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Article: BEACHES ON REBOUND FROM BELTINGS BY STORMS.(CAROLINA COAST)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- March 1, 1998
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Byline: CHRIS KIDDER, CORRESPONDENT
WHEN STANLEY C. RIGGS, professor of geology at East Carolina University, stepped on stage at the North Carolina Aquarium earlier this month, he was playing to a full house. What Riggs had to say was this:
``Barrier islands are not fragile. They've been here a long, long time. It's the human superstructure that is fragile.''
His proof was right outside the door.
In the face of three storm systems that blew up, down and across the Outer Banks in as many weeks, property owners from Ocracoke into Virginia were dealing with the reality of Riggs' revelation. In the natural course of events, our barrier ...