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12. My sis has a condo further north in New Smyrna

Right on the beach. They rented each late spring in the same place for 20 years. They bought there because the place was built in the 70s and is solid as a rock so they feel safe.

Still, in the last several years, the erosion on the beach has been astounding. All these other places that have no sea walls and no dunes? Their oceanfront is quite rapidly going away. The stairways to the beach now have no purchase and are dangling. The county or whoever trucks in tons of sand to try to shore it all up and a January storm hits and it all washes away.

I have a photo from there, taken by my SIL (brother's wife - we'd all spend a week there when the kids were growing up). My son and nephew, about 10, now both 24, jumping off the seawall onto the beach. It's a view from the back, as the sun sets. A gorgeous photo.

If kids tried that now, they'd break several bones. The distance from the top of the seawall to the beach has dropped by what looks like several feet.