High Tide in Dorchester (2018)

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  • Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
  • If the consequences of global warming and higher sea levels are distant concepts for you, come on down to Dorchester County, ground zero for sea level rise along the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay. Observe the dying forests, sunken tombstones and waterlogged home foundations of vanished communities, and hear warnings from scientists and the stories of residents who may soon need to retreat because of higher water. A film by Tom Horton, Dave Harp and Sandy Cannon-Brown.

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  • @nukemanmd
    @nukemanmd 3 роки тому +5

    Very nice done. I have lived on the western shore my whole life (70 years), but have wonderful memories of the eastern shore - fishing and crabbing with my grandfather and father. I breaks my heart to see what is happening in Dorchester - a beautiful part of the state.
    Thank you for your eye-opening documentary.

  • @samwelsh8241
    @samwelsh8241 3 роки тому +7

    Sweet home Maryland when i'm at college in Florida this documentary makes me feel like i'm back home kayaking every weekend morning and just enjoying the pure peace and quiet of Marylands rivers and the only thing I hear are the calls of eagles and ospreys. I'm a born Marylander who loves old bay but I don't have a taste for seafood which is crazy

    • @danielsaenz1325
      @danielsaenz1325 3 роки тому +1

      wow I'm from VA, but your state is truly beautiful.

    • @Mooseydog
      @Mooseydog 3 роки тому +2

      My friend, I wholeheartedly concur. For many years I visited St. Michael’s as my ex father in law owned land on Broad Creek which he bought from the venerable author James Michener. I’ve kayaked all over the shore but certainly this area was my favorite. Anyhow, best of luck in all your future endeavors and may there many crabfeasts in your future

  • @StevenvonBriesen
    @StevenvonBriesen 9 днів тому

    Extraordinary! Should be mandatory education for so many people!

  • @Lafayettelyle
    @Lafayettelyle 2 роки тому +10

    let's see, the sea level rises at Chesapeake Bay. But not at Norfolk, nor at the Outer Banks nor at Charleston Harbor SC. Come on and get real. Did you happen to notice all those hydrology altering causeways in your film? Get real.

    • @sammyvh11
      @sammyvh11 2 роки тому +1

      This is a political propaganda film for the green new deal. The erosion problem is real the sea level rise is not. They use the Bay as an example because they take advantage of people who don't live there or boat there. When they ban all the outboard and inboard gas and diesel engines as California has the waterman will be out of business. I have nothing against electric engines and solar panels but let the free market decide not forced down my throat.

    • @carolinatrout
      @carolinatrout Рік тому

      Downtown Charleston floods pretty bad and it ain't getting any better - I'm not really sure if it is sinking land or rising seas. Grew up on MD's eastern shore and the symptoms are more subtle but still there... my favorite niche habitats have noticeably declined in my lifetime. I still spend plenty time oystering, crabbing, catching rockfish and perch etc. but lets be honest about the health of the bay and creeping wetlands in Maryland's south marsh.

  • @sammyvh11
    @sammyvh11 2 роки тому +16

    I'm 64 and I have boated and fished on the Bay my whole life. The water level at Sandy Point state park is the same as the first time my uncle rented a boat there in 1966. The Susquehanna flats are still the same depth as in my youth. Hart Miller Island is still there. Your talking about erosion and that's not sea level rise. Let me know when ocean going ships can't pass below the Bay Bridge.

    • @andywomack3414
      @andywomack3414 2 роки тому

      The images indicate otherwise. The increasing incidence of high tide flooding is documented fact.

    • @johngoodspeed3585
      @johngoodspeed3585 Рік тому

      @@andywomack3414 Don't be one of the sheep! Why is the Western Shore not sinking? Bay islands have been disappearing long before fossil fuels, explain that!

    • @HappyHarryHard-On
      @HappyHarryHard-On 5 місяців тому +1

      What do you think controls the elevation of erosion via wave attack? The water is getting higher relative to the land. Tidal gauges, satellite altimeters, AND erosion clearly show this.

  • @colliecoform4854
    @colliecoform4854 3 роки тому +6

    Rising tides, sinking land, a recipe for change that will be almost impossible to stop.

    • @Cl0ckcl0ck
      @Cl0ckcl0ck Рік тому +1

      Just erosion going on for a long long time.
      12:00 "It used to be three islands. Applegarth went away a century ago."
      Darn you time traveling man-made global warming!!!

    • @Wadiyatalkinabeet_
      @Wadiyatalkinabeet_ 3 місяці тому

      Dorchester has ALWAYS been underwater.

  • @randysabel
    @randysabel Місяць тому

    East Central Wisconsin here. Sea level rise not effecting here however my heart goes out to everyone near the oceans coast.

  • @Roadtripmik
    @Roadtripmik Рік тому +3

    this video inspired me to explore dorchester county its a magical place

  • @WoodisGood82
    @WoodisGood82 3 роки тому +15

    Growing up on the western shore, I have not seen any increase in water levels or floods. Isnt it more likely Dorchester county is sinking?

    • @connorpusey5912
      @connorpusey5912 3 роки тому +2

      Yes most likely. It’s eroding. Or at least fluctuating.

    • @Roadtripmik
      @Roadtripmik Рік тому

      lower dorchester is affected most as shown on the map, but there are easy technological sollutions like seawalls and levies, but its too costly and its at the expense of the wildlife

  • @wulfeman9948
    @wulfeman9948 2 роки тому +6

    the climate has been changing forever . its nature

    • @zacktimmons2886
      @zacktimmons2886 28 днів тому

      Of course sea level rise is a “natural” thing, but if you actually did some research you’d know it takes 1,000s of not 10s of 1000s of years for the amount of rise we’ve seen in just a century.. if you can’t see that then you’re dumber then you sound

  • @alanknight4418
    @alanknight4418 2 роки тому +11

    It's not that the water is rising. It's that the land and barrier islands are being taken over by erosion.

  • @donjohnsmusic3116
    @donjohnsmusic3116 3 роки тому +3

    This is wonderful work! Would love to be part of something this good! Well written, edited, filmed, produced. Just a pleasure to watch! So glad I discovered this! It makes me want to visit!

  • @nativevirginian8344
    @nativevirginian8344 2 роки тому +7

    I do not see any sea level rise. Been around the Bay all my life. It’s EROSION.

    • @gmb4648
      @gmb4648 8 місяців тому

      the sea level rise isnt noticeable itself (i doubt anyone can notice a 5 inch increase over 40 years) , but it increases the rate of erosion. Plus the fact warmer oceans=stronger storms, and stronger storms cause more erosion.

  • @4.9copblank49
    @4.9copblank49 3 роки тому +21

    I've lived on the Chesapeake Bay since 1967 and there has been exactly ZERO sea rise. ZERO.

    • @kevinhoffman8214
      @kevinhoffman8214 2 роки тому +2

      so have I , in calvert county , kenwood beach , and Cambridge Md , where do you live that you have not seen it ? I have seen homes fall off the cliffs beaches dis appear , it may not be from fossil fuels

    • @intothekey
      @intothekey 2 роки тому +5

      I've noticed some land erosion but never any sea rise.

    • @Letizia4813
      @Letizia4813 2 роки тому +6

      It's hard to see when your head is buried in the sand.

    • @gmb4648
      @gmb4648 8 місяців тому +3

      yeah... because the sea level has risen 6 inches. I doubt youd notice that. Sea level rise itself wont cause islands to sink, but it causes land erosion to happen at a higher rate.

    • @ceciljones2695
      @ceciljones2695 7 місяців тому +1

      You need a eye examination

  • @chasgotthespins6124
    @chasgotthespins6124 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent production.

  • @jacobmccoury789
    @jacobmccoury789 3 роки тому +1

    Beautiful documentary

  • @luckyfisher8635
    @luckyfisher8635 2 роки тому +1

    Great film!

  • @JWSSpeedo
    @JWSSpeedo 4 місяці тому

    Land will always go back to the sea. From the highest mountains to those little islands. Erosion control is what is called for.

  • @jackmwa902
    @jackmwa902 3 роки тому +1

    Beautiful…. More please

  • @unnaturalselection8330
    @unnaturalselection8330 2 роки тому +3

    "It's erosion AND sea level rise"
    .....Then why is my island, right below your state, still the exact same height it was during my grandad's time?
    Did the water just rise beneath their island and nowhere else?!?

    • @GuitarGodsUnite
      @GuitarGodsUnite 2 роки тому +1

      You probably think the earth is flat too

    • @unnaturalselection8330
      @unnaturalselection8330 2 роки тому +2

      @@GuitarGodsUnite ....And you probably believe in Smurfs.

    • @gmb4648
      @gmb4648 8 місяців тому

      Sea level rise doesn't look significant, but it causes erosion to happen faster. Some are more protected than others, for example look at how much smith island has shrank, when its right below dorchester

  • @robertcalamusso4218
    @robertcalamusso4218 2 роки тому +2

    No to be mean because climate change has affected me ~
    But the only constant is change.
    And Mother Nature Bats Last.

  • @svmagichat2511
    @svmagichat2511 2 роки тому

    If that is marshland, than it should be protected as the marsh would reduce erosion along the shoreline. and form a barrier against storms foul weather. So what is in store for you in the futer as this is an old video from a few years ago as i left an comment and got no reply.
    Gerard. Nsw Australia.

  • @jameswilson9181
    @jameswilson9181 2 роки тому +6

    A beautiful documentary. Total horse-Crap, but beautiful.

  • @dalemorris8609
    @dalemorris8609 11 місяців тому

    What makes more sense ? Washington politicians allocation of funds to fight a war halfway around the world or water intrusion in the Chesapeake Bay area 🤔

  • @blakespower
    @blakespower Рік тому

    too many rich people building homes on the shores. it makes them feel better to have plus million dollar homes on the bay, but they are destroying the bay! they should all LEAVE

  • @waynehogue2499
    @waynehogue2499 3 роки тому +1

    Funny this UA-cam didn’t get a lot of hits?

  • @Cl0ckcl0ck
    @Cl0ckcl0ck Рік тому +2

    That's some really localized 'global warming' and 'sea level rise'..... Yeah, the land is sinking and there is massive erosion (look at those exposed tree roots) but that isn't real problem. :') What a joke of an activist documentary.

    • @HappyHarryHard-On
      @HappyHarryHard-On 5 місяців тому

      Whether the land is sinking (relative to the water) or the water is rising on its own in a vacuum, the result is the same. What do you think controls the elevation of erosion via wave attack?

  • @zachattack5761
    @zachattack5761 2 роки тому

    I just went on the 7th grade harriet tubman thing

  • @nativevirginian8344
    @nativevirginian8344 2 роки тому +2

    Why don’t those people stop wasting all that money on that sinking house, a losing battle, and spend it getting out of there? People are dumb.

  • @1234thisgirl
    @1234thisgirl 3 роки тому +3

    My ancestors came from hoopers island I wish I'll be able to see it before it's gone this makes me very sad to see how were destroying the earth

  • @johnbrowning741
    @johnbrowning741 2 роки тому +1

    Why don't you take a lesson from the neitherland managment. just buy a large ship to dredge the outer areas and build up the inner areas. Make jobs for a bunch of people in the process.

    • @kevinhoffman8214
      @kevinhoffman8214 2 роки тому

      dredge spoils is considered toxic , so finding a place to dump it is a big problem , currently they are rebuilding poplar isl with the spoils from baltimore

  • @sandracoomber2107
    @sandracoomber2107 2 роки тому

    LOVELY! DO YOU HAVE CRABS NOW IN THE RIVERS?

  • @howardaltemus9814
    @howardaltemus9814 2 роки тому

    Too late!!!

  • @4.9copblank49
    @4.9copblank49 3 роки тому +8

    Absolute bullshit.

  • @bobpiff5161
    @bobpiff5161 Рік тому +1

    Lies… if you believe it, your simple.

    • @gmb4648
      @gmb4648 8 місяців тому

      you cant even use the right your/youre

  • @tramainecbaynes1364
    @tramainecbaynes1364 2 роки тому

    good/

  • @johnb.6468
    @johnb.6468 Рік тому

    Reported for misinformation