We pretty much knew this would happen somewhere along the line.

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Chandeleur Island pretty much was erased by Hurricane Ivan and it was starting to recover.

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New Cut remains elevated above sea level.

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[PELICAN ISLAND:] Pretty bad shape, ... It's been breached in several areas and there's not much sand there.

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Again, this is a fairly wide barrier island, ... It's in pretty good shape.

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The wider the island, the less sand is lost from the system, ... That does have important implications for future coastal restoration efforts.

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Very, very fragile looking system.

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A lot of small ponds that were isolated from the Gulf are now exchanging waters with the Gulf, ... lots of sand removal leaving the marsh exposed to the Gulf.

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You can see very clearly a considerable amount of breaching and inundation.

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