It's just sitting out there churning like a winter storm, and it's taking foot after foot of shoreline. I would rather just have it come ashore and get it over with.

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A lot of people say, 'This is a waste of taxpayer money,' ... But we've allowed a lot of economic development along the coast, and that's a big economic impact.

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They probably saved tens of millions. It's a world of difference.

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With the storm surge like this and the slow movement of this storm, it wouldn't surprise me if we didn't get another inlet opened.

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They're really kind of a sacrificial front line â?¦. (But that's) vital in the fact it protects the infrastructure behind it.

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