Tenean Beach? Where's that? MPS shows us it's completely underwater this morning.
Morrissey Boulevard is, as you might expect, closed due to flooding.
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There's no surfin' on Tenean Beach...
By anon
Mon, 02/08/2016 - 12:04pm
...there's no surfin' on Dorchester Bay...
Now we know
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 02/08/2016 - 1:28pm
Now we know why there is a playground there.
Nice sea-level rise resilience they got there.
Is that playground going to need toxic cleanup?
By anon
Mon, 02/08/2016 - 4:22pm
I'd guess probably not, but just checking.
People swim near there
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 02/08/2016 - 6:02pm
The harbor water is usually okay. The sediments are not likely washing in with it here. It might be a problem if the area is built on old fill and there is erosion to that level, but this is otherwise just going to rinse the area a couple of times in the next day or so.
Very few people ever swim at
By anon
Tue, 02/09/2016 - 3:24pm
Very few people ever swim at Tenean - it's the most polluted of the Dorchester beaches on a consistent basis. The dog-walkers at the park along the Neponset alone contribute enough E. coli to make the beach un-swimable on a regular basis.
http://www.savetheharbor.org/newsroom/2015/08_06_2...(DorchesterReporter).pdf
People actually swim there
By Lmo
Thu, 02/11/2016 - 3:15am
People actually swim there all summer long (when the tide is right). People even swam there on January 1st. I can't imagine the dogs at Troy's Island contribute significantly to the pollution, I'm sure it is more from the Neponset run-off.
Looks much better, now that
By Lmo
Mon, 02/08/2016 - 1:59pm
Looks much better, now that the tide has gone out!
brain trust
By dppincambridge
Mon, 02/08/2016 - 9:42pm
World class engineering professors and students at least 5 local universities, but we can't figure out how to solve this.
Solve what?
By merlinmurph
Tue, 02/09/2016 - 8:26am
Solve what? High tides?
Good luck with that.
Solutions
By Lyle Lanley
Tue, 02/09/2016 - 1:07pm
The "its too late for this" solution: don't build in coastal flood plains or on artificial fill. Nature,uh, finds a way...
The "its too expensive" solution: raise the City! Or at least the infrastructure along the immediate coastline. I won't even bring up off-shore barriers...
The "solution": spend money on climate change studies, say there is no budget for the follow-up work, and repeats complaints about engineers every time the City floods! Rumor is we will be hearing this one more often in the future.
Raising a city?
By Sock_Puppet
Thu, 02/11/2016 - 5:07am
Couldn't be done.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_of_Chicago
That "beach" is literally
By anon
Thu, 02/11/2016 - 8:45pm
That "beach" is literally like a toilet....In fact, I'd rather swim or boat IN a toilet than at Tenean...In the summer, on a GOOD day, the only thing that drowns out the smell of urine there is the smell of feces....
Ugh
i'll give you $20
By Scumquistador
Thu, 02/11/2016 - 10:12pm
to come swim in my toilet
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