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Patrick Lynett

Oct 12, 2026

2:05
Is that going to be enough as the storms approach?
2:10
Yeah, if the berms are built high enough, and in fact, we saw that in Newport and Balboa on Sunday.
2:17
So on Sunday, we had very high tides and very large waves, but they built berms extremely high, higher than I've ever seen them.
2:24
And that was very effective at keeping the waves from flooding the berm and flooding the town.
2:28
So as long as you have the sand, If you build berms, that offers a good protective.
2:34
But what we see in the Long Beach Peninsula is that eventually you run out of sand.
2:38
You've also seen this at Point Doom.
6:46
What's coming at us?

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