Gulf Shores Mostly Spared
Some neighbors from across the lagoon borrowed my pedal boat to sneak onto West Beach to get a look at their house--they took some photos that I should be able to add to this blog tomorrow.
First is my neighbor, Mary Louise Brush's yard---she lives about a mile down from me. Ivan broke out all her southern windows and trashed her house interior, so this is a small deal compared to that. None of her windows broke. She had plywood on them. Then a photo of a street a mile or so down towards Hwy 59 (G.S.), as you can see, the houses have water in the lower foors.
Next is the pool next door to me once the water receeded.
Shown here are some various photos. I drove to Orange Beach today and found several over turned trailers, one smashed by a crane, and a good bit of road errosion near the state park area. The streets are nearly deserted. I couldn't get on Beach Blvd in Gulf Shores today.
Thankfully, our Silver Beach condo in O.B. is a-ok and the pool was not destroyed. The newly replenished beach is not badly erroded either, so that is a huge blessing. We were down to almost no beach after Ivan.
Lake Shelby, in the State Park is out of it's banks and across the park area and up to the road. The little white fence was just put up around the picnic areas and along the boundry near the road.
But our problems are NOTHING compared to Gulfport. Moss Point, Pascagoula, Ocean Breeze, Pass Christian, and on into Louisiana.
First is my neighbor, Mary Louise Brush's yard---she lives about a mile down from me. Ivan broke out all her southern windows and trashed her house interior, so this is a small deal compared to that. None of her windows broke. She had plywood on them. Then a photo of a street a mile or so down towards Hwy 59 (G.S.), as you can see, the houses have water in the lower foors.
Next is the pool next door to me once the water receeded.
Shown here are some various photos. I drove to Orange Beach today and found several over turned trailers, one smashed by a crane, and a good bit of road errosion near the state park area. The streets are nearly deserted. I couldn't get on Beach Blvd in Gulf Shores today.
Thankfully, our Silver Beach condo in O.B. is a-ok and the pool was not destroyed. The newly replenished beach is not badly erroded either, so that is a huge blessing. We were down to almost no beach after Ivan.
Lake Shelby, in the State Park is out of it's banks and across the park area and up to the road. The little white fence was just put up around the picnic areas and along the boundry near the road.
But our problems are NOTHING compared to Gulfport. Moss Point, Pascagoula, Ocean Breeze, Pass Christian, and on into Louisiana.
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