SoMAS (Stonybrook’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences) has been monitoring the breach since Sandy, measuring tides, as well as the depth and breadth of The Breach/New Inlet on a monthly basis.   Here then is their June 28th report, which presents what the current conditions are there, comparing them to how they were over the past 7 months.    This regular analysis is crucial, since there will be some decision taken on the fate of The Breach / New Inlet soon.    Whatever decision the NYSDEC makes needs to be based on science, rather than politics.   Is the breach getting bigger?   Is it at all increasing the likelihood / intensity of flooding on The Great South Bay?   And what of the benefits?    What does this influx of clean ocean water mean for The Great South Bay and the towns of The South Shore?

The Breach June 16th Photo Mosaic

Here then is Prof. Flagg and Prof. Wayne Flood, and The Great South Bay Project’s latest report:

Inlet Report 9

 

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