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07-09-2013, 05:10 PM #1Member
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Dauphin Island Pier
From the looks of how it's sanded in, it appears it will never be open for fishing again. Sure miss those days.
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07-09-2013, 07:28 PM #2Senior Member
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Estimates I have heard is that is will take 10-15 years for the slug of sand coming down the Pelican/Sand Island complex to move all the way to the northwest and onto DI. When that happens, the pier should be back in the water. But no one is sure.
Maybe our grand kids will fish the DI Pier someday.ChileRelleno likes this.Carl
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07-09-2013, 09:06 PM #3Senior Member
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^^^ Same thing I heard.
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07-09-2013, 10:50 PM #4We are there! Let's go fishing!!
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Me too. Seems I read that somewhere on the internet, so it MUST be true ;-) lol
Originally Posted by ChileRelleno
Proudreb, I was out there last week and it is just such a sad sight, seeing that pier marooned like that.
But there is hope on the horizon (or at least two miles out) because that's how far out to the SE the east end of the spit is now.
At a NW progression of erosion averaging 1/4 per year it could be back in 8-10 years.
Barring any near 'biblical events' of a tropical nature ...terryrweems and ChileRelleno like this.(RETIRED) mostly.
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I sure would love to see a huge Cat4 leave it with 15-20' of water under it again, without destroying it. Originally Posted by Pier#r
Can I get an "AMEN!"Ragnar Benson:
Never, under any circumstances, ever become a refugee.
Die if you must, but die on your home turf with your face to the wind, not in some stinking hellhole 2,000 kilometers away, among people you neither know nor care about.
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07-10-2013, 12:09 AM #6Gray Headed Old Fart
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A storm that size causes way too much damage to much more important things, to hope that one comes along to MAYBE rearranging the shoreline to your liking. Originally Posted by ChileRelleno
Not a chance.Can I get an "AMEN!"
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Geewiz DRH, did you really think I was serious, or do you just like busting my balls? Originally Posted by DRH
Having replaced my roof after Ivan & some siding after Katrina, last thing I want or wish on anyone is a major hurricane.Ragnar Benson:
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07-10-2013, 09:50 AM #8Old Fart
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Chile, I thought you meant one if these!
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Thats alittle bigger than a 5 ,looks like a 9 . But on the next beach renourishment i know where they could get the sand. Originally Posted by FinChaser
Chile, I thought you meant one if these!
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