Well, folks, we continue to be fortunate . ... We are not experiencing any oil on our beaches, with the exception of scattered occurances of small tar balls.
The man-made sand dunes going up have made it a little more difficult to get to the water in some places, but they will be worthwhile if the oil actually does come our way; much better to scoop up some sand and take it away for cleaning, than to have a large area to clean up.
This sand will "bleach out" within just a few weeks' time, and will be as white as the rest of our famous sand.
Dauphin Island has been losing sand for many years, and most of the sand dunes on the west end have been stripped away by back-to-back hurricanes and tropical storms . . . . this sand, once it settles and spreads, may form the basis of restoring a dune system to our Island, which would be a very good thing.
On some streets that end at the Gulf, however, the Town has been stockpiling sand, and the effect is pretty dramatic- a mountain of sand, or perhaps, a giant's sandcastle project!
Posted by David Meyer on 6/10/2010 3:24:41 PM 1 Comments