Specific guidelines for recognizing various safe and unsafe coastal settings are presented, as are recommendations for sound construction techniques in hazardous coastal areas. The authors explain how the shoreline is changing and provide a series of highly detailed maps that show the relative safety of particular locations on the coast. Although it is not widely known, Maine is experiencing a rapid, uneven drowning of its shore at the same time that coastal development is at an all-time high. A central theme is the formation of the present shoreline during the current ongoing rise in sea level and the ways in which coastal residents can best cope with the changes to come. This book describes the origin of the more common "soft coast" of eroding bluffs, sand beaches, and salt marshes. Yet there is more to this shore than rocky cliffs. Maine is known for its rockbound coast and pristine shoreline. Labor and Working-Class History Association.Association for Middle East Women's Studies.Author Resources from University Presses.Permissions Information for Journal Authors.Journals fulfilled by DUP Journal Services.If it weren’t for that back road, House, who lives on Gilbert Street below where the road collapsed, would have been totally stuck, she said. House noticed a sign was placed near Route 6 Cutoff, giving motorists a more reasonable detour to the 143-mile detour. It was closed Tuesday, and customer presence didn’t appear to be any different than normal on Wednesday, she said. A good number of people live on the east side of the washout and were cut off from the town’s service center, she said.īefore the road reopened, it was too soon for Patty House, manager at Jackman Trading Post, to say how the washout affected the souvenir shop. Welch was calm about the situation, but people were concerned about emergency personnel responding quickly. Logging trucks also have the right of way, so people need to be cautious, she said. We try not to send too many people those ways because if something were to happen, they’re out in the willywacks, and they don’t know what they’re doing.”įor older drivers and those unfamiliar with the area, navigating a dirt road after rainfall could be risky, and some locals feared creating a bigger emergency, Welch said. “Some vacationers are at a standstill,” Welch said. Another half inch or so of rainfall was recorded between 4 and 6 a.m. Rainfall observations are sparse in Jackman, according to the National Weather Service’s forecast office in Gray.īetween Monday and Tuesday, 2.25 inches and 1.83 inches of rainfall were reported in Stratton in Franklin County and Pittston Farm in Rockwood, respectively, a forecaster said Wednesday. By Wednesday, most people had figured out detours and plans, Calkins said. The restaurant saw an influx of customers Tuesday, with people asking for directions and looking at maps on their phones. Some changed plans altogether, like a family dining at Smokin’ Barrels that opted to go to the Skowhegan State Fair instead of visiting Greenville, Calkins said. Mostly visitors and truckers faced delays as they diverted down Route 201 to Bingham and then followed Route 16 to Abbot to reconnect to Route 6 for those two days. Maine Department of Transportation crews worked Tuesday and Wednesday to repair the section of Route 6/15 and reopened it Wednesday evening. The washout underscored how vulnerable Maine’s rural towns and infrastructure can be, especially when there are few roads to get to a community. But the road closure wasn’t devastating to locals who know the town’s back roads and secret routes. The partially washed out road - and a 143-mile detour announced by the Maine Department of Transportation on Tuesday - was an inconvenience for nearly everyone traveling through Jackman before the road reopened late Wednesday.
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