WAVY NEW NAMED OUTSTANDING
NEWSCAST BY THE VIRGINIA
ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS.
S 10 CHRIS: IT IS A SPECK OF
LAND SURROUNDED BY THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY WHICH NOW
IRONICALLY THREATENS ITS FUTURE.
LAST YEAR, WE INTRODUCED YOU TO
THE RESIDENTS OF.TANGIER ISLAND
.
THEY PRIDE THEMSELVES ON THOSE
EARLY AMERICAN TRADES OF
SELF-RELIANCE, BUT WHEN OUR TOM
SHAD WENT BACK RECENTLY HE FOUND
THEIR SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON US.
AS THIS REMOTE FISHING VILLAGE
AND VIRGINIA TREASURE CONTINUES
TO FIGHT A WAR AGAINST SEA LEVEL
RISE.
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TOMN:
THIS DEPICTION OF TIME
ILLUSTRATES THE NEED TO SAVE A
CULTURE THAT ISSUE BEFORE OUR
EYES.
TANGIER ISLAND SHOWS A WAY OF
LIFE, OUT OF SYNC WITH OUR LASER
TECH SOCIETY.
THIS IS THE OLD WORLD.
I'M SHAKING DOWN.
TOM: YOU WILL HEAR AN ENGLISH
DIALECTS THAT GOES BACK MORE
THAN 300 YEARS.
AND WITNESS VALUES TO MATCH.
EVERYBODY LOOKS OUT FOR EACH
OTHER.
WE KNOW EVERYBODY, WE KNOW THE
FAMILY.
EVERYBODY KNOWS EACH OTHER.
AND WHEN ONE HURTS WE ALL
HURT.
TOM: ONE WOULD WOULD NOT
EXAGGERATE TO SAY THAT TANGIER
ISLAND IS HURTING.
ITS LANDMASSES 30% OF WHAT IT
WAS IN 1850.
EROSION AND SEA LEVEL RISE ARE
SWALLOWING 12 FEET EVERY YEAR.
WE SHOWED YOU THE EVIDENCE LAST
WINTER.
FRAGMENTS OF A CULTURE WASHING
AWAY.
THERE USED TO BE COMMUNITY
OUT THERE, OYSTER CREEK.
USED TO BE FAMILIES THERE, LOTS
OF TREES.
TOM: THE MAYOR HAS BECOME KNOWN
WORLDWIDE.
A TOUR GUIDE FOR WHAT MANY SEE
AS ONE OF THE FIRST CASUALTIES
OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
210 ON YOUR SIDE
AND SENATOR TIM
KAINE ARE HIS GUEST FOR THIS
EXCURSION ON THE WATER FOR WHAT
THROUGH ONCE WERE FIBER
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THERE WAS ANOTHER COMMUNITY
100 YARDS WEST OF THE SHORELINE
HERE.
HOW LONG AGO?
BACK IN THE EARLY 1940'S,
LATE 30'S.
THERE WAS A COMMUNITY JUST
OFFSHORE HERE.
TOM: SENATOR KAINE LISTENED AS
THE MAYOR MADE HIS PLEA FOR
SEWALL.
HE SHOWED ME WHAT THE PROBLEM
WAS.
I HAD READ ABOUT IT THAT THERE
IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR SEEING.
IT WAS GOOD TO DIALOGUE WITH HIM
AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WAYS WE
CAN BE HOPEFUL.
I HAVE TO NATURE WHEN WE
SPEND THE PUBLIC'S MONEY THAT WE
ARE DOING SO FOR THE LIVELIHOOD,
THE RIGHT REASONS IN THE RIGHT
PROJECT AND THE RIGHT DESIGNS.
TOM: THEY WILL TELL YOU, WE ARE
CITIZENS, TOO.
AS SUCH, WE SEE PEOPLE WITH
THE NEED AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE
OUT THERE.
TOM: DAN HUGHES FOR
THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS SAYS THE $2
MILLION JETTY IS IN THE WORKS TO
MITIGATE EROSION ON THE ISLANDS
NAVIGATIONAL CHANNEL AND WORK
COULD START LATE NEXT YEAR.
THE CRORPS
IS ALSO RECOMMENDING
$30 MILLION FOR A SEA WALL, BUT
THAT IS YEARS AWAY.
THEY DO TAKE TIME.
AND PART OF IT IS SUBJECT TO
BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS.
COME HERE.
TOM: PRESIDENT TRUMP PHONES THE
MAYOR OVER THE SUMMER ASSURING
HIM THAT TANGIER ISLAND WOULD BE
AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
TRUMP GOT 80% OF THE VOTE HERE,
BUT POLITICS CANNOT OVERCOME
NATURE.
IT'S IRONIC
THAT CHESAPEAKE
BAY HAS PROVIDED A LIVING FOR
THE WATERMAN HERE FOR A COUPLE
HUNDRED YEARS AND NOW IT IS
THREADING US.
THE LORD WILL TAKE CARE OF
US, WE BELIEVE THAT WITH ALL OF
OUR HEARTS.
TOM: AS F -- A FAITH
AS OLDEST
THE ISLAND ITSELF THAT MORE THAN
400 PEOPLE WON THE HUMAN HELP TO
SAVE WHAT IS LEFT OF TANGIER
ISLAND.
CHRIS: AND HELP IN THIS CASE
BEGINS IN WASHINGTON.
TOM: SENATOR KAINE AND MARK
WARNER HAVE WRITTEN A LETTER TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP ASKING THAT HE
FOLLOW-UP ON HIS SUMMER PHONE
CALL TO MAYOR ESKRIDGE WITH T
HE FUNDS TO BUILD A SEA WALL.