Dauphin Island On Its Own

Hurricane season is well underway but not all Gulf Coast cities are ready.

Dauphin Island is still without a berm. FEMA did not want to pay for a new berm after Hurricane Gustav washed out the last one.
Mayor Jeff Collier says they are trying to come up with a permanent solution. But without the money to do it, residents will have to fend for themselves this hurricane season.
"We understand that right now we can't do much about it we just have to live with it. Mother nature is going to do what she's going to do. But we just hope and pray that we can avoid a storm for this particular season to give us a little bit more time to move forward with a more long term approach or fix to the problem,"Said Collier.

Over 5 million dollars of state and federal aid have been used to build berms on Dauphin Island.