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re: Grand Isle and Hurricanes
Posted on 7/27/19 at 6:08 pm to jlntiger
Posted on 7/27/19 at 6:08 pm to jlntiger
quote:
think the island your referencing is last island.
LINK
See wiki link
Pretty awesome. I never heard of it. Thanks for the link
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Before the Last Island Hurricane, Isle Dernière (Last Island) was a popular resort where people could enjoy white sand beaches and clearer water, which are not found on the marshy mainland. Last Island was also known for an almost continuous breeze, which would have been welcomed by those escaping the suffocating heat of the mainland
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Posted on 7/27/19 at 6:10 pm to TigerstuckinMS
Looks like a newer camp
Built to newer codes
14 ft high
Piles in slab at grade
And prolly a metal roof structure
With mega hurricane straps on joists
And rafters
Built to newer codes
14 ft high
Piles in slab at grade
And prolly a metal roof structure
With mega hurricane straps on joists
And rafters
This post was edited on 7/27/19 at 6:12 pm
Posted on 7/27/19 at 6:18 pm to notiger1997
I don't understand why people pay for a home or camp down there. That place gets blasted regularly.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 6:55 pm to Cincinnati Bowtie
Btw, ZERO Tarpon caught at the International Tarpon Rodeo.
—-SJWs blame Trump
Posted on 7/27/19 at 7:09 pm to notiger1997
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In August 1992, Hurricane Andrew passed by Grand Isle and eroded about 250,000 cubic yards of fill from the project. After HurricaneAndrew, it was believed that a carefully designed system of breakwaters could reduce the erosion rate back to the original 100,000 cubic yard per year computed during project design.
Grand isle is nicer now after Andrew.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 8:21 pm to Cincinnati Bowtie
I spoke with Coon a couple times last weekend. He wasn’t setting the world on fire by no means, but I figured he was going to be able to put one on the board for sure.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 8:26 pm to eScott
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was believed that a carefully designed system of breakwaters could reduce the erosion rate back to the original 100,000 cubic yard per year computed during project design.
The jetties seem to be working but I’m sure there is a study saying different. The part of the beach without them got ate up by Barry.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 8:34 pm to TigerWise
Yes it did. But the area in front of bridgeside always takes it on the chin for some reason. The spot in corner by pass is peeled back to the burrito. Not sure why they haven’t put some breakwaters just offshore in that area.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 8:36 pm to TigerWise
Well, you have to replenish or of course erosion will run it’s course.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 9:24 pm to Capt ST
They are finally going to put rock jetties on the whole island.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 10:54 pm to ksayetiger
I stumbled on it somewhere. Would be awesome if it was still there . Clear water, awesome breeze , and all just a boat ride away
Posted on 7/28/19 at 9:27 am to TigerStripes06
Umm that picture isn’t from Galveston. That’s Bolivar.
Galveston has been raised over the years and its Seawall protected to from the worse of the storm.
Bolivar is lower and doesn’t have a Seawall
Galveston has been raised over the years and its Seawall protected to from the worse of the storm.
Bolivar is lower and doesn’t have a Seawall
Posted on 7/28/19 at 11:23 am to real turf fan
Here is a book about Last Island. I gave a copy to my Dad. He said it was a good read.
We are related to some of the people written about in the book.LINK
We are related to some of the people written about in the book.LINK
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