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BEACH EROSION: Nature’s Work-in-Progress

Early Summer 2000

Jun 1, 2000

SEAFOOD SAFETY: N.C. Products Get Clean Bill of Health

Before Wayne Mobley begins a state inspection of an eastern North Carolina crab company, he washes his hands in the picking room. Then Mobley glances around at elderly women sitting…
Hurricane Floyd

Jun 1, 2000

SEA SCIENCE: Floyd Follow-up: The Lingering Effects

As spring turns into summer, North Carolina Sea Grant researchers have a watchful eye on coastal waters — and they will have some high-tech eyes as well. Efforts to determine…
David Griffith

May 1, 2000

RHYTHMS OF THE SEA: Griffith Chronicles Coastal Change

In his new book, The Estuary's Gift: An Atlantic Coast Cultural Biography, Griffith not only reports results of his formal studies, he also weaves the stories of very different people who are linked by their ties to the coastal waters.
1999 hurricane season

May 1, 2000

LEGAL TIDES: Repair and Rebuild: After the Storms

By the time he made landfall, Floyd's wind force had been downgraded. But, as the storm made its way inland, it was clear that the toll would be high for the Brunswick County community of 7,000, Oak Island Mayor Joan Altman recalls.
A multi-story building sustains damage from the ocean

May 1, 2000

BEACH EROSION: Nature’s Work-in-Progress

Waves crashed up the beach and scoured sand from the base of the man-made six-foot dune that stood between the advancing sea and the Hitkos' new home. The line of dunes that runs along their property and the public access way also took a pounding.