Yikes! I see from the news stories that many coastal towns out here were inundated like this! For a moment I thought how much fun it would be to have some pictures of my own...and then I cozied back up in front of the fireplace and thought you all can see it on the news, too!
It's always a lost battle with the elements. A few years ago our government tried to replenish the sand at Balluta with sand brought over from Libya. Within two years it was all gone, carried away by the sea.
Ian