Photos - Hurricane Katrina landfall

[kurt]

Here are some photos from today.

http://www.sowal.com/photos-082905.html

http://www.sowal.com/050829-katrina-016.jpg

[ktschris]

Kurt those are amazing. I guess those guys wern't picking up the sand bags in the before photo?

[Fanceenan]

Kurt, We are owners at BM Villas Condos, the building that has not been so badly undermined. Thank you so much for the pictures! It is difficult to see the damage, but it is much better than we expected. Thank you for the service you are providing!! We'll be there this weekend to help with the cleanup!

[ladybug8876]

Some of those waves are pretty scary :shock:

[ladybug8876]

Also besides the scary waves, GREAT Pictures :clap_1: Good work as always keeping us informed.

[Moondance]

Here are some photos from today.

http://www.sowal.com/photos-082905.html


Kurt, any idea how well the geo dunes held up?? It appears in the photo they were OK, but I noticed the water working behing the "dunes," possibly creating a washout condition on the property side of the dunes (parallel to the beach). Did you see any of that? Just curious.

We REALLY appreciate the info and visuals !! :clap_1:

[Smiling JOe]

Kurt, any idea how well the geo dunes held up?? It appears in the photo they were OK, but I noticed the water working behing the "dunes," possibly creating a washout condition on the property side of the dunes (parallel to the beach). Did you see any of that? Just curious.

We REALLY appreciate the info and visuals !! :clap_1:

Actually, the geodune appears to have trapped some sand behind it. Lee Perry fared well this time. Compare it to the before picture and I think you can see the all of the imported sand almost covered it. However, with a closer hit, I think that geodune would be history.

[Moondance]

Actually, the geodune appears to have trapped some sand behind it. Lee Perry fared well this time. Compare it to the before picture and I think you can see the all of the imported sand almost covered it. However, with a closer hit, I think that geodune would be history.Agreed. Thanks for the info.

Any thoughts yet about whether overall sand deposits were "net negative," "net positive" or neutral??

[Smiling JOe]

Agreed. Thanks for the info.

Any thoughts yet about whether overall sand deposits were "net negative," "net positive" or neutral??

Still too early to tell, and that answer could vary greatly depending on many things. Will also be difficult to compare with all of the imported sand being placed in piles instead of being spread like it is now. Most piles have settled nicely. It is early, but my guess is that we may have more sand on the beaches, and I do not attribute it to the least to the scraping.

[Moondance]

Still too early to tell, and that answer could vary greatly depending on many things. Will also be difficult to compare with all of the imported sand being placed in piles instead of being spread like it is now. Most piles have settled nicely. It is early, but my guess is that we may have more sand on the beaches, and I do not attribute it to the least to the scraping.Agreed again (I'm easy...). I just saw CCK's post on another thread, posted here for general info:

I'm happy to report that everything looks fine on the beach. In fact, I agree with Smiling JOe--it appears that there is actually MORE sand on the beaches. The private beach access that the Cottages at Camp Creek shares with the neighboring streets is intact and very sturdy. All of the walkovers that were rebuilt after Dennis are in great shape. There is no debris of any kind on the beach--just lots and lots of foam.

The small piles of sand from scraping that are along the dune line are still there there doesn't appear to be any significant dune erosion at all. The bottom step of our access is almost covered with sand whereas yesterday at about 6 p.m. it had a six-inch drop.

There was a house that had trucked in sand and last night I was sure that all of that sand would be washed away. I was surprised to see that the new sand was still there and there was very little erosion to it.

All-in-all as far as I can tell, the beaches faired well and there was no property damage. Everyone rest easy about SoWal and lets concentrate on doing what we can to help our neighbors in NOLA, Biloxi, and Mobile. I would recommend that you NOT come down to check on your properties. Lets keep the roads open for the evacuees to get back to their homes. Everything here is suprisingly fine.

[seagrovelover]

Kurt, After looking at those pictures it's just amazing to me how something so destructive can be so beautiful........I'm in awe ;-)

[margareteileen]

Hey - thanks for the info and the pix. Seacrest seems to have held its own in spite of high winds and waves. I thought for sure we were going to have to replace our walkover one more time!

Silly people putting pine straw bales and extra sand of sorts on the beach down here - wasted their time and money. Sorry for them.

Glad we all came through this fairly okay. Seacrest didn't gain any sand at all. What's up with the helicopters cruisin' and lighting up the wave action this evening.

Happy to report that the river is holding its own as well. Now we just have to see if any trees are going to fall on our other place once the ground gets wet.

Keep up the good work.

[Smiling JOe]

... What's up with the helicopters cruisin' and lighting up the wave action this evening. ...

Not sure, but I know that Tyndall AFB (Panama City)was sending helicopters to the MS & LA area for search and rescue when the winds allowed. Perhaps they are on their way.