Flouting Nature | pnj.com | Pensacola News Journal

Flouting Nature | pnj.com | Pensacola News Journal: "Pensacola Beach is looking for sand, again.

Last August, when Hurricane Gustav moved through the Gulf to Louisiana, an estimated 559,000 cubic yards of sand — or 38,312 dump-truck loads — were washed from the barrier island.

A chunk of that sand was stripped from Park East, just east of Portofino Resort, resulting in the tents and canopies of roughly 11,000 beachgoers being washed away during a typical — albeit strong — summer thunderstorm over Memorial Day weekend.

"The beach is not as wide as it was before Gustav," said Matt Mooneyham, Santa Rosa Island Authority director of development services."