This is the original Berm, from the original drawings
. . . . Unfortunately, we never got it.
Note that it was originally about 80 feet wide, and once it reached the water level, it extended for a gradual drop off for another 115 feet!
Instead, what we got was a much smaller amount of piled-up sand . . . with no bench, no sloping drop off to absorb wave energy. No wonder it washed away in Gustav/Ike.
Take a look at what we were supposed to get . . . It really makes me wonder if we would have been talking about a levee to wall off my house, if they had built the berm that was designed.
