But the sight of workers wearing white protective suits and gloves hauling in tons of oil-contaminated waste - including bags of sandy tar balls, vegetation,used oil booms, rags and other clean-up supplies - has caused alarm among some Gulf coast communities.

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It boasts uniformly tight fairways, stacks of huge sandy waste areas, high Bermuda grass rough and plenty of water hazards.

BBC: THE LOWDOWN

In the spirit of "a crisis is a terrible thing to waste, " catastrophic disasters like Superstorm Sandy should be seen as teachable moments to better prepare the general public and elected officials for what is inevitable: the next storm.

CNN: America isn't ready for superstorms

What was not on the minds of many was the nuclear bomb waste that, until recently, was also in the path of Hurricane Sandy.

FORBES: Nuclear Waste Gone from Hurricane Sandy's Path