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On Plum Island, another punishing storm

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  • Residents of Plum Island dealt with the damage from Friday's high tide which affected several homes on the beach. A few months ago, homeowners paid for a controversial beach-scraping, in which bulldozers used sand to build a dune in front of houses.
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    Residents of Plum Island dealt with the damage from Friday's high tide that affected several homes on the beach. A few months ago, homeowners paid for a controversial beach-scraping, in which bulldozers used sand to build a dune in front of houses.
  • Plum Island has been continually reshaped by storms over the years. A resident Kathy Connors showed a picture from several years ago before the dunes were washed away.
    Bill Greene/Globe Staff
    Plum Island has been continually reshaped by storms over the years. A resident Kathy Connors showed a picture from several years ago before the dunes were washed away.
  • Studies have found that beach-scraping actually exacerbates the erosion.The storm washed the dunes and more away.
    Bill Greene/Globe Staff
    Studies have found that beach-scraping actually exacerbates the erosion.The storm washed the dunes and more away.
  • Sam Joslin, the building commissioner for Newbury, said the beach-scraping had “at least saved us until the next event.”
    Bill Greene/Globe Staff
    Sam Joslin, the building commissioner for Newbury, said the beach-scraping had “at least saved us until the next event.”
  • Workers moved sand in front of damaged houses on the beach in an effort to protect them from the next high tide.
    Bill Greene/Globe Staff
    Workers moved sand in front of damaged houses on the beach in an effort to protect them from the next high tide.
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