Some of those metal posts on the West Shore promenade could use that paint you have described Steve because on the seaward side of the posts the paint has been sand blasted. I was there about mid day and should have taken a photo of the back of one of those posts.
Some work on the sand clearance was going on in the boating lake but not much elsewhere. It was very windy there but the workmen were lucky because it had rained today so the sand was heavier than usual and did not blow about as it usually does. Those guys were lucky or they could have been sand blasted too.
Once the blown sand is removed I wonder where on the beach they will deposit it, surely they won't be stupid enough to pile it up above the high water mark, or will they?