[PELICAN ISLAND:] Pretty bad shape, ... It's been breached in several areas and there's not much sand there.

We pretty much knew this would happen somewhere along the line.

Chandeleur Island pretty much was erased by Hurricane Ivan and it was starting to recover,

Again, this is a fairly wide barrier island, ... It's in pretty good shape.

Certainly there's a lot less sand behind those breakwaters since Hurricane Katrina, ... But, having said that, it looks like it could have been a lot worse.

Very, very fragile looking system,