> not even sea walls are going to save those houses I would like to believe that's true, but here in California new seawalls are a foot-thick web of epoxy-coat

> not even sea walls are going to save those houses I would like to believe that's true, but here in California new seawalls are a foot-thick web of epoxy-coated reinforcing bar, encased in two feet of concrete, on a foundation sunk some ten or so feet down into the sand. I have yet to hear of one of these falling down.