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To: jlallen who wrote (1179)	11/5/1999 9:08:00 AM
From: coug	Respond to of 1264

J I just don't know.. There were wonderful beaches along that whole span of the gulf coast.. I thought they were natural.. coug

To: jlallen who wrote (1179)	11/5/1999 9:17:00 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1264

The coast of the Florida panhandle and the Alabama coast (Redneck Riviera) have beautiful white sand beaches. I'll bet the Mississippi coast was that way once, but got screwed up from industrial activity out of Louisiana and offshore drilling. Just a guess.

To: jlallen who wrote (1179)	11/5/1999 3:00:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1264

I just asked my mother. Biloxi did not have white sand to begin with. It was brought in during the 1930's. You can see what it was like if you go further west, like Waveland, it's natural, and there is no beach. Mobile doesn't have a beach, either. The sand was pumped back in after big hurricanes that scoured it away, I am pretty sure after Camille (69?), Audrey (65?) and the big unnamed one (47). My mother says it was the 1947 hurricane that took down all the beautiful antebellum houses and piers, and that Biloxi has never been the same after the 1947 hurricane. I thought there were some pretty good houses left that Camille took down, myself, but agree that they are gone now.