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    Miracle Strip to disappear forever

    I visited there every June in the 60's and 70's while staying in BMB. So sad. Abominable Snowman, Miracle Strip Amusement Park, Panama City Beach, Florida on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Miracle Strip Amusement Park 4 - Panama City Beach - 1990 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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    Draper Lake outfall breach - story and photos

    I tried that once about 30 years ago, but the distance was too far then.
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    Seawalls, Geo-tubes, Beach Scraping and Beach Nourishment. What is the answer?

    I am not a tax and spend guy, but maybe the county and state should think long term, and set aside some of the property taxes from the beach front homes (and maybe a little extra tax on those homes) to plan on defraying some of the cost of dredging and rebuilding the beaches when these big...
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    walling off the dunes

    1959 was a great year, but since 1995, even after Opal, Ivan, and Dennis (some really big names) - property values have increased almost 1000%. I'd say the beach-fronts have handily beaten the ocean.
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    walling off the dunes

    But then again, you would have a virtual Atlantis for all of your Turtle friends, and the county would lose all those taxes, and SoWal beaches would become the backwoods oasis it was 100 years ago ... probably the way you dream for it to be. Fat chance. The walls will just get bigger and...
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    walling off the dunes

    Dear SoWalSally, Please delive this to Martha. You seem to offer no option for lost "beach front" by the beach front owners other than maybe they should learn to repel down a cliff ... (no matter how they get back up). A smaller beach width is inevitable until our homes fall into the...
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    Dennis - damage reports & requests - merged to this thread

    Thanks, Smiling Joe, for helping get out the pics and details. You are like "The Postman" ....... :clap_1:
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