We pretty much knew this would happen somewhere along the line.

Chandeleur Island pretty much was erased by Hurricane Ivan and it was starting to recover,

[PELICAN ISLAND:] Pretty bad shape, ... It's been breached in several areas and there's not much sand there.

Again, this is a fairly wide barrier island, ... It's in pretty good shape.

Certainly there's a lot less sand behind those breakwaters since Hurricane Katrina, ... But, having said that, it looks like it could have been a lot worse.

Very, very fragile looking system,