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Oyster shells are not garbage. That is the message from conservation groups, which say people have been recycling shells along U.S. coastlines for generations.

Oyster shells are not garbage. That is the message from conservation groups, which say people have been recycling shells along U.S. coastlines for generations.

Across some pottery and some oyster shells and various other bits and pieces, which really got me interested in where these had come from, so a bit of digging, not literally, a bit of investigation i got home and i spotted a really interesting proper mark, which was apparently the field, so it went on from there, really, and when the crop is harvested, i went back with a spade and started to explore there is a bit and this is where i came across the pavement, as it is, and it went on from there,...

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There were this is where the roman slaves the savages prepare the meals and as we can see everything here is functional can even see the sort on the walls we also hold roman style cooking events here. so there what did the romans eat. you were our high society tossed pretty much everything in the park that had a heart beat stuffed flamingo tongues stuffed doll mice we found quite a lot of oyster shells here and the excavations and. got the hour before go on the go all classes lived on legumes an...

Cnns derek van dam is live with it all from apalachicola. good morning, derek. >> reporter: good morning, christine. it takes one foot of rushing water to pick up a truck and move it down river, per ase. look at one foot of storm surge. it can take semi trucks and flip on the sides. you can see the debris leftover on the oyster shells. this is near the apalachicola river and fishing areas. the high water mark gives you an indication of the storm surge. to put it in perspective, we did a live sho...

He joins us from apalachicola with the latest. derek, good morning. what are you seeing? >> reporter: good morning, dave. were about 30 miles east from where hurricane michael made landfall and the full fury of the powerful storm surge is on display behind me. i want to put it in reference for you. what you are looking at is the high water level behind me which is the debris of the high oyster shells. the land slopes all the way to the apalachicola river which is about 200 yards to my left. the ...

155-winds. were not sure. we dont know what happened to this building as it was blown into smither raepbz. chad was talking about the damage. one of the areas that got hit of the problem, apalachicola, our derek van dam, you were watching in the thick of it yesterday, and he joins us this morning. how are you doing? >> were doing okay. everybody is safe, john. thank you for asking. what you are looking at behind me is a pile of oyster shells where in an area near the apalachicola river that has ...

Point where he rode out the storm. phil? >> shep, were just across the bridge here at east point. the damage is extensive according to sheriffs. its worse over here than in apalachicola or st. georges island. this is an oyster processing facility. four or five foot storm surge. breaking the back door and crumbled the walls. the dock was picked up by the water. heres the family restaurant. its trashed at this point. it will take months to get that fixed up. the biggest concern is getting laborers...

I just hope they dont start flying off causing even further damage, if not injury. this is not a safe place to be yet by any stretch. this is water street. lining water street, the sidewalks arent made out of concrete. theyre made out of all those oyster shells. kind of cute. but we were talking about what a juggernaut that industry is down here, this apalachicola bay. that is the truth. you can also see how dramatically the river, the apalachicola river, no longer really being surged by the rea...