In the immortal words of Seinfeld's George Costanza, "The sea was angry that day, my friends."
Sunday, August 28, 2:30 pm—The tailwinds of Hurricane Irene. This is East Wharf, the beach I use. The storm surge was about 6-8 feet, and you could actually see the difference in the horizon and landfall area. Notice the waves reaching the attic level of these beach houses. Click to enlarge.
The wooden boardwalk going out to the stone jetty on the left, is gone. Sea level is usually lower than this jetty. You can see the height of the storm surge, raising the entire Sound 6-8 feet.
The foam-like, or snow-like material you can see on the small roof on the left, and floating in the air, is seafoam, whipped up by the high winds and high seas. It was as light as cotton-candy, and blowing all over this home and area of the beach.
This is what the little road Pink Gardens is located on looked like early Sunday afternoon. There is a one lane paved road under that thick carpet of green leaves.
Closer to the fallen trees. There were 4-5 trees and tree-sized limbs that needed to be removed. June and I scooted underneath these on our way to town to take these photos. There are still two trees that are hanging on the Comcast lines. We're on a LONG list to have them taken care of. At least the service is still working, regardless.
A bit of color in a landscape of green. These mushrooms, which weren't there the day before, appeared under the fallen trees on our little road. I guess the humidity and ample rain caused these spores to grow so quickly. The large one on the right measured almost nine-inches in diameter!
The beach road had numerous "interruptions" like this.
The house in the background was just sold a couple of weeks ago. Nice housewarming present!
June and I went under, and over, and around, many fallen trees like this on our way to the beach. At first we were almost the only people walking, but within a half-hour, there were small crowds wandering around. By late afternoon, aprés-hurricane cocktail parties were springing up along these neighborhoods, with "to-go" cups for those that made it through the storm.
Electric service is still not restored to this area of town.
This meticulously paved driveway has seen better days.
Wow, easy to see why you had the power failures. Thanks for to you and June for braving the conditions and getting some great shots.
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Damm, that looks a bit frightening to see. Power lines and tress don't mix. Too bad inductive electricity is still in its heyday. We'll find wireless charging soon on some small electric products. One that takes on the logo of a popular fruit, lol.
ReplyDeleteThe water smashing against the shore line reminds me of some of those first millennium paintings from the Japan Heian period.
THIS LOOKS JUST LIKE WHEN CHARLIE HIT US HERE IN TAMPA. I ALWAYS TAKE STORMS SERIOUS. THESE ARE SOME GREAT SHOTS. MY HS BUDDY SENT PICTURES OF THE FLOOD DAMAGE IN N.Y. AND N.C. JUST UNREAL. I FEEL SO BAD FOR THE PEOPLE THAT BOUGHT THAT HOUSE. UNREAL. AS LONG AS THEY ARE ALRIGHT THAT'S ALL THAT MATTER SO THEY SAY.
ReplyDeleteI HOPE YOUR HAVING A GOOD WEEKEND.
GRANNY
Wireless electricity will be AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with that period of Japanese art. I'm going to google it.
Can't believe it's Labor Day weekend already, Granny, Without power, last week really got away from me. I'm going to relax and gear up for next week. I have a lot to do to get back on track with the hospital bills and filling out paperwork for everything in triplicate. Have a great Labor Day!
WOW...just wow! I agree Granny...those poor people who were probably thrilled to purchase their home and then have this happen...
ReplyDeleteSeafoam, who knew??? and the pulled up bricks? That looked like a hurricane had visited...how did the storm sound Casey? Was it super loud? I can ONLY imagine!!
Thanks for the pictures and the information...Tornadoes I know...hurricanes...no idea! Had to be scare..and LOUD!
Thanks again
Mare
Damage notwithstanding, you live in a really beautiful area Casey.
ReplyDeleteI do, Ish, and I realize it everyday. Even though this is where I grew up, where my family lived for generations, I really try not to take any day I get to live here for granted.
ReplyDeleteOne thing Florida is doing because of the issue of the constant threat of hurricanes is that all of the electrical is going underground which is aesthetically pleasing and protected from such storm damage. It is just so unusual to see a storm go so far north before landfall.
ReplyDeleteyes, it's really unusual. I remember Gloria in '85 and another hurricane back in the mid '60s, but that's about it. We've had Tropical Storms with winds about 60 mph, but hurricanes have the storm surge and they last much longer.
ReplyDeletePink Gardens's electrical IS buried, which is a nice touch for this house, but it hooks up with the power grid across the train tracks that isn't buried, lol. I guess if it's all buried, we wouldn't have this trouble, but I don't think there are any plans to do that up here. It's up to the homeowners I guess.
TODAY IS THE 8TH. HELLO. YOU WHO. DO YOU HAVE ALL THE CLEAN UP DONE YET? THE DRIVEWAY LOOKS LIKE IT GOT HIT HARD. MAYBE IF YOUR LUCKY SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORS WILL HELP CLEAN UP. ALSO, I HOPE YOUR FEELING MUCH BETTER.
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Hi Granny,
ReplyDeleteThe clean up is all done. You'd never know Irene came by if you were in our yard. The beach area is still a mess though, lots of ruined stone work and dead/dying trees and other flora. I've been going crazy with hospital paperwork and trying to arrange other stuff because of the financial aspects of the hospital. I haven't had much time to think about much else, but I'll get some new photos up soon. Thanks for keep checking in!