There was a destruction of sand dunes after Irene in Aug of 2011 and after Sandy the entire boardwalk access and dune barriersd were all leveled. The beach is flat and not the same. The erosion was getting too severe for 1000's of daily beachgoers also. The new supt. from Alaska {Lena H. wants to ban all nudity of Fire Island but we're hopeful of some compromise by next year for an area futher east <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />