Wilbur Snaffel still crazy to me that a once an island is submerging. I mean imagine the world is bound to fucking sink if we don’t take responsibility for our actions. Climate change is real and we should do something about it for the future
The people who first built their homes and fought in the wars for our nation, didn't know geology. To them it was solid ground, and they built a city, a community there for generation after generation. This is the sign for all people to pay attention to. Many cities, small and quite large with millions of population on the brink of being climate refugees with no one to take them in, no land to relocate to. United States is a mover and shaker when we want to be, but we only pay attention when it comes to our shores. This island is a harbinger of what's to come.
Millennium Tower in downtown SF, 58 stories tall, sank 17" so far, tilted 14", so far, in 10 years. Average $1.6 million a condo, worthless now. Smug engineers, Fools everywhere.
If y’all are looking for an update, the island is fine as of right now, I live on the peninsula that is only miles off the island. I know people who live on the island and have family there, people visit all year around.
@@robmol1499 no, you have to understand that we live in a place that is determined by tourist and visitors, which we only have between Memorial Day Weekend and Labor Day, after that we only have people driving through and those people don’t know about the island, I’m sure if touristy goes up then the sea wall will become more important
@@addisonlynnmaurice1070 from what I can see, the island has little no trees, especially on the coast line, trees root hold sand/soil together, the samething is happening in Florida.
The video clearly states it was already sinking the past 100 years, but that due to climate change it is sinking faster. They’re not suggesting the rising water levels are due 100% to climate change alone.
Actually in the title, and quoted throughout the video it said just that and KEPT skipping the sinking part. I'd say intentional manipulation of information
It can not be sinking faster if the water level is rising - Use your head if you stand in a lake and the water rises are you sinking the answer is no While the island may be sinking it would sink at a set rate but if the water level rises then of cousre it would appear to be sinking faster - Ignorant fools here are conflating the 2 issues
Jeffrey Blattman why would they have to build a new home.. there are homes everywhere already lol. Also one doesn't need to buy, they can rent. If they did buy though 60k ontop of a steady income is easily enough to pay off a mortgage.
the uk is better than the dutch for reclaiming land, during the Danish invasion of the uk, the danish where the ability to sail their boats right to the city of york.. today york is 40 miles inland en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danelaw#/media/File:England_878.svg
NYPATRIOT...from a ecological standpoint, the wall must first be built before any sand be supplemented... because the sand will only erode with just one or two storms if theres no wall to contain it.... theres actually a cheaper way to do it, but it takes decades to make it efffective---- mangroves instead of walls,
Jasper .i know youre not educated.. no need for further explanation buddy.. your comment validates every single thing.. help yourself, and go to the library if you cant afford to go to school.
Mabey You will be able to say that now that Earth has slipped off of its AXIS ! , And it is getting colder each Year and we are going back into an Ice age Smartass !!!!!!! 777
I appreciate the informative spotlight, but in all truth, a town built on what is effectively a natural sandbar is not a good poster child sea level rise. It is a poster child for erosion. The fact that any storm surge to hit the region floods it, as depicted here, is a better talking point concerning climate change. Since more storm surges in Virginia is a consequence of a changing climate.
from a ecological standpoint, the wall must first be built before any sand be supplemented... because the sand will only erode with just one or two storms if theres no wall to contain it.... theres actually a cheaper way to do it, but it takes decades to make it efffective---- mangroves instead of walls,
The factors here are erosion which the island was always susceptible to. Only rising sea levels have further contributed it it sinking. Secondly, many Pacific islands are also in threat of the same thing. Reasoning this issue out by calling it a "sandbar" is uneducated.
This is actually a great example of sea level rise. If you listened to what the marine biologist had said, you would have heard that the island is both eroding and sinking at the same time. If it was just eroding, the islands rate of decay would be much slower.
Such a charming and beautiful island. It must be heartbreaking for those who live there to think that their homes might disappear. My heart goes out to them.
it is i was born there my aunt lives there and i use to visit it every summer and holiday its quite sad knowing the place i was born wont be there someday
Klanny The island is sinking. Lol. If ocean was rising it would have the same effect on every land mass in the world. Use your common sense if you have any.
MultiSilversalmon It already is. Sinking because of rising sea levels. The same is happening right across the world, islands in the pacific, mediterranean.Greenland is melting away at the rate of 12 feet every few years.
a little off topic but I found a video on here claiming the tsunami in 2005 was caused by aliens raising the sea floor from their underwater bases. Maybe they are in on this too! lolololol
A hurricane could destroy it or pile up sand and make it bigger. It depends on which way the wind blows. The island is a sand bar, likely created by a hurricane long ago.
+Mic Nor This makes me so sad. I used to visit Tangier growing up. The land was always low-lying so it flooded during storms, but here everything looks saggy because of the sinking foundations.
No, since when do we bail out people who choose to live at or below sea level? I live in Southern Virginia and the altitude is 466 feet. Think of it as "Evolution in Action". Just say no to stupid.
@@ocbee6175 What do you think they're going to have to do now? Moving is inevitable. It is hard to feel sorry for people when they deliberately move somewhere they know isn't going to last beyond 20-40 years.
Manhattan Island is already having problems. A lot of that land was 'reclaimed' from the water, so a small change is water levels will cause flooding. Even if you're not a Global Warming believer, the sea levels are certainly beginning to rise, and it's becoming a very real problem.
Iodine Kaida the ground is falling apart bc the sand has nothing to hold it together, AND the land is sinking. The water isn't rising. It's some bs they want to use to make it more dramatic.
@Some Swede - How about the Netherland government's tourism website? www.holland.com/global/tourism.htm - it says "Your Official Guide for Visiting Holland." That said, some people know that calling the Netherlands, "Holland" is incorrect, but I imagine many people don't know.
Tell that to NYC la and the entire eastern seaboard in 20 years. By 2100 NYC will be gone along with Florida and 30 percent of land on earth to the seas. Much of that will be a quarter to 40 percent of arable land with it btw.
BOB.org you are wrong moron. It will all be gone along with a majority of the world's arable land. Might even be sooner but the ipcc lists it as 100 years and Florida is gone. Those are facts not fictious oil lobby dribble
BOB.org your sources are not scientifically peer reviewed and are thus not credible as scientific resources just like your lack of science background. Ipcc stands as undisputed by 99 percent of the world and 99 percent of scientists as of 2017. Dumb climate change deniers will be dumb always
BOB.org you showed nothing. Your data is not part of a peer reviewed journal and is thus interpreted as hogwash. As i said it is not credible. You are thus a climate change denier by denying the work of the ipcc moron. Go look them up and other credible scientific minds like Oxford or any university peer reviewed journal.
@@th.6599 the Earth has drastically changed in the past and life has always survived even when 99% of the species have died. We focus too much on try to keep the world exactly as it is and not adapting to the changes. We need to both adapt and change our habits in order to survive. Reducing CO2 emissions alone won't help with climate change because the Earth in the past has naturally heated and cooled itself. Green technologies are the future, but being stubborn and stupidly staying in cities that are at or near sea level is not the way forward.
@@th.6599 You sure do have a yuge ego. Human beings are so powerful we're changing a planet that is trillions of years old. A planet which has been in constant change since its formation. Get over yourself. Earth doesn't need you to save it. If you really cared you'd walk barefoot and naked everywhere you went because of the materials used to make shoes and clothes. You'd only east what you grew or hunted because of the costs of farming. Nah, you just comment on TH-cam and toss Starbucks cups into recycling.
Im just wondering, would a seawall really help alleviate the problem in the long term? I would think sand supplementation would be more worthwhile in the long run helping preserve the areas ecological value by maintaining the dynamic environment in which it lays.
Azivegu.. from a ecological standpoint, the wall must first be built before any sand be supplemented... because the sand will only erode with just one or two storms if theres no wall to contain it.... theres actually a cheaper way to do it, but it takes decades to make it efffective---- mangroves instead of walls,
It's a beautiful town. It's too bad they built their community on sinking sand. There are some places people should avoid settling in. This is one of them. Still, it's very sad...my heart and prayers go out to everyone...
They are filming and showing you only the areas with high tide flooding. The camera shows you the narrow picture, but you think the whole world is sinking.
The sand bar island is sinking. It is normal. The sea is not rising. There has been no measurable rise in the sea level world wide. If the community can pay for it then pay for it.
$30 million to save 500 homes? I think the tax money would be better spent relocating the people on Tangier. Building a wall around the island is a temporary solution. Eventually the water will rise above the wall or the wall will fail, then people could die.
If it's a natural sand bar.. That's worse. People don't understand sand bars AREN'T suppose to sink of fill up naturally. Florida is showing signs of this happening, as well.
I am born and raised in Florida. I've seen a lot of changes here in my life time. It used to be swamp, then they dredged and sand blasted. It won't be long before it starts to go back to being covered again. Especially with all the sink holes we get here.
The residents are in denial if they think a sea wall will give them much in the way of time. The island is sand and also the sea is rising. Not to mention there is a health risk with all that water staying under homes...Black mold. If they care about themselves and their families they will move off the island now.
@@theartofpixels ya that say it all, the trees' roots are what would hold sand/soil in the ground. samething is happening to Floridas coast line, nothing but beach.
How building a seawall would do any good? Government would be better of spending $30 millions on purchasing new housing for 500 Tangier residents outside of this island, on mainland.
I know this is an older video but, damn, it needs to be seen again. Given the hurricane (Florence -2018) that's coming I wish nothing but the best for all of Tangier island.
The state of Maryland is continuing to monitor the sea incursion. You can see the data year by year through their geographic website. They’ve lost another 15-20% of usable land and the geographic service estimates all but the westernmost ridge will be saltmarsh or tidal channels in ten years.
Its due to both. The island is sinking because it was built on sand AND CLIMATE CHANGE IS accelerating the the sinking. The major ice caps on land are dissapearing. Antartica gains around 80 billion tons of sheets whereas Greenland losses almost 200 billion tons.
Human arrogance & inability to let go, that will make natural occurrences like climate change turn into catastrophes. That island looks like it was always destined to be reclaimed by the sea(aren't they all). Yet dude at the end says no we can't change our ways we must fix what isn't broken. I'm sure building docks, sea walls, dredging, etc none of that could speed up erosion. It's like building a city, in a bowl, below sea level, near a coast, then cry for help every time it floods.
from a ecological standpoint, the wall must first be built before any sand be supplemented... because the sand will only erode with just one or two storms if theres no wall to contain it.... theres actually a cheaper way to do it, but it takes decades to make it efffective---- mangroves instead of walls,
What people tend to forget is the planet is still making itself yea this island may disappear but another island will one get bigger like Hawaii is right now or another island will emerge eventually cause of underwater volcanoes. In the end were just in the way this is a planet we live on it's not our planet were literally a grain of sand compared to the time this planet has been alive and going through it's changes. I'm just excited that I'm alive to actually see this process happen get smarter humans don't build on coastlines.
I have lived on the shoreline my whole life. The water has not changed at all. I see no evidence of sea level change. It's land that is sinking period. Sea levels do not rise in one place and not another. Sea levels are the same everywhere in the world.
“Sea levels do not rise in one place and not another.” How do you not know about tides if you live on the shore? Sea levels are uneven all over the globe. We’ve been able to measure absolute elevation for 25 years. You can look up where the absolute elevation of the ocean is more or less. It bulges at the equator and also in response to tidal forces. The continental shelves and plates affect how sea level changes affect shores. Subsidence occurs for various reasons, some related to human activity, and some natural processes. Same with isostatic rebound that occurs as glaciers retreat. Continental rebound makes sea level drop in some areas.
I went there 35 years ago to visit. The streets were full of water then. We walked the whole island. It has one street around it. Only about 100yds of the street were dry. The erosion was terrible.
the native americans probably put a curse here for the future living of the white people there through the next decades and through centuries during their colonial times when native americans we're wiped out by whites and steal the land from them, these is probably the curse
Honestly these people who live in lowlands along the coast are asking for issues period. Its like where I live in KY. Folks built in flood plains then cry and cant understand when heavy rains flood them out. There is a reason why the old homes where I live are on the high ground.
Most of our commerce depends on access to waterways. Are you saying crab fishers are foolish because they don’t live on mountain tops? How about people who work on oceanic oil platforms? We have to figure out how to protect people from sea incursion and catastrophic flooding. If we don’t, and these events keep getting worse, our economy will collapse. These folks live in what’s basically a tourist attraction, now. They CAN move to other harbors. But the same thing is happening to entire Maryland Eastern Shore.
Remember learning about this island in high school and that the sand was washing out from under it. At the same time in high school they were teaching us that by now we would have an ice age....
@@codiefitz3876 which part of your sentence is helpful/worthwhile. Choosing to insult someone is really sad, when the OP was sharing a life story. Why is everything considered a threat to your existence?
Yup! That sea level rise is just kicking their ass! I've seen the same thing on Baltic coast. The sea took brick and mortar buildings build on cliffs and away from the shore. This is pure BS! You build on sand, you get to go swimming sooner or later!
“If we don’t ‘get’ a seawall…….” Sorry folks, but a seawall will do you no good. That island is already gone. That’s reality. A seawall will only be a prohibitively costly short term stopgap. Are you residents gonna pay for the seawall? Or are you gonna soak the taxpayers of your state for this boondoggle? TIME TO LET GO. Sorry for your loss. Your real estate values are zero, and you’ll get nothing in return for moving. But move is what you need to do.
when the global warning SEA LEVEL SCARE was causing florida prime beach front prices to drop , al gore bought a nice , very nice one......WHY WASN'T HE AFRAID?........duh?
just gonna point out - its easy for all of us to say ‘yo just move, you shouldn’t have built there in the first place’. but those are people’s homes, and it sounds like in many cases, these people have called this place home for generations and generations. that sense of community and belonging can’t be replaced as easily as a house can if they were to move. i don’t know if a seawall would buy more time, as being a barrier island, your water table is going to be incredibly close to the surface. water isn’t just coming across the surface of the land from the sea, but up through the ground as well. perhaps stilts for the houses? that would at least buy a little more time. with rising sea levels, i don’t think this community is going to be the only one displaced, but trying to hold back an entire ocean isn’t going to work. finding adaptive and sustainable housing for all communities should probably be a more reasonable goal. like who knows? maybe developing some kind of floatable houses for island and coastal communities that can withstand changing sea-levels and allow people like them to retain a sense of home and belonging despite changing times.
Daufuskie Island, South Carolina An entire row of beach homes was taken out (or in the process of) and being swept into the sea. It's happening faster than we thought
As someone who lives in Virginia, this usually gets brought up often in school. I always thought that people should just try and move, but I kinda get that they might not be able to afford it... But either way, I agree that the people who settled a town on nothing but sand weren't exactly the sharpest knives in the drawer.
sorry guys we cant buy you a sea wall to save your island. We need to save up for another war. You know missiles guns, billion dollar fighter jets etc etc
Mother: I don’t see why you want to move this island is fine *water rises above son’s head* Mother: welp time to go *house folds up* Neighbor: what the fuuuu
@@EastlakeRasta7 it used to have several forested patches that were eventually logged for home/boat building. Which is one of the main suspects for why the land is eroding so much faster than it had in its early history.
"This is sea level rise happening right here, right now," marine biologist told VICE News.
WATCH NEXT on CLIMATE here: bit.ly/2y3pHoe
OMG them too. RIP Southern Louisiana.
VICE News Thought that was a guy
Thanks for sharing this video
VICE News was
VICE News is there an update!? For 2018?
When you build a town on a giant sand bar what do you expect?
Perhaps they would like to move to Hawaii and live on a Volcano instead..
all sand bars change .....
Key West, that's what I expect!
I expect KEY WEST!
Key West, that's what I expect!
"A foolish man builds his house on sand, but a wise man builds his house on solid rock". RIP, Tangier Island.
Wilbur Snaffel still crazy to me that a once an island is submerging. I mean imagine the world is bound to fucking sink if we don’t take responsibility for our actions. Climate change is real and we should do something about it for the future
Look up Holland Island in the Chesapeake.
The Islanders are God fearing people but they seem to be ignoring that particular verse.
The people who first built their homes and fought in the wars for our nation, didn't know geology. To them it was solid ground, and they built a city, a community there for generation after generation. This is the sign for all people to pay attention to. Many cities, small and quite large with millions of population on the brink of being climate refugees with no one to take them in, no land to relocate to. United States is a mover and shaker when we want to be, but we only pay attention when it comes to our shores. This island is a harbinger of what's to come.
Millennium Tower in downtown SF, 58 stories tall, sank 17" so far, tilted 14", so far, in 10 years. Average $1.6 million a condo, worthless now. Smug engineers, Fools everywhere.
If y’all are looking for an update, the island is fine as of right now, I live on the peninsula that is only miles off the island. I know people who live on the island and have family there, people visit all year around.
Have they built a seawall yet?
@@robmol1499 no, you have to understand that we live in a place that is determined by tourist and visitors, which we only have between Memorial Day Weekend and Labor Day, after that we only have people driving through and those people don’t know about the island, I’m sure if touristy goes up then the sea wall will become more important
@@addisonlynnmaurice1070 from what I can see, the island has little no trees, especially on the coast line, trees root hold sand/soil together, the samething is happening in Florida.
Is this considered part of Marva peninsula or "real" Virginia?
So its not sinking, vice sucks
*_Just use flex seal_*
yos doggo Phil swift
That might be a little too much damage though, scale the damage back about 10% and well talk.
That's a lotta damage!
You my good sir have earned a like
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Im not discounting climate change but when you build an entire town on sand what do really expect to happen lol
Chairman Meow stolen comment
@@azaeltrujillo1121 a lot of the comment are the same. Lmao
They probably thought the high ground would protect them.
@@finnheisenheim8274probably learnt it from Anakin in star wars lol 😅
Exactly
"When you have fish swimming on the road, that's when you know you have a problem. That's for shore" (sorry haha)
Christina Hernandez pun intended and funny and not funny
The island is sinking. A sea wall won't help. I'd move.
Right I would not want to wake up in the middle of the night and find out I'm swimming with the fish which they pretty much already are
This has nothing to do with climate change either, this is literally nature.
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it speed up the sinking tho
But trump supporters want a big beautiful wall.
@Christina Reynolds And decaying sealife.
Don't waste resources on this losing cause. Pack up and dismantle what you can and evacuate. Cry later.
foolish men build on sand...wise men build on rock.....the Bible advises men of this...
@@beamills9205 I don't need that book to know that... is common sense...
Ron Yerke You’ll say that right up until it happens in your backyard. Karma I’m just saying.
Asgard is not a place. It's the people. -Odin
Time to end it
BT SG If it was common sense there wouldn’t be a town built on sand lol
The video clearly states it was already sinking the past 100 years, but that due to climate change it is sinking faster. They’re not suggesting the rising water levels are due 100% to climate change alone.
Actually in the title, and quoted throughout the video it said just that and KEPT skipping the sinking part. I'd say intentional manipulation of information
Its not sinking faster the water level is rising
@@evangiles17 No it's not. I have lived on the bay for 50 years and no the Bay is not rising the land (or sandbar) is sinking PERIOD!
Its probably a combination of both
It can not be sinking faster if the water level is rising - Use your head if you stand in a lake and the water rises are you sinking the answer is no
While the island may be sinking it would sink at a set rate but if the water level rises then of cousre it would appear to be sinking faster - Ignorant fools here are conflating the 2 issues
This city looks like those gta 5 realistic graphic mods.
Pur3Death underrated
Don't r/woooosh me but it's a town not a city.
I thanked PewDiePie and, r/woooosh r/itswooooshwithfouros
WET ROADS INTENSIFIES
@@Liam-ie1ee You're literally asking for r/whoosh's
30M$ for a wall, thats 60k per inhabitant... it would be cheaper to just resettle them.
And the wall wont help them anyway, it will only slow it down.
Theo McReich because they'll be able to buy land and build a home for less than 60k?
Jeffrey Blattman why would they have to build a new home.. there are homes everywhere already lol. Also one doesn't need to buy, they can rent. If they did buy though 60k ontop of a steady income is easily enough to pay off a mortgage.
Jeffrey Blattman its 500 people living there, lets say each house has 4 people living in it, that would be 240k$ per house, which should be enough
Just let Donald Trump handle this. He will have Mexiko pay for that wall. xD
Thirty Million is probably being very liberal. Once they start building it would probably end up running into the forties.
Just get some Dutch people over there everything will be fixed
Makes sense!!!. :-) !!!.
Dude...even the netherlander is freaking out! They sinking so fast, their windwheel cannot keep up.
@@nurlindafsihotang49 No we are not
@@corneliusantonius3108 seriously? Then what's this www.government.nl/topics/climate-change/dutch-vision-on-global-climate-action
the uk is better than the dutch for reclaiming land, during the Danish invasion of the uk, the danish where the ability to sail their boats right to the city of york.. today york is 40 miles inland en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danelaw#/media/File:England_878.svg
$30 million for 500 people, GTFO
While I don't disagree as such, how much does it cost every time Trump goes golfing?
Jay Reno duh? With a wooden shovel
@Yobany 2 girls 1 cup isnt even that nasty lol. Bmx pain olympics i wont watch though.
@@AusExplorer no one cares cause it's his money. He was a millionaire before he was president.
Lmfao FR!!
A wall isn't going to do much for an island that has a foundation made of sand.
NYPATRIOT...from a ecological standpoint, the wall must first be built before any sand be supplemented... because the sand will only erode with just one or two storms if theres no wall to contain it.... theres actually a cheaper way to do it, but it takes decades to make it efffective---- mangroves instead of walls,
Paulo Cuento stop copying that shit everywhere. The wall can't be built on sand...
Jasper dont comment if youre not educated.. how do you think artificial islands are built? the only shit around here is your useless brain
Paulo Cuento You have no way to know whether I am educated or not.
Jasper .i know youre not educated.. no need for further explanation buddy.. your comment validates every single thing.. help yourself, and go to the library if you cant afford to go to school.
Imagine how cool it would be to say "yeah I was born on a place that doesnt exist anymore"
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@@ajg5138 lol was not expecting this comment
I think that would be sad. :(
@@yourcareerclub8766 it happens lol
Mabey You will be able to say that now that Earth has slipped off of its AXIS ! , And it is getting colder each Year and we are going back into an Ice age Smartass !!!!!!! 777
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"I have an idea! Let's just pick up and MOOOVVEEE the town somewhere else!" -Patrick Star
Maybe this town should do this lmao
Push!!!
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Usually people have money to move by selling their homes. Who is going to buy a house on that island?
@@NemeanLion-Apparently no one has a sense of humor. IT WAS A JOKE
I'm glad i don't live there.I'm poor couldn't afford to move and what about the animals??
Rich people be like "time to raise the property value, it's now a beach front"
Sad isn't it
That's a great a idea, I'd totqlly do it too
Yeah, and soon it'll be an aquarium
Exactly! That's probably why there's no help for this Island. Rich Ppl already have plans and layout to make money.
Envy
I appreciate the informative spotlight, but in all truth, a town built on what is effectively a natural sandbar is not a good poster child sea level rise. It is a poster child for erosion. The fact that any storm surge to hit the region floods it, as depicted here, is a better talking point concerning climate change.
Since more storm surges in Virginia is a consequence of a changing climate.
from a ecological standpoint, the wall must first be built before any sand be supplemented... because the sand will only erode with just one or two storms if theres no wall to contain it.... theres actually a cheaper way to do it, but it takes decades to make it efffective---- mangroves instead of walls,
The factors here are erosion which the island was always susceptible to. Only rising sea levels have further contributed it it sinking.
Secondly, many Pacific islands are also in threat of the same thing. Reasoning this issue out by calling it a "sandbar" is uneducated.
This is actually a great example of sea level rise. If you listened to what the marine biologist had said, you would have heard that the island is both eroding and sinking at the same time. If it was just eroding, the islands rate of decay would be much slower.
ding, ding, ding!! :) Human's stupidity will eventually catch up to them.
They acknowledge both. I don't think they should stay, unless they rebuild on boat houses and stilts. Become a boat community. Solved.
Such a charming and beautiful island. It must be heartbreaking for those who live there to think that their homes might disappear. My heart goes out to them.
it is i was born there my aunt lives there and i use to visit it every summer and holiday its quite sad knowing the place i was born wont be there someday
How people still deny climate change is beyond me
Klanny The island is sinking. Lol. If ocean was rising it would have the same effect on every land mass in the world. Use your common sense if you have any.
MultiSilversalmon It already is. Sinking because of rising sea levels. The same is happening right across the world, islands in the pacific, mediterranean.Greenland is melting away at the rate of 12 feet every few years.
Klanny ikr
a little off topic but I found a video on here claiming the tsunami in 2005 was caused by aliens raising the sea floor from their underwater bases. Maybe they are in on this too! lolololol
MultiSilversalmon i seriously hope youre trolling, because with that amount of stupidity im surprised you're able to remember to breathe
1 hurricane its done
A hurricane could destroy it or pile up sand and make it bigger.
It depends on which way the wind blows.
The island is a sand bar, likely created by a hurricane long ago.
It was almost done in 2012
It's going to cost way more than 30 million to build a wall around that island.
Water World here we come
I got my kayak ready
John Karpus good
Lol so funny
Just means they don't have to leave their house to fish.
2000 FEET FROM SHORE. soon beach front property.
I don't care if its a million people, they need to move. Its arrogant to think we can get in mother nature's way. She's not stopping.
Dear AMY; Its' GODS' WAY !!!!!!! 777
Don't bother with a wall, their houses will be worth little still, relocate.
each house worth maybe 20k if lucky
Get your sinking house in a sinking ghost town here! Only $20,000 get it while ya still can!
+Mic Nor This makes me so sad. I used to visit Tangier growing up. The land was always low-lying so it flooded during storms, but here everything looks saggy because of the sinking foundations.
Don't they deserve some sort of help by the government?
No, since when do we bail out people who choose to live at or below sea level? I live in Southern Virginia and the altitude is 466 feet. Think of it as "Evolution in Action". Just say no to stupid.
There's a clue in the title ~ The island is SINKING !!
So a wall will what... SINK AS WELL
OK first off island don't sink not possible
I don't get it, so they knew it was sinking 100 years ago but they still kept living on it? Come on!
It’s kinda hard for an entire community to just up and fucking move.
@@ocbee6175 What do you think they're going to have to do now? Moving is inevitable. It is hard to feel sorry for people when they deliberately move somewhere they know isn't going to last beyond 20-40 years.
Manhattan Island is already having problems. A lot of that land was 'reclaimed' from the water, so a small change is water levels will cause flooding.
Even if you're not a Global Warming believer, the sea levels are certainly beginning to rise, and it's becoming a very real problem.
+Johan Abdullah Holm - don't listen to +ganymedeIV4 - even in English, the Netherlands is often referred to as Holland.
Are the sea levels rising or is the ground falling apart.
Iodine Kaida the ground is falling apart bc the sand has nothing to hold it together, AND the land is sinking. The water isn't rising. It's some bs they want to use to make it more dramatic.
S Brian Chong
It still isn't called Holland. He's right. The country's name is the Netherlands, anyone who says otherwise is wrong.
@Some Swede - How about the Netherland government's tourism website? www.holland.com/global/tourism.htm - it says "Your Official Guide for Visiting Holland."
That said, some people know that calling the Netherlands, "Holland" is incorrect, but I imagine many people don't know.
it'll be cheaper to relocate everyone off the island instead of building a sea wall that will only delay the flooding, not stop it.
Dextamartijn Why bother? The cost is higher than the benefit. Move the people off the island and let the sea take it.
Tell that to NYC la and the entire eastern seaboard in 20 years. By 2100 NYC will be gone along with Florida and 30 percent of land on earth to the seas. Much of that will be a quarter to 40 percent of arable land with it btw.
BOB.org you are wrong moron. It will all be gone along with a majority of the world's arable land. Might even be sooner but the ipcc lists it as 100 years and Florida is gone. Those are facts not fictious oil lobby dribble
BOB.org your sources are not scientifically peer reviewed and are thus not credible as scientific resources just like your lack of science background. Ipcc stands as undisputed by 99 percent of the world and 99 percent of scientists as of 2017. Dumb climate change deniers will be dumb always
BOB.org you showed nothing. Your data is not part of a peer reviewed journal and is thus interpreted as hogwash. As i said it is not credible. You are thus a climate change denier by denying the work of the ipcc moron. Go look them up and other credible scientific minds like Oxford or any university peer reviewed journal.
The wise man built his house upon the "rock" -
The foolish man built his house upon the "sand" ...
The Wise Man kept his mouth shut and waited to see where the water would stop !!!!!!! 777
Why not move inland? People focus on trying to keep the world the same when the world is constantly changing.
Toscanius I think you’re missing the point. WE are the problem and the reason why the world is changing.
@@th.6599 the Earth has drastically changed in the past and life has always survived even when 99% of the species have died. We focus too much on try to keep the world exactly as it is and not adapting to the changes. We need to both adapt and change our habits in order to survive. Reducing CO2 emissions alone won't help with climate change because the Earth in the past has naturally heated and cooled itself. Green technologies are the future, but being stubborn and stupidly staying in cities that are at or near sea level is not the way forward.
I think he missed the point again...perks of no heritage
yeah, just go be just another person that lives in a city
@@th.6599
You sure do have a yuge ego. Human beings are so powerful we're changing a planet that is trillions of years old. A planet which has been in constant change since its formation. Get over yourself. Earth doesn't need you to save it. If you really cared you'd walk barefoot and naked everywhere you went because of the materials used to make shoes and clothes. You'd only east what you grew or hunted because of the costs of farming. Nah, you just comment on TH-cam and toss Starbucks cups into recycling.
Tangier speaks a dialect due to 1600s/1700s West Country England. Remarkable place.
Went here when I was a kid. I hopefully will get back before it’s gone.
"When you see fish swimming on the road you know you've got problems, that's for sure."
Says it all.
Im just wondering, would a seawall really help alleviate the problem in the long term? I would think sand supplementation would be more worthwhile in the long run helping preserve the areas ecological value by maintaining the dynamic environment in which it lays.
cool did you get a degree in environmental science and are putting it to work in youtube comments?
Azivegu.. from a ecological standpoint, the wall must first be built before any sand be supplemented... because the sand will only erode with just one or two storms if theres no wall to contain it.... theres actually a cheaper way to do it, but it takes decades to make it efffective---- mangroves instead of walls,
Azivegu The world is running out of sand though, because of urban construction
Dutch guy here, nearly a third of the country here has been protected by sophisticated dams/sea walls for 70 years or so. So yeah.
+Azivegu Sand supplementation works on existing beaches with dunes. However in this case a seawall is more effective.
Everywhere needs to be “saved.”
This is an island the sea wants, and the sea will take it… sea wall or not.
It's a beautiful town. It's too bad they built their community on sinking
sand. There are some places people should avoid settling in. This is
one of them. Still, it's very sad...my heart and prayers go out to everyone...
“When you see fish swimming on your road, you’ve got major problems.” ... "Yeah, I guess so, hey."
Stephen Faust i call it front door fresh food
I went there about 4 years ago the town was fine, damn look at it now
Lol, it’s done. These bitches are dumb
They are filming and showing you only the areas with high tide flooding. The camera shows you the narrow picture, but you think the whole world is sinking.
@@turklerbilsin676 THANKS FOR HAVING A BRAIN
sea level is not riseing the land is sinking
Thank-you... why isn't the sea-level rising everywhere else, if that is the case.
They are NOT.
@@bamahama707 They literally said that it is.
The sand bar island is sinking. It is normal. The sea is not rising. There has been no measurable rise in the sea level world wide. If the community can pay for it then pay for it.
Amen
Shhhh.... You'll wake them up!
Is there a way to make Mexico pay for this wall too?
I don't think the wall idea was brought up by Trump, so I guess not. But xD
DJ well the host issa Mexican 😂
$30 million to save 500 homes? I think the tax money would be better spent relocating the people on Tangier. Building a wall around the island is a temporary solution. Eventually the water will rise above the wall or the wall will fail, then people could die.
And of course, no-one EVER warned the first settlers on that island that the land would sink, some day.
Bull!
To be fair no one at that time probably knew about sea level rising
This was settled in the 16-1700’s, if you think they knew about this back then you need some help
The Boy's voice is going through climate change.
That a girl
Stupid crossover wtf... 😑😒🙄
Man it’s been 2 years, I wonder how deep it is.
me to i hope it that deep..i was born there
When you Build a Town in Minecraft but you let you're brother join in and Make the city like Atlantis 😂😂😂
5 year old youtube comment be like:
If it's a natural sand bar.. That's worse. People don't understand sand bars AREN'T suppose to sink of fill up naturally. Florida is showing signs of this happening, as well.
I am born and raised in Florida. I've seen a lot of changes here in my life time. It used to be swamp, then they dredged and sand blasted. It won't be long before it starts to go back to being covered again. Especially with all the sink holes we get here.
The residents are in denial if they think a sea wall will give them much in the way of time. The island is sand and also the sea is rising. Not to mention there is a health risk with all that water staying under homes...Black mold. If they care about themselves and their families they will move off the island now.
Sea level is not rising...the land is sinking.
move, people. there is no saving this island
Where can they move to? Where can they live if they don't have the money or resources?
I flew here the day after i got my pilot license. It was beyond cool to say the least.
coool
how many trees are on the island???
@@EastlakeRasta7 very few trees surrounding the airport runway from what I remember
@@theartofpixels ya that say it all, the trees' roots are what would hold sand/soil in the ground.
samething is happening to Floridas coast line, nothing but beach.
Get a sea plane Richie rich ! , I got my pilots license free from the Marine corps !!!!!!! 777
How building a seawall would do any good? Government would be better of spending $30 millions on purchasing new housing for 500 Tangier residents outside of this island, on mainland.
I know this is an older video but, damn, it needs to be seen again. Given the hurricane (Florence -2018) that's coming I wish nothing but the best for all of Tangier island.
Watching this 5y after the original posting, would love an update.
Go to their website and see for yourself.
The state of Maryland is continuing to monitor the sea incursion. You can see the data year by year through their geographic website.
They’ve lost another 15-20% of usable land and the geographic service estimates all but the westernmost ridge will be saltmarsh or tidal channels in ten years.
This is not due to sea level rise. The island is sinking.
Its due to both. The island is sinking because it was built on sand AND CLIMATE CHANGE IS accelerating the the sinking. The major ice caps on land are dissapearing. Antartica gains around 80 billion tons of sheets whereas Greenland losses almost 200 billion tons.
@@lordoftheflies7024 They need the Dutch
Good thing you came to give your expert facts. How long have you been studying this? When did you hit your head? Doc dropped you at birth?
Human arrogance & inability to let go, that will make natural occurrences like climate change turn into catastrophes. That island looks like it was always destined to be reclaimed by the sea(aren't they all). Yet dude at the end says no we can't change our ways we must fix what isn't broken. I'm sure building docks, sea walls, dredging, etc none of that could speed up erosion.
It's like building a city, in a bowl, below sea level, near a coast, then cry for help every time it floods.
from a ecological standpoint, the wall must first be built before any sand be supplemented... because the sand will only erode with just one or two storms if theres no wall to contain it.... theres actually a cheaper way to do it, but it takes decades to make it efffective---- mangroves instead of walls,
What people tend to forget is the planet is still making itself yea this island may disappear but another island will one get bigger like Hawaii is right now or another island will emerge eventually cause of underwater volcanoes. In the end were just in the way this is a planet we live on it's not our planet were literally a grain of sand compared to the time this planet has been alive and going through it's changes. I'm just excited that I'm alive to actually see this process happen get smarter humans don't build on coastlines.
imagine wearing socks when ur there
30 million dollars so 500 residents can maintain their hopeless situation for a few more years. That's 60 thousand per resident without cost overruns.
This was filmed after a severe storm went thru.
So the real reason its flooding is because its sinking due to its sandy base...
Local: from here to here, there was no water last year
Reporter: from here to here, there was no water last year
The best thing they can do is to enjoy this place while it's here
Go for a swim, eh?
Son: Daddy! The water has risen up to second floor!
Dad: Pack our stuff.
We're gonna build the third.
Bruh.
Bruh
I have lived on the shoreline my whole life. The water has not changed at all. I see no evidence of sea level change. It's land that is sinking period. Sea levels do not rise in one place and not another. Sea levels are the same everywhere in the world.
“Sea levels do not rise in one place and not another.”
How do you not know about tides if you live on the shore?
Sea levels are uneven all over the globe. We’ve been able to measure absolute elevation for 25 years.
You can look up where the absolute elevation of the ocean is more or less. It bulges at the equator and also in response to tidal forces.
The continental shelves and plates affect how sea level changes affect shores.
Subsidence occurs for various reasons, some related to human activity, and some natural processes.
Same with isostatic rebound that occurs as glaciers retreat. Continental rebound makes sea level drop in some areas.
Looking at the thumbnail I fr thought he was gonna teach her how to walk on water
I went there 35 years ago to visit. The streets were full of water then. We walked the whole island. It has one street around it. Only about 100yds of the street were dry. The erosion was terrible.
the native americans probably put a curse here for the future living of the white people there through the next decades and through centuries during their colonial times when native americans we're wiped out by whites and steal the land from them, these is probably the curse
Honestly these people who live in lowlands along the coast are asking for issues period. Its like where I live in KY. Folks built in flood plains then cry and cant understand when heavy rains flood them out. There is a reason why the old homes where I live are on the high ground.
Most of our commerce depends on access to waterways. Are you saying crab fishers are foolish because they don’t live on mountain tops?
How about people who work on oceanic oil platforms?
We have to figure out how to protect people from sea incursion and catastrophic flooding.
If we don’t, and these events keep getting worse, our economy will collapse.
These folks live in what’s basically a tourist attraction, now. They CAN move to other harbors. But the same thing is happening to entire Maryland Eastern Shore.
In America:The fishermen goes to the sea
Also America:The sea goes to the fishermen
Remember learning about this island in high school and that the sand was washing out from under it. At the same time in high school they were teaching us that by now we would have an ice age....
You fucking Liberal dolt😂😂
@@codiefitz3876 which part of your sentence is helpful/worthwhile.
Choosing to insult someone is really sad, when the OP was sharing a life story.
Why is everything considered a threat to your existence?
@@griznatle It’s not a threat to my existence you hyperbolic ninny
@@codiefitz3876 congrats on proving my point. A weak mind relies on misdirection to push narrative.
Congrats on having smooth lobes
@@griznatle ok, bully
I live on the Chesapeake Bay. Sea level is NOT rising. Maybe Tangiers Island is sinking faster.
Talk to farmers on the Eastern Shore. Their 300 year old farms are turning into salt marshes.
@@irenafarm Ah, then all the water is piling up on the OTHER SIDE of the bay. That would explain it.
The climate WILL change whether we like it or not.
I like
As it's done for millions of years. Its normal
Yup!
That sea level rise is just kicking their ass! I've seen the same thing on Baltic coast. The sea took brick and mortar buildings build on cliffs and away from the shore. This is pure BS!
You build on sand, you get to go swimming sooner or later!
This is why I visit the Coast! Living in the mountains is the best option
This guy has a really high voice
Spoiler: comment section is trash.
You're welcome.
Go watch something else
Thanks for the heads up ...
Spoiler leftist use town built on sandbar that been sinking since the 1920s to "prove" climate change........ummmm huge fail.
Next week, Manhattan escapades with submerged subways. Scuba rental here....
Spoiler alert; Joseph M. is a douchebag
“If we don’t ‘get’ a seawall…….” Sorry folks, but a seawall will do you no good. That island is already gone. That’s reality. A seawall will only be a prohibitively costly short term stopgap. Are you residents gonna pay for the seawall? Or are you gonna soak the taxpayers of your state for this boondoggle? TIME TO LET GO. Sorry for your loss. Your real estate values are zero, and you’ll get nothing in return for moving. But move is what you need to do.
Thanks Chick for reminding me I need a haircut
Funny how it's the only place that the sea is rising
when the global warning SEA LEVEL SCARE was causing florida prime beach front prices to drop , al gore bought a nice , very nice one......WHY WASN'T HE AFRAID?........duh?
No, it's not!!! It is happening all over the world!
just gonna point out - its easy for all of us to say ‘yo just move, you shouldn’t have built there in the first place’. but those are people’s homes, and it sounds like in many cases, these people have called this place home for generations and generations. that sense of community and belonging can’t be replaced as easily as a house can if they were to move. i don’t know if a seawall would buy more time, as being a barrier island, your water table is going to be incredibly close to the surface. water isn’t just coming across the surface of the land from the sea, but up through the ground as well. perhaps stilts for the houses? that would at least buy a little more time. with rising sea levels, i don’t think this community is going to be the only one displaced, but trying to hold back an entire ocean isn’t going to work. finding adaptive and sustainable housing for all communities should probably be a more reasonable goal. like who knows? maybe developing some kind of floatable houses for island and coastal communities that can withstand changing sea-levels and allow people like them to retain a sense of home and belonging despite changing times.
I am Glad to hear some common sense ! " BUT " there would be Storms' and fresh water would have to be Manufactured "ECT" !!!!!!! 777
Vice: "So this is climate change!?"
Expert: "What did your producer want me to say?"
Wow, that Place is Sinking Extremely Fast.
Daufuskie Island, South Carolina
An entire row of beach homes was taken out (or in the process of) and being swept into the sea. It's happening faster than we thought
As someone who lives in Virginia, this usually gets brought up often in school. I always thought that people should just try and move, but I kinda get that they might not be able to afford it... But either way, I agree that the people who settled a town on nothing but sand weren't exactly the sharpest knives in the drawer.
Id love to see an update on this island in 5-10 yrs
I was listening to the video and was confused when I looked up and didn't see a woman speaking.
Hello From Tangier, Morocco
We have new york, new jersey, new Hampshire, new England, we should re-name this town new Atlantis.😀👍
New Mexico, New Brunswick, New Canaan, New Haven.....
America: Obsessed with building walls to "protect" Americans. Literally are refusing to build a wall to help protect Americans. My head hurts.
Biden is being pressed to finish the wall now, I'm sure it's only because donors have threatened to not continue to back him monetarily.
sorry guys we cant buy you a sea wall to save your island. We need to save up for another war. You know missiles guns, billion dollar fighter jets etc etc
Sucks but we can't fix this problem. Gotta move.
Guess when ice caps didn't all melt.lets tell everyone the world is sinking
why waste money on a seawall?? useless. Move now before its too late and will cost more bring rushed. its gonna be gone like New York and California.
So it's sinking and washing away, what does that have to do with sea level
All coastal cities all over the world are experiencing ocean rise.
All the ice all over the world is MELTING.
Anything to push the climate change agenda.
@@wendellbeverly6060 I guess the whole US is sinking then cause all coastal cities are getting swamped.
The quicker nature takes this planet back the better. We've all been lucky to live in this time but we're fucked. Change is coming. Change is needed.
I must say the mayors skin looks amazing and his under eyes!!!
He's been there for hundreds of years and he doesn't look a day over 60!
You are Very Observant !!!!!!! 777 "NOW" look at where You Live !!!!!!!
Mother: I don’t see why you want to move this island is fine
*water rises above son’s head*
Mother: welp time to go
*house folds up*
Neighbor: what the fuuuu
There’s a spectacular book on tangier called the “Chesapeake Requiem” on the history, current state, and future of Tangier.
does it say anything about trees being on the island??
@@EastlakeRasta7 it used to have several forested patches that were eventually logged for home/boat building. Which is one of the main suspects for why the land is eroding so much faster than it had in its early history.