Friday, February 04, 2005

Signs of beach erosion

I rode down to South Nags Head today to see what devastation the ocean had wrought. It always seems wierd to me in a way that we over here on Roanoke Island hardly know there is any destructive weather occurring on the beach but once over there it seems the entire slight sliver of the Outer Banks will be swallowed up by all that power. What became most amusing were the signs posted to warn one of the impending doom. Couldn't you figure it out on your own?





Ah duh? and there's more:





2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Some of your pictures appear to be taken at the corner of our street, We own property on the corner of Surfside Drive and Limulus. Is the house still standing? This has been a really bad year in South Nags Head.

Anonymous said...

Yes, the house is still there. There were no homes lost that I am aware of in S. Nags Head at the last time I was there on Feb 5. There was overwash and water and trash were standing under most of the homes on the front row. Outer Banks Native