Schooner Bay, South
Abaco - "Damage Assessment & Aerial Reconnaissance of Schooner Bay
Confirms What Planners, Environmentalists and Engineers Had Predicted
All Along -- If One Works Within and Enhances The Centuries Old, Existing
Natural Systems, Then Mother Nature Shows Her Mercy in Times of Major
Storms Like Irene. "

With a projected storm
surge on the Atlantic side of Abaco at 4 feet, the seawall, harbour,
groin, dune system and completed homes at Schooner Bay were put to the
near ultimate test from Hurricane Irene on 25"' August 2011. Note:
Official NOAA models max out at a 6 ft. storm surge in a Cat 5 storm on
east coast of Abaco....