Sand removal process begins after Hurricane Helene

One major effect of Hurricane Helene is the mountains of sand along Tampa Bay area beaches. Streets in many of the region's beach towns are covered in sand – several feet deep in some spots thanks to record storm surge.

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[richardcastaway]

This helps prove the mud flood theory.
After the mud flood everything was buried

[Lalalai]

Makes you wonder what the coastline would look like if humand weren't there.

[glorial]

Rare. Costly occurrence in numerous ways

[miguelquazar]

There was an excess of sand that was brought in by man. Mother nature cleansed the area. Well actually there was loads of help from the govt. And their 50+ years of experience in weather manipulation. They deserve a lot of credit as well. Man deserves a lot of credit.

[Marc-King]

He's amazed to see sand up and down a beach. Imagine that.

[ginal.f.]

Can't help but wonder how many bodies they're going to find buried in those huge piles 😢

[EnjoyingWhitePrivilege]

Floriduh will rebuild for the next hurricane.

[Howrider]

Time to move out of this state. Insurance cost too much and then they won't pay up. No reason to stay in a place like this.

[Lisa-bln]

You wanted sand . The government not allowing the sand to be used is stupid. The sand csn be sifted

[hologramhouse]

Tampa Tampa
Whatchya gonna do?
Whatchya gonna do
When Milton comes for you?
Tampa Tampa
🎼🧐🎼

[amathonn]

How come we don't worry about polluted sand after a Mosaic spill or red tide? Push the sand back into the Gulf and let saltwater do its thing. And who knew the beach had underground power lines?

[Victorseafog]

None of this coverage is worth a damn it doesn't illustrate the damage done as the building look okay, and this is not the case. Nothing is worth a damn here. The smell and mold and rot is not shown on the buildings this is stupid reporting.

[RamonMarais-kk]

That is a wee hillock. A mountain is bigger.

[marywilson]

The USA does not print enough money for me to live in Florida.

[galinacrites]

They must remove the houses from the islands and bring back the mangrove forests.

[williamtomkiel]

anybody thinking of testing it for contamination? NIMBY!