A lot of small ponds that were isolated from the Gulf are now exchanging waters with the Gulf, ... lots of sand removal leaving the marsh exposed to the Gulf.
In the fullness of time, the tsunami was just another bad day in the life of the coral reef. It will recover.
Certainly there's a lot less sand behind those breakwaters since Hurricane Katrina, ... But, having said that, it looks like it could have been a lot worse.
You can see very clearly a considerable amount of breaching and inundation,
The harsh reality is that our delegation in Washington now is incredibly weak. What we've lacked is federal funding.