[Palio di Siena]

I’ve been to Smith Island quite a few times over the years.
The island has been getting smaller since it was originally settled in the 1600’s.
Sort of a depressing place- there are piles of junk all over - because of the difficulty and expense of removing it.
Children take a boat to school in Crisfield.
Good place to eat crabs - especially soft crabs.

[Tell It Right]

In all seriousness, we're in a centuries long warming period known as the Modern Warm Period. It's not to caterwaul about like the Dims do. Because it's no different from the Medieval Warm Period (roughly AD 900 to 1300), Roman Warm Period (roughly 250 BC to AD 300), and Minoan Warm Period (roughly 1600 to 1100 BC). So all of that stuff about blaming mankind is hogwash.

However, the Modern Warm Period is real enough to think twice over buying beach front property as a long term investment. If you see my # 26 I list a few historical sea levels that were higher during prior warm periods (in other parts of the world besides America where we had written history of life in those warm periods). If I'm right that we have 2 to 4 centuries left in the Modern Warm Period (assuming it lasts as long as the past few warm periods), will there be enough sea level rise to swallow up this island? I dunno. But I darn sure ain't gonna feel guilty driving my pickup.

[Hiddigeigei]

"I’ve been to Smith Island quite a few times over the years."
Sixty odd years ago I had a 30 foot (water line) center board ketch build by a eight-five year-old man on Smith Island, rigged it out on Buzzards-Point boat yard in Washington and sailed to the Florida Keys. My wife and I visited the island again in the 1970s-80s.