The world according to me....

If you happen to visit the western end of Emerald Isle or Bear Island (part of Hammocks Beach State Park) in North Carolina in the next few months, you will be able to see lots of dredging equipment working in Bogue Inlet. The photo above is of a booster pump to help push the material that is dredged (note the two dregdes in the background) from the inlet along a pipe to a outlet several hundred meters east, on the beach in Emerald Isle. It is all part of the Bogue Inlet Channel Relocation Project and Phase III of the Bogue Banks Renourishment Project.

Here is a picture of the pipe (the dark strip near the waterline) along the beach, taken from the end of the public access boardwalk near the eastern end of Emerald Isle:

This project has only just begun, so it will be interesting to see how it progresses. Stay tuned for updates.