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At the beach because we've been sitting here waiting to see workers and finally there they are. bp confirmed that they were the ones that called the stand down of those workers from being on the beach because the weather has been so bad. yes, it's been hot and humid and pretty miserable out here lately. but the weather today was really dicey. but now we see them back out there with their bags, they're combing the beach. you can see that there is a sand berm right near the water. we're not allowed to go there. they want to keep everybody back from that and keep everybody as safe as possible whi...

>> once dredging begins, we would literally begin to see land -- or sand booms in about ten days. this is an extremely important component of our own plan to protect our coast from this oil. and by the way, this plan will also help to protect louisiana from future hurricane surge as well. >> if only that were true. if only that were supported by the available scientific informed opinion in evidence. gulf coast scientists and geologists who have been watching the sand berm idea gaining traction have been furiously waving all sorts of red flags trying to stop this thing. red flags about new tren...

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Can see this -- this was the actually the -- guardhouse, the beach patrol house that they use for all the lifeguards. and it just all of a sudden got ripped off. i mean this was there was a berm that was built, that sand berm, about 20 feet tall. all around that building and it just suddenly moved off. and, boom, gone. it's now pressed up against the boardwalk. they don't know if they can save it or not. this is an historic boardwalk, it was built in 1914. and that building is pretty old, it has stood the test of time. but right now, it's probably a total loss. we are at high tide now, and you...

Right the crews are trying to build a sand berm to make sure that if there's any high surf that none of that ocean water comes rushing through, back into this flood-damaged zone. if we can look up this way to my right past these folks here watching the damage, you can see some of those businesses, businesses throughout laguna beach have been hammered by this. we walked through some of the areas earlier today and shot some pictures, which we hopefully can show you now. and people have several inches of standing water in their stores. it's clear that some of these folks last some inventory and t...