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Sand washing south from a beach renourishment on Captiva is creating what looks like a continuation of the beach straight across the mouth of Blind Pass, nearly closing it
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Wind, tides, and storms can change its progress on any given day, but so much sand is flowing south from a recent beach renourishment on Captiva Island that the pass is expected to close up hard; beach rebuilding would barely be a thing if the most expensive real estate in Florida were not built on barrier islands

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