Sandbags serve as a make-shift seawall on Figure Eight Island, NC
By St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
March 2004 (approx.)
Detailed Description
Image 3B. This beach on Figure Eight Island, NC lost its dune in an earlier storm, so residents used sandbags to serve as a make-shift temporary wall to mitigate erosion from future storms.
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Public Domain.
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