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Posted on 4/28/21 at 9:07 am to Bigfishchoupique
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Go on Google Maps Satellite. The dredge that did the recent beach replenishing is still pictured. You can see the setup.
Just South of the Golden Nugget is the equipment. To the East in the channel you can see the dark blue spot that they pulled the spoil from.
Thank you! I obviously knew it was a pump but wasn’t sure the method they used to get it from the gulf floor to the beachfront.
I wonder if there is any video of it in action.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 9:08 am to tigers25
Women look good from what I can see.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 9:16 am to Shexter
Those pics don’t make Biloxi look half bad.
This post was edited on 4/28/21 at 9:16 am
Posted on 4/28/21 at 9:17 am to tigers25
I lived 3/4 of a mile from the "beaches" on the Biloxi/Gulfport line for 7 years. Never once stepped foot on that "beach."
Posted on 4/28/21 at 9:20 am to Gaston
In the 70’s and 80’s bay St. Louis looked like this from time to time. Depending on how often they pumped sand and how quickly beach eroded.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 9:25 am to tigers25
I used to metal detect my arse off on those beaches. Early Monday mornings in the summer, dump trucks would drive on the beach and deliver clean, white sand. This was just when the casinos were getting going so maybe this was done around the casinos in Gulfport to top off the local sand and make it a more attractive destination.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 9:31 am to Shexter
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Personally, I find Biloxi/Ocean Springs/Bay St. Louis beaches to be a GREAT day trip from the Baton Rouge area.
add two hours each way, and you're on johnson beach on perdido key. imo, it's worth the drive. or take the ferry out to ship island.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 9:33 am to tLSU
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Looks like Lakeshore Drive in NOLA without the gang gatherings.
I bet it still turned into a shite show around "Spring Break"
Posted on 4/28/21 at 9:34 am to piratedude
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add two hours each way, and you're on johnson beach on perdido key. imo, it's worth the drive. or take the ferry out to ship island.
That's 7 to 8 hours round trip driving for a day trip. I'd be exhausted.
I do, however, prefer Florida beaches.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 9:34 am to piratedude
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GREAT day trip
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add two hours each wa
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add two hours each way,
so 4 more hours in the car that could be spent on the beach.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 9:37 am to Shexter
worth the extra hour and a half to gulf shores.
the biloxi beach vibe is subpar, imho...
the biloxi beach vibe is subpar, imho...
Posted on 4/28/21 at 9:37 am to tigers25
we used to go every summer to Waveland when i was a kid (early '80s)
Posted on 4/28/21 at 9:39 am to LSUgirl4
nice suit 4 
Posted on 4/28/21 at 9:40 am to TheHarahanian
quote:That water is nasty.
Clay with bits of corn.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 9:41 am to Deep Purple Haze
That is a pretty area
This post was edited on 4/28/21 at 9:42 am
Posted on 4/28/21 at 10:08 am to LSUgirl4
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worth the extra hour and a half to gulf shores.
Ah, yes. We always hike the famous gulf shores mountain range when we vacation there.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 10:19 am to Gaston
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That sea wall must have been destroyed at some point, no?
Nope. Sand fill from a short distance offshore was pumped directly in front of the seawall to create a beach (and in some places this has included ancillary activities, like parking lots and boat launches).
In many areas you can still see the old seawall, mostly covered up to the top few steps in sand, just south of present day US Hwy 90. You literally take a few steps on the old seawall down to the sand beach level. Here is a view taken right about where the OP photo was (close to the lighthouse) but looking the opposite direction:
Here is a shot at the Long Beach parking lot that show the top of the mostly buried old seawall more clearly:
Posted on 4/28/21 at 10:19 am to greygoose
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That water is nasty
Do they empty their septic tanks into the Gulf? I saw that happening in Cozumel while people were in the water. I will never go back to that shithole.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 10:25 am to fr33manator
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How did they pump the sand in?
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