1.   Once the beach is gone, sea walls will line the coast from Miami to Jacksonville.

2.   These days, high-rise hotels line the coast and busloads of tourists roam the island.

3.   When the mangroves died, the coral reefs that line the coast began crumbling, clear lagoons turned cloudy and sea life suffered.

4.   Although the coast is lined with resort hotels, tractors clean the sand every morning and the water remains pristine.

5.   Virgin mangrove forests, where birds and monkeys live, line the coast, and fishermen are seen fishing for seafood.