It is easy to go about business on beautiful Hilton Head Island and forget how close homes, schools, churches, offices and roads are to the Atlantic Ocean and its tidal tributaries. An average high tide is eight feet. My former home in the Sea Pines woodlands was only nine feet above sea level. Many seaside, marshfront and woodland properties are lower. What is there to protect people and property from the shock of rising water in storms? And what is there to protect the water and its wildlife from human impacts?
Caricatures by Ralph Sutton
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When you motor down Pope Avenue toward Coligny Beach, you might catch a quick glimpse — a long-winged wading bird gliding into the shadowy dark of low-hanging trees, ra...
The tradition of buying the Christmas tree is nearly as strong as the tradition of decorating the Christmas tree. Year after year, many families turn to the same corner s...
Special thanks to Rachelle Grady of Palm City, Fla. for sharing the fascinating story of her 1954 EMW at this year’s Concours d’Elegance.
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