“Hurricane Matthew Took A Big Bite Out Of Southeastern States’ Beaches”

NPR had a story yesterday about the damage caused to beaches in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.  According to the story, “the U.S. Geological Survey has found that the storm washed over and damaged 15 percent of sand dunes on Florida’s Atlantic Coast, 30 percent along Georgia’s coastline and 42 percent of the dunes on South Carolina beaches.”  They’ve got some great before-and-after photos of damage to a few of the places.  I’m headed to Jekyll Island this morning for the Georgia Coastal Climate Conference (Prepare, Respond, and Adapt: Is Georgia Climate-ready?) and am eager to see how the island looks after Matthew passed through.  You can read the NPR story here.