Check it out, interesting little read:
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2738.htm
NOAA BUILDS ITS LARGEST BARRIER ISLAND PROJECT
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Probably all for nothing. A single storm could un-do all their work. And it doesn't even have to be a major hurricane. Without continued replenishment by silt from the Mississippi, the work is all for nothing. The levees are causing the problem and they'll continue to cause erosion of that area.
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