Commishs to consider new BN plan

I just read an email from the Board of Realtors which said the Dare County Commissioners are going to hear a presentation by a company which has patented and is marketing a new type of beach nourishment product. Apparently the structure traps naturally drifting sand at a faster rate and deposits in on the beach.
I consider it a huge step that the Board is now willing and IS actually going to consider OTHER alternatives to the pump and dump method, which is so undesirable. I am very happy to see their minds opening just a little! There has to be a better way to get to a reasonable compromise which will make everyone a little happier and be a little fairer.

Southern Shores beach

I took the opportunity to walk the 65 steps to the beach from Midas Touch (one of our weekly beach rental homes) to see if the ocean was still there. I've been working so much lately I haven't been able to go check. The beach looks fairly good after the winter of storms. The toe of the dune has rebuilt itself with the northeast winds banking up the sand against the dunes and sandfences. Some oceanfront owners have replanted beach grass to stabilize. The beach itself was wide and flat. And Uncle Jack will be happy to know that the birds from S. Nags Head have a home in Southern Shores, as there IS still beach, and crabs, and food for them. Someone had built a sandcastle in an afternoon's well spent frivilous activity.

New Hilton construction

Yesterday as I was sitting in traffic waiting for a person to turn left on the Southern Shores road, I noticed this loud rhymic booming. I ran the window down to see what it was, and discovered the new piling driving project at the Hilton Hotel site at the Kitty Hawk pier. Boy is it loud! Here's a couple of pix. Pity those who are renters near this construction site for the next couple of summers, especially right now!

Hoi Toide

The heavy west winds we have been experiencing since the front blew through here yesterday have pushed up the tides as high as I have seen them in recent times.
First pic is the Nags Head Causeway:


Next two pics are downtown Manteo. Residents were moving their cars to higher ground.

New Applebee's at the mall

The new Applebee's building at the Outer Banks mall is progressing. After overcoming one setback earlier in construcion, when the heavy winds blew down one of the block walls, the building is moving along now, and probably will be open sometime this summer for business.