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Dolly Floods New Dauphin Island Beach

By WKRG Staff

Parts of the new west end public beach on Dauphin Island won't reopen until Wednesday. Waves from Hurricane Dolly flooded low-lying areas. Dolly Floods New Dauphin Island Beach

Published: Thu, July 24, 2008 - 7:35 pm

Parts of the new west end public beach on Dauphin Island won't reopen until Wednesday.

Waves from Hurricane Dolly flooded low-lying areas Tuesday. About six inches of water covered the parking lot and recreational areas.

Mayor Jeff Collier said the protective berm stretching along the west end prevented flooding in other areas of the island.

The beach was partially reopened this afternoon and will return to full operations tomorrow.

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southfan1981 Says:

Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 10:25 am

It is a beach. They get wet. The sand moves. Unless we want to look like New Jersey and pile 15 foot high levees or rip rap in front of our beaches, we just have to accept that water moves the beach and FLOODS.

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carl Says:

Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 8:25 am

AHH ! I see the palm trees worked as planned ! So they could tell where the beach area is suppose to be. Speaking of trees, they have the biggest money tree in the world to use, YOU!

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sweetnsour Says:

Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 1:18 am

It really doesn’t matter Edouard, Dolly, they happen so fast who can keep up. The point is its a coming and going to happen. They know they are in the I am gonna get my asp kicked zone and then be on television crying boo hoo hoo.

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Jamie Burch Says:

Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 10:06 pm

Baydream,

Rnuts was talking about Hurricane Dolly. You’re talking about Tropical Storm Edouard. Two different storms.

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baydream Says:

Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 7:21 pm

Who says the storm was 600 miles away? Get your facts straight. Yesterday morning it was just 150 miles due south of Mobile!

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southfan1981 Says:

Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:53 pm

It’s the same money tree the residents have used for years and years rebuilding beaches.. developing shifting sand, replacing washed out roads over the years.

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girlygrl12 Says:

Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 8:38 pm

Whomever built this “west end resort” must have plenty of money to blow, because he is going to have to keep doing this over and over!! Man, I wonder where his money tree is located.

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southfan1981 Says:

Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:53 am

Well, it is an ISLAND. Does that term mean anything to people?

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cmb1 Says:

Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 8:58 am

$20.00? LOL! Did they not know that is what was going to happen? DUH!

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RNuts Says:

Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 8:55 am

Not good. There was allot of money spent on this beach just to be damaged by a storm 600 miles away.