I guess when they built the Montauk Point Lighthouse in 1796, the builders didn’t expect the point to slowly disappear.  Well, time has taken its toll and apparently, the lighthouse is now in danger of collapsing into the ocean unless something is done to stop the relentless waves from eroding the ground on which the lighthouse stands. 

The Army Corps of Engineers is proposing a $14 million sea wall.  Surfers are opposed to the sea wall because they say it would ruin the waves, so the local chapter of Surfriders has proposed moving the lighthouse back  from the water in order to save Alamo.  Although it would cost nearly twice as much to move the lighthouse, the surfers claim it’s a better proposition for the taxpayers: "You’re done for 300 years."  I, for one, can appreciate their acknowledgement of the fact that 300 years from now we’re gonna be stepping on this same rake again.

What’s kinda funny here is that, according to the article in the New York Times, surfing is actually prohibited at the point (but only enforced sporadically).  It’s amazing that the surfers have made it this far.