Saturday, October 1st - Day After Hurricane Ian

Hi All - at this time, we are stopping our daily walks on Waties Island.  There are a number of large trees down blocking both gates and blocking the Causeway Road.
 
I walked in with a friend from the Causeway Gate out to the beach.  The road from the CCU Gate out to the beach is still flooded.  The ocean breached the access road to the parking area.

The dunes on Waties were impacted greatly by the tidal surge, especially at Hogs Inlet.  Lots of trees and wrack on the beach.

I was unable to walk and check on the nests, time constraint.  I am hoping that the CCU Maintenance staff or the Stable employees come through and clear the roads.

I will keep you posted.

Narrative and Pictures by Leslie P

Tree down in the road by shed, this has been removed

Tree down before the Causeway Gate

Picture taken from the Gate looking up to the tree

The causeway, after the bridge

Large puddles, Cypress Tree down in the background

Cypress Tree down, blocking 1/2 of the road

Large puddle and view of the downed Cypress

This is another down Cypress Tree

Another downed tree, one tree double trunk

Looking back towards the tree

Another large tree across the Causeway road

The tree down by the CCU Gate

The road in toward the Beach parking area, still flooded

Beach Parking Area

Beach Access Road, ocean breached the dune

Ocean carved deep Ditch

Beach Access, the CCU sign is on the right

Soft white sand gone

Lots of wrack and trees in the surf

Tidal Surge carved into the dune

The CCU sign on lower end, our sleeve for Marker #1, we dragged large items to the dunes, will pick up when we get a vehicle out there

Looking down the beach toward Cherry Grove

Lots of wrack on the beach, along with plastic trash

Dune erosion on the lower end

Lots of erosion, large dune eroded