window.document.getElementById(’post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Florida Times-Union: The recent visit by Tropical Storm Fay reminds us that the First Coast is subject to change at any time. Nature doesn’t care where we place property boundaries or homes and may change the landscape without notice. What we view as permanent is just one frame in the story of the coastal environment. Beaches erode and rebuild in predictable ways, never when or where we wish. In this era of global climate change and rising sea levels, we should expect that natural beaches will erode. We …

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