Nobody but homeowners are supposed to be on Long Beach Island at the Jersey Shore.  And traffic was heavy when I, armed with a BPO order, braved the Route 72 Causeway.  You can get there, at least where I was going.  The BPO was for Surf City, and I'll tell you this, good job Surf City!  The dune replacement probably saved most of this Long Beach Island Surf City community.     Surf City Beach pre-stormSurf City Beach post storm  There have been great losses, but the dune replacement project saved this family community. 11/16/2012

Home for Sale By Owner in Surf City, NJ 08008 - Flat Fee MLS Listing $395 242 Division Ave Surf City, NJ 08008 - Realtors welcome, buyer agent commission paid at closing !Please check listing details here at MLS# 3051529 . 6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Furnished, Inside Entrance Basement, Outside Entrance Basement, Laminate Floor, Vinyl/Linoleum, W/W Carpet, Dishwasher, Dryer, Gas Cooking, Refrigerator, Self-Cleaning Oven, Stove, Washer, Attic - Storage, Bedroom on Ground Floor, Cable Available, Ceiling Fan(s), Eat-In Kitchen, Jetted Tub, Open Floor Plan, Pantry, Recessed Lights, Window Treatments, Jetted Tub in Master Bath, Stall Shower in Master Bath, Walk In Closet(s) in MasterBedroom. If you are interested in this Home for Sale By Owner in Surf City, NJ 08008- Flat Fee MLS Listing $395, p... 07/12/2011

300,000 people traverse this gem of a beach called Long Beach Island each season.  A very few of them dig down to see what they can find in the sand.    Since WWI, unexploded military ammunition (ordnance) buried beneath the sand in Surf City, NJ has threatened millions of happy, clueless, vacationing beach bums. No one knew.  It didn't matter, because no one knew.  That didn't alleviate the danger.  Had people known, they likely would have avoided the area until the danger was removed.  But they didn't know. At one point, someone knew the ordnance was there.  Then, however, the remote New Jersey beach was nearly uninhabited, and the risk was considered acceptable.  The cost of moving ordnance from a shipwreck weighed more heavily on that individual (the one who buried the ammunition) ... 09/23/2007