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of beach replenishment
projects, see Page A5
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of the New Jersey coast,
before and after superstorm
Sandy.
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The beach is narrow
in Union Beach.
TODD B. BATES/STAFF PHOTO
Many New Jersey beaches look enormous after post-
Sandy restoration, but looks can be deceiving when it
comes to protecting the Shore from damage from major
storms.
While the beaches may be wide, many lack mature
dunes that would help protect development during anoth-
er vicious assault.
Northern Ocean County and other areas with unre-
stored beaches remain at greater risk, experts said.
The vulnerability has ratcheted up a little bit, should
another similar event occur in those areas, said Stewart
C. Farrell, director of the Coastal Research Center at Rich-
ard Stockton College in Galloway.
Storms like the March 1962 or December 1992 noreas-
Could the next big storm
swamp the Jersey Shore?
By Todd B. Bates @ToddBBatesAPP
See STORM, Page A5
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VOLUME 135
NUMBER 139
SINCE 1879
ADVICE D5
CLASSIFIED E1
COMICS D4
LOCAL A3
OBITUARIES A15
OPINION A10
SPORTS C1
TABLE D1
WEATHER C8
YOUR MONEY A14
FRIENDLY FIRE KILLS FIVE U.S. TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN PAGE 1B
WEDNESDAY 06.11.14
The beating New Jerseys dunes took from superstorm
Sandy was far worse than anywhere else on the Atlantic
and even surpassed what was recorded after some Gulf
Coast hurricanes, according to a new report.
Aweek after superstorm Sandy made landfall, the U.S.
Geological Survey began surveying the coastline from
North Carolina to New York, gathering images and key da-
ta on how the contours and characteristics of the coastline
had been altered by the hurricane.
What they found was the Shores dunes were pared
much lower by Sandy than what the USGS observed any-
where else, and the elevation loss exceeded what they had
observed on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico following
hurricanes Isaac (2012) and Ike (2008). Dune systems, ac-
Sandys punch rearranged
the shape of states coast
By Russ Zimmer @russzimmer
See SHAPE, Page A5
Even as federal inspectors repeatedly warned that patient wait
lists were having a detrimental impact on care, the troubled Veterans
Affairs health system handed out $108.7 million in bonuses to exec-
utives and employees the past three years, an Asbury Park Press in-
vestigation found.
The top bonuses went to top executives in the Veterans Health Ad-
ministration, which has come under fire for what its Office of Inspec-
tor General called systemic patient safety issues that may have led
to wrongful deaths. Last year, the top bonuses of $21,000, $17,000
and $13,000 went to medical and dental officers in San Diego, ac-
cording to the Press review of payroll data from the Office of Person-
nel Management.
Those figures are down from the year before, when the three top
bonuses each awarded were $62,895, according to pay data.
Bonuses flowed at VA
Rewards exceeded $100 million as veterans waited for care
See BONUSES, Page A9
YOU DECIDE
View federal bonuses at
www.DataUniverse.com.
Look under Whats New for the link
to federal employees.
You cant have
veterans die and
just say it was
mismanagement.
FRANK LOBIONDO,
New Jersey congressman
By Dustin Racioppi @dracioppi
IN OUR SCHOOLS
TRAFFIC GRIDLOCK?
A planned drill to protest the elimination of
most school courtesy busing might cause traffic
to come to a standstill in Lakewood today.
Today, A12
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ROAD TO RECOVERY
20 FEET
The elevation loss observed on dunes in Man-
toloking after Sandy. Thats the most severe
dune damage on the coast after the storm.
2016
Gov. Chris Christie expects beach restoration
projects following superstorm Sandy to be
fnished within two years.
8-13 STORMS
The number of named storms federal experts
expect to form in the Atlantic this year. Three to
six of them could become hurricanes.
PROTECTING NEW JERSEYS