Obviously, if there were no Homo sapiens, Sandy would have caused pretty much the same overwash, with or without warmer seas.

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"We're confident of those structures, although it's still very dangerous any time you're getting wave overwash like that, and wind and wave continue to press against those walls, " said Maj.

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