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We encountered our second storm of the trip today along the shores of ship island. As we grabbed tar balls, watched dolphins play, rays glide, catfish dart and hermit crabs scramble around, the grey clouds rolled in and around us. A small child cried to his dad “but we’re stuck on an island”, when the boat to take us back to the main land could not dock.  While we knew we wouldn’t be stuck for long, we did debate whether the fort or the restrooms would be the best location should a storm surge hit. When Katrina hit in 2005 ship island was under 25 feet of water from the storm surge, which is pretty incredible to even imagine. As it turned out, it was a very good day as Pat, Liz and Katie describe in their posts. Here are some images from the day’s events:

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