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The island
lighter:
The entire subject, cottage, location, dead and injured people, devastated other islands that missed by the skin of my teeth.... just dumb luck really, this time... is exhausting.
And the sea wall getting knocked about is a reminder that the water's coming for the shoreline at some point. If I don't get that seawall in, and pretty quick, I'm gambling with fate.
And, even if I do put up that sea wall... who's to say the roof wouldn't have come off in that hurricane, for surely it would have. I have need of tactical breathing when I think about it.
Another good, if small, piece of news is the bar at the end of the drive is open, and operational. It's just a small place, with light wood U shaped bar, but it's a PLACE you don't have to taxi to, boat to, or walk a mile in the heat to.
This means there's a simple restaurant, store, water, ice, marina, ferry boat, and bar within walking distance of the cottage, and the housekeeper's got a car. I didn't know she had a car. That's great... she has a car! carrying 5 gallon bottles of water up and down the drive wasn't a very pleasing job.
Lighter
sKePTiKal:
That's good news Lighter - that your island missed the worst!
The eye shifted to the soundside of OBX at Hatteras - Ocracoke was under so much water they were airlifting supplies in and some people out - and then the storm scoured all the way up the sounds, finally heading out to sea just north of where I used to live. This was the 3rd storm in about as many years to follow the same path.
Avalon Pier on the beach, lost about a third of it's pier in this storm; one of only a few wooden piers left in OBX. Heard there are about 200 trees down in my old neighborhood again... and of course debris/damage to soundside back yards and docks.
So, about like Irene again. Fortunately the storm's forward motion was picking up speed that far north and it didn't hang around long. Buck had about 18 hrs of storm and I'm still waiting to hear how bad the damage is at the shop; tree down on the office and water came up a little bit.
Hopalong:
What's the shop?
I used to go to Avon...was it that pier? One of my favorite places, out at the end of it. So sad.
I love the OBX and was thinking of you when I saw the news of damage there.
Climate change is here and people on the coast are going to go through this hurt again and again.
I kept thinking how fortunate it is that you and Mike enjoyed it while you did and you got it sold when you did. The hurricanes are getting worse. I'm sad for the OBX but glad you're out of there.
Hops
lighter:
Let us know how the "shop" is, Amber.
Lighter
sKePTiKal:
The shop is where Buck works; I'm guessing that it wasn't all that bad - I've not really heard anymore about it. He's a mechanic and builds/works on motocycles. For now.
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