KI (potassium iodide) is a salt of stable (not radioactive) iodine that can help block radioactive iodine from being absorbed by the thyroid gland, thus protecting this gland from radiation injury. The thyroid gland is the part of the body that is most sensitive to radioactive iodine.
The pier will soon become the Gulf of Mexico's longest, surpassing the 1,540-foot pier opened in July at Gulf State Park.
At 1,971 feet, however, it definitely is long. Longer piers on the West Coast include the San Mateo Fishing Pier in San Francisco Bay (4,135 feet), Berkeley Pier in San Francisco Bay (3,000 feet), and Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf in Santa Cruz (2,745 feet). That would make the Ocean Beach pier the fourth longest.