6/13/2006: Lighthouse buried by growing sand dunes

milkfish · 06-13-2006, 04:29 PM

It makes me wish for a Roomba the size of an ocean liner to clean everything up.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-13-2006, 06:07 PM

I don't believe they stopped using it because it couldn't be seen anymore, as the light is well above the dunes.
More likely they couldn't maintain it with the buildings buried plus by 1968 they had good radar on the ships.

cams · 06-13-2006, 06:12 PM

Don't sand dunes move rather than grow?

xoxoxoBruce · 06-13-2006, 06:37 PM

You may be right, usually, but they probably built this thing at a point where it interrupted the wind, causing it to dump whatever it was carrying around the lighthouse.
Once it starts to build the problem just gets worse. The wind probably blew plenty of sand away, too, but in 100 years it was a net gain, apparently.

Welcome to the Cellar cams.

glatt · 06-13-2006, 07:52 PM

I used to live right next to two fairly tall, isolated, buildings right next to each other. It could be a perfectly calm day with virtually no wind, but when you walked between those two buildings, there would be a very strong wind gust. On a windy day the wind was very strong between the two buildings. You would have to struggle against it to walk through. It was amazing. From the air, they looked like two diamonds side by side. They acted as giant funnels.

The area is so built up now, the effect is completely diminished. While it lasted, I used to enjoy bringing visitors through there and telling them beforehand what was about to happen as we walked through.

Griff · 06-13-2006, 08:08 PM

hmmm... wind power?

BigV · 06-14-2006, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by cams

Don't sand dunes move rather than grow?

Sure. This one is moving from north central Africa to Norway.

Wombat · 06-14-2006, 05:49 PM

This is St Enodoc Church in Cornwall, England. The spire is wonky because the church was completely buried by sand dunes for many years, and the weight of the sand bent the spire. After a very long time (over a hundred years I think) the church gradually started to become uncovered as the sand dunes moved on. The locals opened a hole in the roof and climbed down a ladder to hold services inside. The church is now fully accessible again, and the dunes have become grassed over, although on one side the sand is still above window height.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-14-2006, 06:39 PM

St Enodoc is in the middle of a golf course...how convenient is that?

Spexxvet · 06-15-2006, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

St Enodoc is in the middle of a golf course...how convenient is that?

Golf & God?

Putt & Padre?

06-13-2006, 06:07 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I don't believe they stopped using it because it couldn't be seen anymore, as the light is well above the dunes. More likely they couldn't maintain it with the buildings buried plus by 1968 they had good radar on the ships. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-13-2006, 06:37 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You may be right, usually, but they probably built this thing at a point where it interrupted the wind, causing it to dump whatever it was carrying around the lighthouse. Once it starts to build the problem just gets worse. The wind probably blew plenty of sand away, too, but in 100 years it was a net gain, apparently. Welcome to the Cellar cams. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-13-2006, 08:08 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	hmmm... wind power? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-14-2006, 05:49 PM	#8
Wombat (marsupial with backward-facing pouch) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canberra Posts: 251	This is St Enodoc Church in Cornwall, England. The spire is wonky because the church was completely buried by sand dunes for many years, and the weight of the sand bent the spire. After a very long time (over a hundred years I think) the church gradually started to become uncovered as the sand dunes moved on. The locals opened a hole in the roof and climbed down a ladder to hold services inside. The church is now fully accessible again, and the dunes have become grassed over, although on one side the sand is still above window height. __________________ If you don't do it properly, you'll get to the pub sooner.

06-14-2006, 06:39 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	St Enodoc is in the middle of a golf course...how convenient is that? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-13-2006, 04:29 PM	#1
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	It makes me wish for a Roomba the size of an ocean liner to clean everything up.

06-13-2006, 06:12 PM	#3
cams Kinda New Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1	Don't sand dunes move rather than grow?

06-13-2006, 07:52 PM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I used to live right next to two fairly tall, isolated, buildings right next to each other. It could be a perfectly calm day with virtually no wind, but when you walked between those two buildings, there would be a very strong wind gust. On a windy day the wind was very strong between the two buildings. You would have to struggle against it to walk through. It was amazing. From the air, they looked like two diamonds side by side. They acted as giant funnels. The area is so built up now, the effect is completely diminished. While it lasted, I used to enjoy bringing visitors through there and telling them beforehand what was about to happen as we walked through.

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