BUXTON, N.C. — Just feet away from the most recent house collapse in Buxton, Outer Banks neighborhood reporter Will Thomas found Barry Crum and his crew working on Monday.

A sandbag project is in the works as Buxton homeowners are hiring contractors like Crum to help preserve their homes from the ocean.

"Things were good for a while, and now things are pretty dire," said Crum, owner of Crum Works Inc.

For Crum this isn’t just business. Work like this can be vital for the future of families' homes on the oceanfront in Buxton. Crum explains the ever-shifting conditions of the oceanfront here.

"This beach was in pretty bad shape, I think maybe 10 years ago, when we put a bunch of bags in back then. We moved a few houses, we jacked a few houses up, and then they got nourishment, the beach

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