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Have you seen the drone photos ... The whole beach part
of Daytona Beach was under three to five FEET of ocean
water due to hurricane.

The actual hurricane came in almost 200 miles further
south, doing very little damage.

The weather people DID warn about this, the storm was
unusual, a GIGANTIC wind-field of tropical-storm
strength. The long long 'fetch' - the distance the
winds had to push up the water - was a big factor.

The Daytona area had also suffered greatly from
hurricane Ian, which left many structures teetering
on the edge of the missing dunes. THIS time lots
of them went into the ocean. Big condos were
evacuated as the foundations were washed out.

One of the Weather Channel guys remarked that when
most of those houses and condos were built - 1970s
to early 80s - the actual beach was one or two
hundred yards further east and the structures
seemed perfectly safe.

Apparently there really IS NO MORE Daytona BEACH.
Slightly to the south where that funky fine packed
sand becomes more traditional beach sand the
situation is even worse. No beach = no $$$ . Finally
that sand around Daytona is "different", you can
drive cars on it, it packs, and you can't just dig
it out of some hole and truck it in.

Who'd have thought a last-second hurricane could
cause such widespread and expensive damage ???

Oh ... weird note ... I've looked at old aerials
around Miami and such. Seems the beaches survive
just fine UNTIL you build large structures
anywhere near them. THEN they start eroding like
mad. Maybe the weight does something that extends
for hundreds of yards ??????

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