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January, 1984 



(OAS 1 4 WATCH 



Photo by Gene Furr 



Much of the land in this 1976 photo of the Cape Hatteras lighthouse has been claimed by the sea 



The ocean 

 Is coming, 



The ocean 

 Is coming 



That, we are told, is a fact. But 

 the habit of holding one's own is 

 a hard one to break. Walls, 

 boulders, bulkheads and riprap — 

 we have thrown everything we 

 had at the sea, and still it keeps 

 coming. 



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