Magnificent historical artifacts are showing up on 
Oregon beaches. Why? There is a good explanation.
Normally strong winter waves and current pull sand from the beaches and wash it northward. Then in the summer the process reverses with winds from the north bringing currents from the north that replenish the sand taken in the winter.
In recent years, the forces of nature that replenish Oregon's beaches with displaced sand have not been doing their job for whatever reason. Call it Global Warming, El Niño, La Niña or whatever, the fact is for the last decade the sand has not been replenished as fast as winter storms remove it. So what is happening is each year Oregon has been experiencing less sand on the beaches. This year it is quite stunning to me the amount removed. The picture shows a bank about 8 - 10 feet high that has been removed in just the last few months.
The result is artifacts that have been buried for a very long time, some well over a century are being exposed with new finds nearly every day recently.
A must see is this story with video on the Mystery Ships Appear On Oregon Coast.
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