A Seal Beach race against tide, sands of time

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Photograph caption reads: "A tractor pushes sand toward Seal Beach homes threatened by high tides as police and firefighters build an earthen barricade in a race against the clock. As the waves came crashing over the surf at high tide last night, the sandbags kept the two dozen homes located only 25 feet from the tide line safe and dry. Bulldozers and earthmoving equipment had transported sand Wednesday to the existing sand wall protecting the homes in Surfside Colony after the city declared a state of emergency. Meanwhile, Southlanders can look forward to a clear, hot weekend, as the National Weather Service forecast fair skies and temperatures reaching 90 degrees in the city, 100 in the warmer valleys and the mid-70s at the beaches ". Photograph dated: August 19, 1982