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Phoenix61

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1. I read a research paper many years ago that talked

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Thu Feb 6, 2025, 10:42 AM

Feb 2025

about how sand dunes preserve the coast line. The magic number, if memory serves, was build 700 yards inland of the dune line. In Florida they flattened the dunes and built where they had been. The only long term fix is to put the dunes back which, sadly, I don’t see them doing. Instead we all get to pay for beach renourishment projects the offshoot of which is an increase in riptides that have proved deadly to many swimmers.

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