Live Where You Vacation: Outer Banks, Bogue Banks, Emerald Isle

By Denis Raczkowski

There are numerous barrier island communities to call home, from Montauk on the eastern tip of Long Island, to South Padre Island, just north of Brownsville, Texas. This book focuses on those barrier islands collectively known as the Outer Banks. Located wholly in North Carolina, each of these islands are unique in their geology, their natural island characteristics and their relative risks vis- -vis property damage mitigation. Numerous scientific studies of previous storm impacts on these islands and their communities point to several salient features, some natural, some man-made, that define how safe it is to live on an Outer Bank barrier island. In this book you will learn how to: -identify the natural features of barrier islands, their beaches, frontal and interior dune fields, maritime forests and marshes dunes and know how these natural features are impacted by wind, waves, currents and storm surges. -recognize and make you aware of (and hopefully direct you away from) hazards such as inlets, potential over wash areas, flooding and low elevation sites. -identify site specific property mitigation strategies that incorporate repairing and restoring a property to its natural setting, where feasible, such as rebuilding dunes or planting vegetation.-recognize a coastal community's collective attitude toward living with the rules of the sea.I live where you vacation and, when you get ready to do the same, this book should be an essential part of your property search.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08DHBRXQM
• ISBN13: 9798651233212
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 8.0"