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Dave busted out the cooler, which had some chips and salsa and stuff in it and--yes, oh yes--three ice cold ones. I decided to save my brewski until we hit the sand, and instead drank in the intoxicating fresh seashore air. We shelled out two bucks to park in the Crane's Beach parking lot, which was a pretty good deal...or so we thought. The guy who took the money appeared to be an actual park ranger, which we took as a good sign that we were really in nature...
...while you can't go swimming at the white-sand beaches yet, many of the island's museums and historical attractions are open for business...
With sea level expected to rise an additional 5.7 in. to 7.7 in. during the next 20 years, beaches will continue to retreat, diminishing the sand barriers that protect $2 trillion worth of insured property along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S. A study by Travelers Corp., based in Hartford, Connecticut, estimates that even a modest 0.9 degreesF increase in average global temperature by the year 2010 could produce a 20-day extension of the hurricane season, a 33% jump in hurricane landfalls in the U.S., an increase in the severity of the storms and a 30% annual...
...huge embankments of snow melt into lakes, and as the sand and salt from the sidewalks acccumulate into crusty heaps inside our rooms, the rash of recent snowstorms has been testing the patience of even the most devoted winter aficionados...
...quintessential beach sport, in ieviatably conjures up images f summer days, pounding staff and burning sand...