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WELCOME BACK.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT
BURSTING
FRESHWATER BEACHES.
THE SUMMER, THE SAND IS UNDER
SIEGE BY A LAKE THAT REFUSES TO
BACK DOWN.
OUR METEOROLOGIST HEADED TO THE
BEACH TO SHOW YOU WHAT IS CLOSED
AND WHERE YOU CAN STILL GET A
GOOD SPOT.
THIS PATH TO THE
LAKE IS
ANYTHING BUT A DAY AT THE BEACH.
IT LEADS TO NOWHERE.
THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE
SAME PLACE WE WERE AT BEFORE.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE
TRYING TO FIND SOME SPACE.
THERE USED TO BE A LOT MORE
ROOM TO SIT AND
SEVERAL BEACHES HAVE HARDLY
ENOUGH ROOM TO PUT A TOWEL.
SHORES ARE CLOSE ENTIRELY.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BEACH.
THESE ROARING WAVES ARE
TAKING THE PARK OUT OF SUMMER IN
MUSKEGON.
ONE OF THE BEST DOG
BEACHES IN
OUR AREA, SHUT DOWN.
NOW YOU'VE GOT NEXT TO
NOTHING.
WITH NO TIMETABLE ON WHEN
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN.
IT IS A POPULAR SPOT.
WE WANT TO SEE IT REOPEN.
AND DOUGLAS, THE CITY IS
FIGHTING BACK.
A LOT OF ENERGY COMING
OFF
THE LAKE.
THE ENERGY HAS TO DISPERSE.
IT TENDS TO GOUGE OUT.
WAVES
TOOK UP THE STAIRS
AT THIS SPEECH.
-- THIS
BEACH.
NOW THE BLUFF IS UNDER SIEGE,
THREATENING THE ROAD ABOVE.
LAKESHORE DRIVE
IS ONE PART
ALONG THE LAKE SHORE.
IF WE LOST THAT SECTION, WE
WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE AROUND TO
GET TO COTTAGES ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE EROSION.
THE CITY IS SPENDING A
QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS TO
INSTALL A SEAWALL, REBUILD THE
STAIRS TO THE LAKE, AND
HOPEFULLY REOPEN A LITTLE BIT OF
PARADISE THE SUMMER.
IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART
OF THE COMMUNITY AND TOURISTS
ALIKE.
MOST BEACHES ARE OPEN.
WHILE THERE IS LESS BEACH TO GO
AROUND, THE KEY IS TO KNOW WHERE
TO LOOK.
LIKE HERE, WITH FOUR
ACRES OF
LAKESHORE, THERE'S STILL PLENTY
OF SAND SPREAD OUT.
IN MANY OF HER AREAS
BIGGEST
BEACHES, THEY STILL CANNOT
HANDLE THE CROWD.
AT GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK, THEY
ARE PILING UP SAND ON SHORES.
HOLLAND STATE PARK STILL HAS
PLENTY OF ROOM.
SO DOES NORTH BEACH AND SOUTH
HAVEN.
--
IN SOUTH HAVEN.
IT IS DIVIDED IN VARIOUS TO KEEP
THE WATER AWAY FROM THE
FILTRATION PLANTS.
IN OTTAWA COUNTY, ESTIMATES
THEY
WILL SPEND $200,000 TO COMBAT
RISING WATERS AND KEEP BEACHES
OPEN.
WE HAD TO REROUTE THE
LATE.
EROSION, UNCOVERING LONG-LOST
TREASURES.
BUT ALSO HIDDEN DANGERS.
AS SANTA MOVED, THINGS CAME
UP OUT OF THE BEACH, COME UP OUT
OF THE WATER.
THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE MINDFUL
OF WHEN YOU'RE WALKING THE
BEACH.
BROKEN STAIRS THAT WASHER,
THERE ARE NAILS AND SCREWS
EXPOSED.
SOMEBODY COMES DOWN, THEY
CHECKED THE BEACH.
IF ANYTHING IS THERE THEY NEED
TO REMOVE, WE TAKE CARE OF IT.
IT
CAN LOOK ENTICING TICKETS
TO TRY TO TUNNEL INTO THE
DUNES, TO DIG, THAT CAN BE VERY
DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF COLLAPSING
SAND.
ON THE OF THE SUMMER, WE ARE
HERE TO HELP YOU FIND A SPOT AT
THE BEACH.
OUR TEAM VISITED BEACHES FROM
SAINT JOE TO SILVER LAKE AND PUT
TOGETHER THIS BEACH GUIDE ON
WOOD TV.COM.
WE MEASURED HOW MUCH SAND IS
AVAILABLE AND TRACKED DOWN
INFORMATION ABOUT PARKING FEES,