Everyone knows of Myrtle beach, the famous vacation spot in South Carolina. Well it turns out that it might not be so vacationy as it was before, certainly still famous though. The sand from the beach is continually being washed away, and I'm most of you are wondering why this matters. Well to us Illinoisans it really doesn't unless you go to myrtle beach! But that's beside the fact. Actually beaches serve quite a geological purpose, that is so water doesn't erode other fronts, such as Chicago!! Anyways scientists are scrambling trying to find a solution to saving the sand. Well why can't they just pour more sand? Because fool, sand isn't very abundant around Myrtle Beach, they would have to continually pour more and more sand, all that sand would get really expensive, AND the community would have to come together in some fashion which again costs money. Unfortunately they haven't found a perfect solution, but they have and will continue to warn residences to be wary of the possibility of not having a beach anymore.
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2334
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