Photograph by Matthew Suárez
What needs protecting? The beach and the bluff. Both things make the coast and the coast is being ravaged.
The Sand at Encinitas
Jayme Timberlake tide-watcher, restoration ecologist, avid surfer light-foots it down Encinitas’s iconic Stone Steps. She’s barefoot, having kicked off her shoes and left them on the sand-dusted floor of her truck cab. Desk-chained me follows, white legs and black tennies. We gaze up at the sentinel sandstone cliff-backs beside us and their telltale, sharp-edged furrows (or rills) of erosion. The sight feels perilous: 100-foot escarpments, topped by private homes and the occasional railroad-tie buttress.
With the Potomac River a few hundred yards away, residents of Fort Hunt are seeing ground water seeping up, running down the sidewalks and low-lying street areas. To cope with this situation while still getting a breath of fresh air, a pair of waterproof walking shoes might be a quick answer.
Sea level rise will increase flooding in many regions. Does that include areas on the rivers and bays, such as Mount Vernon? Local inundation maps from the National Weather Service show the extent and depth of a freshwater flood on the Potomac River from near Fletcher s Cove in Northwest D.C. to just above the mouth of Broad Creek in Prince George s County, Md., a distance of approximately 14 miles, including Alexandria and Mount Vernon. Potential backwater flooding of tributaries by the Potomac is also represented within this reach, including on Cameron Run, Oxon Run, Four Mile Run, and the Anacostia River. https://www.weather.gov/lwx/potomacinundationmaps
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CARLSBAD
Virtual family songs, storytimes Wednesdays
The Carlsbad Library hosts 30 minutes of stories and songs in English and Spanish at 10 a.m. Wednesdays with a different theme each week, led by Ms. Angelica at facebook.com/carlsbadcitylibrary/live.
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Drive-in ‘Nutcracker’ ballet set for Saturday
City Ballet of San Diego performs “The Nutcracker” at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday Dec. 19 as part of the Holidays in your Car drive-thru entertainment program at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd. Tickets are $99-$279. Visit holidaysinyourcar.com.