Island ACKtion
MUDSLIDE ON SANKATY BLUFF
June 7, 2013
Mother Nature’s been no friend to the efforts of the Sankaty Bluff Preservation Fund. Though town selectmen okayed the geotube project, Sconset residents are wondering if it might be too late.
Never mind the storms of the past year, over the last three weeks the bluff has endured a dangerous combination of near-constant light rain and a barrage of heavy winds. Yesterday a major portion of the cliff conceded the fight. At around five o’clock in the evening, a mudslide began. The bluff lost over seven feet.
There are still homes to save and miles of shore to protect. But the woman who’s been the face of this fight is waving her flag. It’s hard to imagine but the fact is this. Cissy Codman’s Cliff House will come down.
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Corkie Tarbox, lifelong Nantucketer, steadfast flibbertigibbet. Married with one ankle-biter. Views expressed on the Island ACKtion blog (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, et al.) are hers alone. Usually.