Do the SEAL's require a peninsular with 1 side surf facing for specific training???
Are there any other geographic locations where this can take place???
Are there any other geographic locations where this can take place???
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outside my house on hollywood beach.Do the SEAL's require a peninsular with 1 side surf facing for specific training???
Are there any other geographic locations where this can take place???
It is not so simple. Theoretically yes. Logistically and economically, no. The EIS for that new base looked at alternate locations but there is much more to consider than training areas in close proximity. Access to housing, schools, health care and social support entities for the families are the main drivers. You cant just pick up the west coast special warfare units and plop them down in the cornfields of Iowa.Do the SEAL's require a peninsular with 1 side surf facing for specific training???
Are there any other geographic locations where this can take place???
What's infuriating is that in 2020 the Trump admin renegotiated NAFTA and that was supposed to trigger a lot of funding from both sides of the border to finally address the situation. I guess COVID happened and nothing got done....It is difficult for the Navy to prove dirty water has negatively impacted the mission. There was a 60 minute story about the sewage problem a few years ago and the new SEAL base down by IB and that was a prime opportunity to get some movement. Nada.
Yes, the USMCA had $300M in it for border sewage infrastructure. It was not abundantly clear exactly where that funding was to go, CA or Texas. My understanding is they are still fighting over where it will go. Regardless, studies would have to be prepared that would inform design and all of that would take 2-3 years. And improvements could take another 1-2 years. $300M is nothing. Costs for federal projects (any project really) have doubled and maybe even tripled in just the last 5 years. Whatever they were planning to do they are going to need more money or have to do less. $40-50B is needed to fix this. Complete overhaul of Tijuanas water and sewage system.What's infuriating is that in 2020 the Trump admin renegotiated NAFTA and that was supposed to trigger a lot of funding from both sides of the border to finally address the situation. I guess COVID happened and nothing got done....
I'll ask around to what excuses were made to keep kicking the can down the road....
I just got off the phone with a friend to basically write the above.... He is pretty confident that the money will go to the San Diego/TJ region.Yes, the USMCA had $300M in it for border sewage infrastructure. It was not abundantly clear exactly where that funding was to go, CA or Texas. My understanding is they are still fighting over where it will go. Regardless, studies would have to be prepared that would inform design and all of that would take 2-3 years. And improvements could take another 1-2 years. $300M is nothing. Costs for federal projects (any project really) have doubled and maybe even tripled in just the last 5 years. Whatever they were planning to do they are going to need more money or have to do less. $40-50B is needed to fix this. Complete overhaul of Tijuanas water and sewage system.
In all fairness the brown peoples along the border are reaping what they’ve sown. Tijuana is a festering mess and that’s not news to anybody. The municipal system is as corrupt as they come in Mexico and that speaks for itself.I just got off the phone with a friend to basically write the above.... He is pretty confident that the money will go to the San Diego/TJ region.
They allotted $300 mil to be paid out over 4 years in increments of $75 mil/yr. The goal is to expand the existing border plant, improve conveyance and trash diversion systems, upgrade TJs collection system and build a new plant in TJ. All of this is under (and will be for years) EPA assessment.
As GBG noted above, it will take 10s of billions of $$$ to truly address this issue. A big chunk of the $300 mil will be wasted on 3-5 years of feasibility studies before any real design/engineering work will get started (i.e. a couple of agencies and a few select consultants are going to milk this for all they can and we'll be left with a set of outdated plans and no budget...).
The whole situation is FUBAR and unnecessary. Today, Newsom could be lobbing the State's legislature to release 1/2 of the much ballyhooed surplus to get this done. Unfortunately for us, he won't because he's an A-hole.
This is a prime PPP/DBO project that could be fast tracked if our elected "leaders" decided to do something that would benefit the people. Unfortunately, they won't because they don't care about those brown people along the border. All that noted, now that Coronado (monied white people) will be adversely effected, we may see some action in the next 5-10 years but I'm not going to hold my breath for a Sloughs surf off any time soon.
Thanks for the heads up. I'll be sure to paddle out with my MAGA hat and stuff him good next tropical swell in IB.Serge was liked and respected even by Conservatives in IB. He said and did a few things in the last few years that really pissed alot of people off. Champion for managed retreat. And he said publically during BLM protests that IB was full of white supremacists.
I don't care I like the guy. He is not afraid to speak the truth. Managed retreat is the sanest approach. People have to understand that nature will take your home away at some point if you build on the edge. You get what you get. Anyone that buys on the beach or a cliff should assume that at some point your building may get taken away by nature. To think otherwise is pure hubris.Serge was liked and respected even by Conservatives in IB. He said and did a few things in the last few years that really pissed alot of people off. Champion for managed retreat. And he said publically during BLM protests that IB was full of white supremacists.
I will assume you don't own property in IB?I don't care I like the guy. He is not afraid to speak the truth. Managed retreat is the sanest approach. People have to understand that nature will take your home away at some point if you build on the edge. You get what you get. Anyone that buys on the beach or a cliff should assume that at some point your building may get taken away by nature. To think otherwise is pure hubris.
IB has always been known for it's intolerance issues. It was a pretty tough town prior to the mid 80s or so. Even then, you got out of the water changed your clothes and split.
It's an odd town and could be a great destination but you'll die there if you go there.
Nope, nor do/or would I anywhere where there is a chance that a natural disaster short of a massive earthquake or rouge hurricane will destroy or reclaim my home.I will assume you don't own property in IB?
"Nothing is permanent on the coast." Except Del Mar parking enforcement! 365 days a year/ 24 hours a day!Nope, nor do/or would I anywhere where there is a chance that a natural disaster short of a massive earthquake or rouge hurricane will destroy or reclaim my home.
If you think the IB beachfront owners are anti managed retreat, they got nothing on the Del Mar beachfront owners. Richest in world and want you the tax payer to save their houses. Idiots.
Cliffs erode/fall down and storms and tides sweep the beaches clean. Nothing is permanent on the coast.
If I owned any interests down there I would be fckin pissed. Way more pissed than if the water was actually dirty.