Comments on: Kill Devil Hills wants federal payback for sand http://outerbanksvoice.com/2010/02/17/kill-devil-hills-wants-federal-payback-for-sand/ Outer Banks news, discussion and opinion, OBX news, Duck, Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head, Manteo, Hatteras Island news. Thu, 17 May 2012 12:38:51 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ray http://outerbanksvoice.com/2010/02/17/kill-devil-hills-wants-federal-payback-for-sand/#comment-368 Ray Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:32:04 +0000 http://outerbanksvoice.com/?p=3946#comment-368 Kill Devil Hills' entrance into the "money grab game", along with Nags Heads' pitch for funds should make for an interesting sports event. At least it will keep the "Beachhuggers" in their stall for a while longer. :) Kill Devil Hills’ entrance into the “money grab game”, along with Nags Heads’ pitch for funds should make for an interesting sports event. At least it will keep the
“Beachhuggers” in their stall for a while longer. :)

]]> By: newjake http://outerbanksvoice.com/2010/02/17/kill-devil-hills-wants-federal-payback-for-sand/#comment-354 newjake Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:06:04 +0000 http://outerbanksvoice.com/?p=3946#comment-354 I'm curious about something too, as so many of these projects fail. What happens if the "best case scenario" doesn't work out for KDH or NH? What if it all washes away in the first Nor Easter? What if the sand again creates a giant dead zone that no tourists can use? Wouldn't this just kill your tourism? It might be a doomsday type of project for those towns. Probably not, but there's a chance. What if the sand adds to the groundwater retention problem? What if some other unforseen catastrophe results? Who will be responsible? Or will we just blame it on the contractor? I’m curious about something too, as so many of these projects fail. What happens if the “best case scenario” doesn’t work out for KDH or NH?

What if it all washes away in the first Nor Easter?

What if the sand again creates a giant dead zone that no tourists can use? Wouldn’t this just kill your tourism? It might be a doomsday type of project for those towns. Probably not, but there’s a chance.

What if the sand adds to the groundwater retention problem?

What if some other unforseen catastrophe results? Who will be responsible? Or will we just blame it on the contractor?

]]> By: charlie http://outerbanksvoice.com/2010/02/17/kill-devil-hills-wants-federal-payback-for-sand/#comment-346 charlie Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:47:18 +0000 http://outerbanksvoice.com/?p=3946#comment-346 It seems that KDH and Nags Head should talk to Pete King(Republican Congressman from Nassau County, NY). His website shows where he got federal funding for beach nourishment on Long Island. The appropriations are 14.8 million, 100 thousand, 5 million and 12 million. This total of 31.9 million would be nice to duplicate here. Sure it's pork, but when was the last time we sat down at the dinner table in Washington? It seems that KDH and Nags Head should talk to Pete King(Republican Congressman from Nassau County, NY). His website shows where he got federal funding for beach nourishment on Long Island. The appropriations are 14.8 million, 100 thousand, 5 million and 12 million. This total of 31.9 million would be nice to duplicate here. Sure it’s pork, but when was the last time we sat down at the dinner table in Washington?

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