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To: i-node who wrote (416707)9/12/2008 1:23:16 PM
From: combjelly  Respond to of 1579131
 
"This DOES appear to be a big threat for the island as the seawall doesn't even come close to offering any protection against the kind of surge they're apt to see."

It is only 17 feet high.

It is not intended to protect against storm surge. It is a sea break. The face is curved so that some of the force of a wave is forced back, collapsing the wave. And it works. During Carla, waves didn't come over the wall, but water did come over as a sheet.


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