For years, Chellanam witnessed intense protests demanding that authorities provide a more permanent solution to protect the shores. Last year, Pinarayi Vijayan, the state’s chief minister, inaugurated a new coastal protection project that included a sea wall made of concrete structures called tetrapods and a network of groynes, low barriers built from the coast into the sea.
She and other family members living with her — a son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren — are still processing painful memories from the cyclone that washed away their savings and many dreams. The family tried to leave the home for good, spending stints with extended family or in relief shelters, but ultimately returned because they couldn’t afford to rent another place.
Hima Rose, 29, showed her balcony garden, where a hybrid mango tree and curry leaf plant among some other such fauna, are planted on colorful pots. An abandoned one-story house, battered by the cyclone, remains standing just some meters away from the sea wall, a constant reminder of the harrowing aftermath of the cyclone’s sea surge, displacements and relief camps.
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If sea levels are rising, why is Plymouth Rock still visible? Let it go you climate nuts
If seas were truly rising, no bank would offer loans on Californian/Hawaiian/Martha’s Vineyard homes. If seas were truly rising, no banks would invest in the UK, Japan, Korea, Ireland. If seas were truly rising, all of Silicon Valley would be in hot water. Not just that bank.
I’m moving next to Obama in Martha’s Vineyard. He must know something.
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