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Gently but relentlessly, the waves of the Gulf of Mexico pound the powdery white sand of the barrier reef off Texas' coast. The clear green water, and the silt and sand it has deposited over the centuries, created Padre Island, and have made it an increasingly popular vacation paradise. Yet what the waves have given, they are now taking away. Gently but relentlessly, Padre Island seems to be falling into...
...people. A person may own land to the water's edge but may not fence offer build on the beach itself. Virtually everybody in South Padre supports that concept. Says Lilljedahl: "Without these fine beaches for people to use, we're nothing but a pile of sand...
...construction in 1935 of jetties at the mouth of the Rio Grande, at the very southern tip of the island, has paid off with some local accumulation of sand. The southern half of the town's developed area, which includes a large Hilton hotel and condominiums, currently has no problems with erosion. But just a mile up the road, where much of the new development is taking place, the island is getting smaller and smaller. In the past century, according to the Texas bureau of economic geology, the land disappeared at an average rate of 12 ft. a year...
...have a sand-starved sea be cause of natural forces and man-made dams on the Rio Grande. Eventually, nature will have its way." Unless, perhaps, some way can be found to control the appetite of the beautiful, pounding waves that made Padre in the first place and now attract sun-loving buyers from thou sands of miles away...
Mike Stenhouse launched a drive toward Shemp in center, who did his best rendition of the Latin Hustle only to have the ball fall near his right shoulder for a double and a run batted in. Two more runs scored as Bingham lofted a sand wedge to short left (a nice over-the-shoulder catch by shortstop Tim Garverick) for a sacrifice fly and Chuck Marshall ripped a single to left...