Ivan's impact - 28 miles S of Biloxi...
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Ivan's impact - 28 miles S of Biloxi...
Slowly, but surely, Chandeleur Island is fading away. It's had about all it can take of direct hits and near misses. Breton Sound will soon be fronting the open Gulf - increasing the future threat to the LA marsh and New Orleans...
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Lindaloo wrote:I had NO idea that island took such a major hit like that. I have not been there in about 2 years.
Seems all the barrier islands are disappearing - even in our lifetime!! I spend a LOT of time out there, and it's sad to see it just keeps getting smaller and smaller with every storm. BTW - 2 years is TOO long... You gotta get out there more often!!
Even after Ivan, it's still a beautiful piece of the world!! Here's a link to some more pics.
http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/hurricane/postivanphotos.htm
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That really breaks my heart. It really does. It's really sad to see all the nice barrier islands getting washed away.
Isabel did a horrific number to my beloved Outer Banks last year. Many of the dunes will never, ever be the same again. The dune front in Nags Head was eroded back by 60 feet in places! This October when I went down there I saw beach cottages only feet from the lapping of waves at high tide, protected only by a forlorn looking three-foot "dune". I saw a couple small hotels there that had never been repaired from Isabel. That brought tears to my eyes. Poor Nags Head. It's never ever going to be the way I once knew it back in 2002. It's washing away. My precious OBX is washing away and if there is ever a major hurricane there again, it'll wash away even faster.
I wish there was some way we could replenish those dunes and beaches there in Nags Head. Make the dunes 18 feet high again and have about five big dunes between the beach cottages and the ocean, with a nice, wide OBX beach, about 150 feet wide between the dunes and the high tide waves!!
If that were done, I'd hold a BIG OBX party!!!!!! I'd bring the beer and a HUGE stereo system and tons of cheese pizza and we'd have a 2-week-long OBX Beach Replenishment Bash!!! We'd have live bands and dancing!!! We'd even have some cool weddings out there!!!
Man I am definately a Hard-Core OBX Beach fan!!! YEAH!!!
Isabel did a horrific number to my beloved Outer Banks last year. Many of the dunes will never, ever be the same again. The dune front in Nags Head was eroded back by 60 feet in places! This October when I went down there I saw beach cottages only feet from the lapping of waves at high tide, protected only by a forlorn looking three-foot "dune". I saw a couple small hotels there that had never been repaired from Isabel. That brought tears to my eyes. Poor Nags Head. It's never ever going to be the way I once knew it back in 2002. It's washing away. My precious OBX is washing away and if there is ever a major hurricane there again, it'll wash away even faster.
I wish there was some way we could replenish those dunes and beaches there in Nags Head. Make the dunes 18 feet high again and have about five big dunes between the beach cottages and the ocean, with a nice, wide OBX beach, about 150 feet wide between the dunes and the high tide waves!!
If that were done, I'd hold a BIG OBX party!!!!!! I'd bring the beer and a HUGE stereo system and tons of cheese pizza and we'd have a 2-week-long OBX Beach Replenishment Bash!!! We'd have live bands and dancing!!! We'd even have some cool weddings out there!!!
Man I am definately a Hard-Core OBX Beach fan!!! YEAH!!!
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pretty hard core!! I remember growing up in the 60's and 70's when Dauphin Island had some pretty amazing dunes. Of course, they are gone now. Some to nature, and some to development. Our beachfronts are definitely heading downhill too fast. 
I went to Horn Island after Ivan and it fared okay. However, on Round Island I do believe the old lighthouse is in trouble again. I know Georges brought it in to the water. People were trying to restore it. They have work to do again.
Haven't been out to Ship Island, but heard the fort and everything fared okay as well.
Haven't been out to Ship Island, but heard the fort and everything fared okay as well.
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While reviewing the pictures of the Chandeleur Islands, remember a few things:
The above photographs were taken just after Ivan. The tides remained high in LA after the storm thus making the island look even worse off. Yes the island did change, but that is what they are intended to do. Our barrier islands in LA are remants of old deltas and are supposed to roll back and eventually become shoals.
During the course of the winter and next summer and onward, the sands will reshift. The island shifted west of the lighthouse after Georges and took about 2 years before the island shifted eastward back to the lighthouse.
Most other barrier islands are caused by littoral drift. Hurricanes are vital for their health and continuance.
Beaches are always moving.
As long as we want to fight nature and keep our beaches we will have to spend lots and lots of money to renourish and keep our beaches.
Because the Chandeleur Islands are a USFWS National Wildlife Refuge, no sand can be placed on the islands to nourish them.
The above photographs were taken just after Ivan. The tides remained high in LA after the storm thus making the island look even worse off. Yes the island did change, but that is what they are intended to do. Our barrier islands in LA are remants of old deltas and are supposed to roll back and eventually become shoals.
During the course of the winter and next summer and onward, the sands will reshift. The island shifted west of the lighthouse after Georges and took about 2 years before the island shifted eastward back to the lighthouse.
Most other barrier islands are caused by littoral drift. Hurricanes are vital for their health and continuance.
Beaches are always moving.
As long as we want to fight nature and keep our beaches we will have to spend lots and lots of money to renourish and keep our beaches.
Because the Chandeleur Islands are a USFWS National Wildlife Refuge, no sand can be placed on the islands to nourish them.
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