Multiple Authors Article In late October 2012, about a day after Superstorm Sandy’s initial surge battered much of Rhode Island’s coast, especially its open-ocean southern shoreline, Janice Sassi navigated her way through a parking lot filled with “mountains of mud” to find a “moonscape.” “The dunes were completely flat,” recalled Sassi, manager of the 86-acre Napatree Point Conservation Area. “I thought it was done. It looked like one big beach.” Sandy had ripped chunks of beachgrass from sections, and one area was forced back some 30 feet. At that moment and for days after, Sassi was concerned about Napatree Point’s future.