On the edge of retreat
11/28/22
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from The Washington Post,
11/28/22:
An island community moved to the mainland. Now the fast-rising sea is following — a warning for the rest of the East Coast.
century ago, about 250 people lived on Hog Island, a seven-mile expanse off the Virginia coast. They raised livestock and gathered oysters. They lived in a town called Broadwater, worked at the lighthouse and Coast Guard station, and danced at night in a social hall called the Red Onion.
But that was back when there was still soil beneath their feet.
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