con-
nected to an offshore pipeline
ũƵƐƚ ƐŽƵƚŚ ŽĨ ƚůĂŶƟĐ ĞĂĐŚ͕
E z ͘
What exactly is LNG? It is natural
gas, the same stuff that you use
for cooking and to heat your
home. But it has been super
chilled to a very low tempera-
ture, at which point it becomes a
ǀ ĞƌLJǀ ŽůĂƟůĞ ůŝƋƵŝĚ͘
dŚŝƐ ŵĂŬĞƐ ŝƚ
easier to ship overseas, where
demand is huge. The tankers
that are used to ship it are enor-
mous – think of the Empire State
Building, lying on its side and
ŇŽĂƟŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁ ĂƚĞƌ͘
ƵƌƌĞŶƚ
LNG tankers are almost that long
and even larger ships are under
ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͘
So why should we be so con-
cerned about LNG? There are so
many reasons! Up to 20 miles of
ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟǀ Ğ͕
ƐĞĂ ŇŽŽƌ ŚĂďŝƚĂƚ ǁ ŝů
be dredged to construct the LNG
port and the pipes that will relay
the gas from land to the offshore
facility. The port itself can be an
ĂƌƟĮ ĐŝĂů ŝƐůĂŶĚ Žƌ ŝƚ ĐĂŶ ĂĐƚƵĂůLJ
ŇŽĂƚ ďĞůŽǁ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƌĨĂĐĞ ƵŶƟů Ă
tanker is ready to hook up. Then
several enormous spigots will rise
ƵƉ ƚŽ ĂƩ ĂĐŚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚĂŶŬĞƌ ĂŶĚ
pump the LNG aboard. Either
way, don’t even think of going
fishing or running your boat with-
in miles of these behemoths. Be-
Say NO! To LNG
By Ida Sanoff
ǀ ĞƌLJƐŽ ŽŌĞŶ͕
Ă ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ŝƐ ƉƌŽͲ
posed that is just plain awful.
There are so many reasons why it
should not proceed that you lose
count.
Well, one of these monsters – a
liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility
called “Port Ambrose” has been
proposed for the shoreline off of