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Originally Posted by 2-H2's
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Is your home still standing?
There was an article that talked about how many homes still standing will be condemned even if they are repairable because the dune line has moved back so far.
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The reason: A 1959 law known as the Texas Open Beaches Act. Under the law, the strip of beach between the average high-tide line and the average low-tide line is considered public property, and it is illegal to build anything there.
Over the years, the state repeatedly has invoked the law to seize houses in cases where a storm eroded a beach so badly that a home was suddenly sitting on public property. The aftermath of Ike could see the biggest such use of the law in Texas history.
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http://www.reporternews.com/news/200...ms-from-homes/