The highest waves of the December 1992 storm coincided with high tide. Do you think that the damage during the storm would have been any different if the highest waves had occurred during low tide? Explain your answer
What will be an ideal response?
When the tide is high, waves break closer to shore and erode more sediment than when the tide is low. It is possible that the damage resulting from wave erosion would have been less if the storm had peaked during low tide instead of high tide.
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