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if there's any silver lining in this, it'll be that the East Coast finally figures out that if you're going to develop coastal property, you HAVE to work to protect it. Don't know what the hell they can do for Manhattan, but for the barrier islands, Christie's already said they're going to mandate dune growth projects. Or something, dude's a politician.
But dunes are wickedly important to island stability AND to wildlife, and they've known that for 50 years, so there's really no excuse for OCean City's (or Atlantic City's) boardwalk being over the water at high tide in 2012, with development right on the other side.
On a sadder note, the salt marsh museum I love posted this picture of their dock http://wetlandsinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dock.jpg and there's no word from the local Zoo down there - which normally wouldn't concern me too much, but they've got some great animals worth protecting including a pair of 6 mo. old snow leopard cubs that live low enough that you go by their enclosure on a boardwalk.