Topix Underground

My parents had this joint in Florida. Whatever was going on down there was that a bunch of residents paid an enormous amount of money to have these special ship dredge sand from out in the ocean and somehow deposit it in front of these homes and buildings to replace what had eroded from the beach.  It wasn't more than a week later a storm hit and washed it all away and they were left paying these "special assessments" for years.  You'd think humans would know better by now.  Even without years of weather data...more like common sense.  Sand seems like a very unreliable presence....being that it's fluid and all...waves, tsunamis, hurricanes, etc etc  Or the side of a mountain...that seems like common sense. It's like playing roulette and hoping for 'red'.