Dauphin Island is the place where the Ocean Warwick washed ashore last August. It's where Katrina tore a hole clear through the thin barrier island from south to north, separating most of Dauphin Island's undeveloped western territory from the more developed east.
Dauphin Island is the barrier island which lost a third of its vacation rental houses to last year's storms.
And as if that weren't enough, now the tourists and vacationers who migrate in as the snowbirds migrate north - the spring breakers - are not coming back. Talk about adding insult to injury.
Come to think of it Dauphin Island might become something like Florida's Forgotten Coastline - a refuge for smart vacationers looking to get away from the crowds and the noise you find on the more developed beach front areas like Gulfport and Orange beach.
Oh, wait, that's exactly what Dauphin Island is today.
Spring break slow on Dauphin Island thanks to hurricanes
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) - Thanks to Hurricanes Ivan and Katrina, spring break has been slow on Dauphin Island, located in the Gulf of Mexico south of Mobile.
Seagulls have often outnumbered tourists on the island's white sandy beaches. Ivan and Katrina destroyed or heavily damaged more than 200 homes on the island, wiping out much of the rental property.