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Beach Erosion On Long Island From as far back as I can remember, I have loved the beach. It has always been a place of tranquility for me even as a young child. A day at the beach meant getting up at eight o’clock, packing lunch for the day and loading up all my beach toys. It meant burying my sisters in the sand, and my dad carrying me out into the fierce ocean. It was all so special to me, and when I was that young, I didn’t realize that having the beach only a few minutes away from my house was something not all people could cherish. Now that I am older, I cannot imagine living without the indescribable beauty of our Long Island beaches. Its not just spending the day in the hot sun anymore. The beach to me is driving over to Robert Moses Field Five and watching the sunset from the lighthouse. There is nothing like the sun going down over the Great South Bay from a place so familiar to me, I can call it my home. Never could I imagine losing something so special to me. These picturesque beaches are what make Long Island so extraordinary, and if we all don’t play our part in preserving them, they will slowly but surly erode away. What is causing Long Island’s beaches to disappear? There are several m