The Welfreet (AP) -Cape Cod Bay is coming for a large brown house on the edge of a sandy beach on the beach. That is when it is a problem.
The erosion marched to a concrete foothold for a million dollar house overlooking the bay. The huge sliding door opened on a large deck with a hot tab is barricade with thin wooden slats that prevent anyone from stepping into a 25 -foot beach or falling into the beach below.
On Wednesday, February 2, 2022, there is a house on a mass of sand overlooking the beach of Well Fleet, Massachusetz (Ap PHOTO/Andre Muggiati)
The owner knew it. Before stopping work and falling into the stand with the town, he removed the decks and other parts of the house, including the small tower that had a major bedroom. Since then, he has sold the place to the rescue company.
Well -fleet staff are worried that the collapse of the house may damage the delicate bed of the port. The report entrusted by the town project will fall to the bay within three years if nothing is done.
The particular fate reminds the vulnerabilities of the building that has accelerated in recent years due to climate change.
“In other words, Cape has always moved,” said John Cumbler, a professor of retired environmental history, who also works for the Welfrit Protection Committee. “The sand is moving.”
On Monday, January 27, 2025, there is a house on a sand lump overlooking the beach of Well Fleet, Massachusetts (AP Photo/Andre Mwgiitei)
House history
The house was built in Cape Cod on the bay side of the peninsula in 2010.
The original owner, Mark and Barbara Brush, in 2018, in search of the committee’s permission, a 241 -foot broadcaster was built to prevent erosion. The seven members of the committee (all volunteers) have rejected the revetment because they could have an unintended effect on how to carry the beach and bay nutrients. They also questioned whether it would actually save the house.
This property is on the Cape Cod National Beach. The National Beach Administration has supported Seawall’s refusal for “important places” in the coast and wells, including important habitat and valuable shellfish operations.
BLASCHES appealed for rejection in the State District Court. Appeals to the state -of -the -art court are on hold.
John Bonoi, a man in New York, purchased a house for $ 5.5 million in 2022. BONOMI’s lawyer refused to comment on this story.
On Monday, January 27, 2025, there is a house on a sand lump overlooking the beach of Well Fleet, Massachusetts (AP Photo/Andre Mwgiitei)
Threats to bay and oyster beds
Last year, Woods Hall Ocean Association’s coastal subsidy specialist, Brian McComac, presumed that Bruffs were eroded at 3.8 to 5.6 feet per year. I am. The report was estimated to collapse in up to three years, but probably faster.
According to the report, the collapse could send shards to the port of the well network. It takes 2-3 years for oysters with the same name of the town, which are well -known to shellfish lovers.
“The house has a lot of glass fiber insulation. There are toxic substances,” said Cumbler. “If the toxic substance enters the port of the well, if the flow is the place where the flow is deprived, it may be dangerous to expose the oyster industry, a major industry other than sightseeing.”
The sign in front of the house on Sandiburt states on Monday, January 27, 2025, “Leave the dunes” in Well Fleet, Massachusetts.
Support what to do at home
Bonomi said, “I’m back in October, yes, we understand that we understand that the house is at risk of falling into the sea. What to do at home by January. I will plan, “said Cumbler. “We have called for a plan to delete it from danger.”
The plan was to be presented at the committee’s January meeting. However, Bonomi’s lawyer Tom Moore wrote a letter in the town in December and said that Bonomi sold his house to CQN Salvage, a company established in October. Moore wrote in the town that “there is a notification to take wise measures to prevent other consequences of the collapse and further erosion of the embankment.” CQN Salvage is ready to work with the town with such efforts, but does not provide funds. “
It is not clear who owns CQN Salvage. New York’s establishment records do not list officials. Moore refused to talk to AP communication.
On Wednesday, January 29, 2025, on Wednesday, Wednesday, we are sitting over a mass of sandy beaches overlooking the beach of Welfreet, Massachusetz (AP Photo/Andre Muggiati)
At a January meeting, Moore appeared in a video and told the committee that the “minimum estimation value” to delete the house was at least $ 1 million.
“So, are you going to do anything, do you intend to fall into the water?” Lessia McKena, a maintenance agent in the town, asked Moore.
“I’m going to ask you not to fall in the water,” Moore replied.
The committee has voted for extending the deadline for compliance with the execution order until June 1st.
On Monday, January 27, 2025, there is a house on a sand lump in Well Fleet, Massachusetts (AP Photo/Andre Muggiati)
WellFleet is left to see and wait
For the time being, the town is just left to see the house. When AP recently visited the site, I saw the 20 mph wind hitting a lump and the sand was deceived.
The nearby Palmas sea surface has risen 11 inches (about 28 cm) in the past 90 years, but its pace has accelerated. According to AP analysis of data from the National Marine Air Bureau, the sea surface around Cape Cod has risen at a speed of 0.16 inches (about 4 mm) between 1995 and 2024 than the past 30 years. 。
Makomac, a specialist in Woods Hall, who created a town report, said it was difficult to return to erosion with a single property for climate change and sea level rise. And he said that Cape Cod had been eroded for tens of thousands of years.
However, he stated that Brah has retreated 54 feet since 2014, and the erosion rate for the past decade has exceeded the long -term rate announced by the Massachus Setts Coastal Zone Administration Bureau.
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AP Data Journalist Mary Catherine Wildman has contributed.
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