Tropical Storm Cindy

[Smiling JOe]

Well maybe you won't have to wash the saltwater off your boat. Mother nature may take care of that for you.

If we get more big storms, they will have to change the name to, "Florida, the Sold Out of Plywood State."

 

[aquaticbiology]

it was ivan (twice!) and charley that made me decamp nw fla for higher lats in alarbammy - now i look at what's going on and i think i made the right decison - the difference of being a coupla hundred miles inland makes is amazing - can still go to the beach anytime (if its still there) - best hidden advantage = no corrosion problems on the boat and batteries seem to last longer

on a lighter note - i just got an invite to go study sea turtle migration for 2 weeks on the big island of havaii! :clap_1: :clap_1: :clap_1: guess where i'll be going really soon! i'll let you know if the beach is as nice as grayton

 

[Landlocked]

Speaking of turtles, there was a couple of guys from UF moving eggs a couple weeks ago in Dune Allen. Pretty neat process

 

[phdphay]

We've got some major erosion going on here at Seagrove. It's so windy that it knocked down one of our magnolia trees. When the wind picks up, it's hard to go in and out of the house because the wind slams the door. You can't wear glasses because the wind is carrying so much stuff that it coats the lenses. And this is just a tropical storm.

 

[Landlocked]

Geez that sucks. Sorry about your tree

 

[Kurt]

Cindy the perfect Storm? I checked out Dune Allen, Grayton, And Seaside. Lots of sand is back on the beach! It looks like Seaside has gained a couple of feet, and all the clay is nearly covered.

The water came up to the boardwalks but not into the dunes to speak of - just the right amount of force - no walkover damage.

If the County had been on the ball and had gotten everything cleaned up since T.S. Arlene, we'd be in great shape now. As it is, much of the debris from Arlene has been scattered and/or buried.

Compare the 2 photos:

Before (day after T.S. Arlene)

After (Day of T.S. Cindy)

 

[RiverOtter]

Wow! And no beach scraping

 

[phdphay]

Cindy both helped and hurt our part of the beach. The scraped sand was heavily eroded, exposing the rocks, etc., below, but the horizontal surface of the beach got a couple of inches of white sand deposited on it. However, it's all sort of irrelevant until after we get through what might happen during the remainder of the hurricane season.