Irish beach washed away 33 years ago reappears overnight after freak tide

[EC]

An Irish beach that disappeared more than 30 years ago has returned to an island off the County Mayo coast.

The sand at Dooagh, Achill Island, was washed away by storms in 1984, leaving only rocks and rock pools.

But after a freak tide around Easter this year, hundreds of tonnes of sand were deposited around the area where the beach once stood, recreating the old 300-metre stretch of golden sand.

Sean Molloy, manager at Achill Tourism, said local people were delighted to have the beach back.

Recalling the events of 1984, he said: “Some big storms destroyed the beach. It was completely washed away and 1984 was the last time the beach was there.

More: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/08/irish-beach-washed-away-reappears-freak-tide

Who says God doesn't have a sense of humor?

[Free Vulcan]

Did the beach check with the scientific consensus to see if they would allow this to happen? It should realize by now that consensus overrides actual facts of something like this happening.

[Wingnut]

Global warming surely is the cause.......

[Suppressed]

Did the beach check with the scientific consensus to see if they would allow this to happen? It should realize by now that consensus overrides actual facts of something like this happening.

Scientific consensus is that this is natural.  Engineering consensus is no.  This has led to disasters in the past, when natural processes are assumed to have a linear rate, rather than being episodic.  And why hundreds of millions of dollars are wasted on beach replenishments that last half as long as predicted.

[Polly Ticks]

Everything old is new again.  I expect bell-bottoms to make a comeback any day now.