How communities are reinforcing coastlines against storms - CBS News
This year's hurricane season has left coastal communities reeling from catastrophic storm surge and flooding. Now, businesses and governments are focusing on innovative ways to protect their coasts while also sustaining marine life.
From catastrophic storm surge and flooding now businesses and governments are focusing on innovations to protect their coast while also sustaining Marine life. Manuela says a look at the new and unique way communities are developing coastal resilience. Freeman says she was living her best life as a lawyer in Miami, but every time it rained, she had to race home to move her car and protect her belongings. This made her realize that her city had a major problem with flooding. She also started to realize part of that came from the traditional seawalls in South Florida. In coastal communities across the country seawalls, like this one, are meant to protect people from storm surge and flooding, but often they can do the opposite, causing wear and tear on other areas when the waves hit the wall and the energy and water are transferred elsewhere. The realization ended up changing her life. I left behind being a lawyer to my parents horror, and decided to start this company come up with a solution from my city first and then to scale globally to all cities.
Freeman designed the world first 3-D printed seawalls. The mangrove design helps absorb and dissipate that waves which can protect property and save lives. Freeman calls them living. What makes them living is three things: One is the concrete is nontoxic and doesn’t leach. Two has a special texture color which is a grave oyster sponges coral small organisms to attach. Three the big idea is that all of our living seawalls mimic local marine habitats.
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