10.18.2022 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Catastrophic storms? It can happen here “Ian shows the risks and costs of living on barrier islands,” was the headline of an Associated Press story this month in the wake of Hurricane Ian. The article...
08.17.2020 Columns Suffolk Closeup: On the beach “Incrementally we are walling off the coast with bulkheads and rock revetments,” says Kevin McAllister of this area’s shoreline picture. This “prevents nature from maintaining a coastline that can...