My husband and I moved to Rhode Island in 2003. We were in love with beaches, the water, the seafood, the proximity to other exciting places in New England and the East Coast. We're both midwesterners, so when you can drive 4 hours and be in NYC or Maine or drive 4 hours and still be in a cornfield - yeah, we'll take the East Coast.
My husband and I are fortunate to live a couple of blocks away from Greenwich Bay. Since we moved in to our house we would go for nightly walks on the beach until the weather got too bitter. However, once the ahhh of taking daily strolls on the beach wore off, and I saw the coastline as it really was, I started to get a sense of how dirty the beaches were in some areas of the state. Nothing socks you in the gut like walking along a beautiful stretch of coastline and seeing dirty diapers, condoms, tampons and broken glass everywhere. And this was before I worked for Save The Bay.
Once I began working at STB, I really started to understand just how much work we have to do as an organization and as a state to make our Bay healthy for everyone to enjoy and our beaches safe to be open for swimming and recreation.
This video was passed to me by a coworker and it's a great eye opener for people who don't really understand the sewage overflow issues in Newport and how that relates to the closure of the beaches.
I always dread doing cleanups in Newport after rain storms - heck I dread doing clenaups ANYWHERE after a big rain storm. If you ever attend a cleanup with me after a big storm, don't be shocked if I ask you to double up on your gloves!! It's for your safety!
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