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skier
06-14-2005, 02:51 PM
For those of you in the know, where did the sand get taken away to during Ivan and Arlene? Is it just offshore waiting for the tide to slowly bring it back ashore over time? Or is it gone for good and we have to wait for the lengthy process of sand reaccumulating from rivers, etc.? :confused: :confused:
kurt
06-14-2005, 03:16 PM
For those of you in the know, where did the sand get taken away to during Ivan and Arlene? Is it just offshore waiting for the tide to slowly bring it back ashore over time?

Yes, wave action brings the sand back onshore, and then the wind blows sand up into the dunes building them up.

The sand bars are very large right now. There is some movement of sand from east to west along the shore also, which is why some areas lose sand permanently and some gain.

I saw the first sand bar today off gulf trace and it was so big (about 12" underwater) waves were breaking on it.
Landlocked
06-14-2005, 03:17 PM
According to what I've learned here, most of the sand after ivan was pushed up to make dunes (beach scraping). And what was left, (very little) was sucked out back into the gulf by Arlene.
kurt
06-14-2005, 03:22 PM
According to what I've learned here, most of the sand after ivan was pushed up to make dunes (beach scraping). And what was left, (very little) was sucked out back into the gulf by Arlene.

Right - and some that was pushed up ended up back in the gulf also.

Remember that a lot of the beaches were looking good before and after the scraping as a result of the wave processes metioned above. Hopefully, it won't take long before we have a nice cover again. Small storms help. Let's hope we don't have any more biggies this year (or next or . . ).

There are plenty of areas right now that look good.
phdphay
06-14-2005, 05:48 PM
Yeah, this makes me very happy. :bang: It means that we freakin' paid our big-time tax dollars for sand that got washed away. I don't know about you, but I have other things I'd rather spend it on. Let nature take its course, as many tree-huggers begged for last fall, but I hadn't bought into. I've bought into it now. We've seen that beach scraping doesn't work. Plus, the beach scraping makes the beach look like heck, thank you very much, with all of that oozing black stuff.
Smiling JOe
06-14-2005, 05:53 PM
Yes, wave action brings the sand back onshore, and then the wind blows sand up into the dunes building them up.

The sand bars are very large right now. There is some movement of sand from east to west along the shore also, which is why some areas lose sand permanently and some gain.

I saw the first sand bar today off gulf trace and it was so big (about 12" underwater) waves were breaking on it.
http://sowal.com/bb/gallery/files/2/1/6/P6130005.JPG
You can see the waves breaking on the large sandbar in this photo which I took yesterday in Seaside.
kurt
06-14-2005, 05:54 PM
Were they tree huggers - or thoughtful, informed people?

Don't make me remove your gator head. :lol:
kurt
06-14-2005, 05:54 PM
You can see the waves breaking on the large sandbar in this photo which I took yesterday in Seaside.

:clap_1:
Landlocked
06-14-2005, 06:01 PM
That sandbar is nature making a statement. "Leave me be."
phdphay
06-14-2005, 08:27 PM
Were they tree huggers - or thoughtful, informed people?

Don't make me remove your gator head. :lol:
Informed people, Master Kurt, says Dr. Gator. I am still trying to contact experts on the subject because I am an academician. Even though my specialties are mathematics, computer science, food, and fun (hey, I graduated from the party schools, Tulane and *The* University of Florida), I want to be educated on this subject by my peers in academia.
phdphay
06-14-2005, 08:28 PM
Informed people, Master Kurt, says Dr. Gator. I am still trying to contact experts on the subject because I am an academician. Even though my specialties are mathematics, computer science, food, and fun (hey, I graduated from the party schools, Tulane and *The* University of Florida), I want to be educated on this subject by my peers in academia.
Power is a real buzz, isn't it? LOL.
phdphay
06-14-2005, 09:21 PM
Actually the sand is all in storage at my property off 30-A. I am selling it for a price that will pay for my child's undergraduate education and med school. JK (just kidding, in college-speak)! But then if my sister can pay $1.15 megabucks for a lot that sold for $200K two years ago, someone should be stupid enough to pay me for the sand at my price, that is, if I had it. :)
Bob
06-14-2005, 09:48 PM
Master Kurt, Master Kurt......where are you???? Academia???I thought it was macadamia...no no...it's macarena.......Heeeeeeeey MACARENA!!!!!
phdphay
06-14-2005, 10:17 PM
Master Kurt, Master Kurt......where are you???? Academia???I thought it was macadamia...no no...it's macarena.......Heeeeeeeey MACARENA!!!!!
Macarena! Déjà vu 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Love it! BTW I also love the movie "Napoleon Dynamite." Make yourself a dang quesadilla!
Bob
06-14-2005, 10:28 PM
I can't make a quesadilla until you bring me my chapstick!!!!! GROSSSSSSS!!!!
Smiling JOe
06-14-2005, 10:29 PM
That was a great movie. You guys are making me want to watch it again.
phdphay
06-14-2005, 11:08 PM
I can't make a quesadilla until you bring me my chapstick!!!!! GROSSSSSSS!!!!
But we're out of steaaaaak!
phdphay
06-14-2005, 11:11 PM
I can leave my tent up overnight, no matter what Smiling JOe says. I can do "whatever I feel like I wanna do. Gosh!" Right, Bob?
Beach Girl
06-15-2005, 09:02 AM
That's so funny that you guys all loved Napoleon! I thought my husband and I were the weird ones. My brother-in-law does a fanstastic Kip!!!! It's hilarious. We just got the movie on dvd this weekend. Hehehehe!!!!
GraytonBound
06-15-2005, 09:10 AM
OK, you got me....gotta get to Blockbuster.


Never seen the dang movie, gotta know what you're talking about now :cool:
phdphay
06-15-2005, 09:25 AM
Go to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374900/quotes for some great quotes from the movie.

Wish I could go do some sweet jumps.
GraytonBound
06-15-2005, 09:33 AM
Thanks, but I still think you gotta see it to get it......


Sounds fun :clap_1:
Beach Girl
06-15-2005, 03:14 PM
Grayton Bound...I must warn you...It's quite different. You will either love it or hate it. Don't judge us if you hate it. :)
Landlocked
06-15-2005, 03:17 PM
On the sand question, I wonder how much sand is lost each season due to the tourists taking it home on the floorboards of their cars :laughing1

I know I'm probably for about twenty pounds myself.
kathydwells
06-15-2005, 03:19 PM
On the sand question, I wonder how much sand is lost each season due to the tourists taking it home on the floorboards of their cars :laughing1

I know I'm probably for about twenty pounds myself.

:floor: :floor: :floor: Now that is funny...and I can sure relate!!!!!!!
GraytonBound
06-15-2005, 03:21 PM
:lolabove: Last year I was so sad to leave Grayton that I refused to vacuum out the car for weeks because it reminded me of the beach :floor:
kurt
06-15-2005, 03:22 PM
:lolabove: Last year I was so sad to leave Grayton that I refused to vacuum out the car for weeks because it reminded me of the beach :floor:

Yep. A nut. :lol:
kathydwells
06-15-2005, 03:22 PM
:lolabove: Last year I was so sad to leave Grayton that I refused to vacuum out the car for weeks because it reminded me of the beach :floor:

Hey Grayton, I still have sand in my van from last year!!! I have vacuumed it, but somehow, you never really get it all!!!!!:cool:
Smiling JOe
06-15-2005, 03:26 PM
The sand sticks around better than Velcro. Some say that once you live here, you never get the sand out of your shoes. I think this statement is as literal as it is figurative.
kathydwells
06-15-2005, 03:27 PM
Some say that once you live here, you never get the sand out of your shoes.

Or Your BED !!!!!!!
RiverOtter
06-15-2005, 03:30 PM
Or Your BED !!!!!!!

Or your shorts :blink:
kathydwells
06-15-2005, 03:30 PM
Or your shorts :blink:

OUCH!!!!!!!:blink:
RiverOtter
06-15-2005, 03:31 PM
OUCH!!!!!!!:blink:

You can say that again sister :biggrin:
kathydwells
06-15-2005, 03:33 PM
You can say that again sister :biggrin:

OUCH!!!!:blink: :D
GraytonBound
06-15-2005, 03:34 PM
Yep. A nut. :lol:



Ooooowwwww... you got me. :bang:

Good one Kurt :lol:
GraytonBound
06-15-2005, 03:35 PM
OUCH!!!!:blink: :D

:laughing1 :floor: :lolabove:
Landlocked
06-15-2005, 03:52 PM
Nothing quite like taking a nice 3 mile walk on the beach, and halfway, you get sand in your shorts. Long walk home. Kinda makes you walk funny
gotothebeachmom
06-15-2005, 04:53 PM
Nothing quite like taking a nice 3 mile walk on the beach, and halfway, you get sand in your shorts. Long walk home. Kinda makes you walk funny


Too bad Kurt isn't out looking for photo ops when that takes place! :lolabove:
That would be a sight!:floor:

Don't ya just hate when that happens?
Smiling JOe
06-15-2005, 05:16 PM
Nothing quite like taking a nice 3 mile walk on the beach, and halfway, you get sand in your shorts. Long walk home. Kinda makes you walk funny
That is why I wouldn't want to live in the back of WaterColor or Seacrest. I notice most beachgoers in WaterColor ride their rented bicycles in a funny way. I guess it is the sand in the shorts.
SoWalSally
06-15-2005, 05:21 PM
Or Your BED !!!!!!!

Sorry if I'm being to personal, but what do you know about sand in Smiling Joe's bed?
gotothebeachmom
06-15-2005, 05:23 PM
That is why I wouldn't want to live in the back of WaterColor or Seacrest. I notice most beachgoers in WaterColor ride their rented bicycles in a funny way. I guess it is the sand in the shorts.

That's why I know it's funny to watch. We are not in the back of Seacrest but far enough to have first hand experience.

It is kinda fun to sit on the deck in the late afternoon and watch the beachgoers return.:laughing1
GraytonBound
06-15-2005, 05:24 PM
Sorry if I'm being to personal, but what do you know about sand in Smiling Joe's bed?

:floor: :floor: :floor: :floor: :floor: :floor: :floor:
Smiling JOe
06-15-2005, 05:42 PM
Sorry if I'm being to personal, but what do you know about sand in Smiling Joe's bed?
Yes, please tell. What do you know about sand in my bed? :shock: :blink:
kathydwells
06-15-2005, 07:53 PM
Sorry if I'm being to personal, but what do you know about sand in Smiling Joe's bed?

Well actually I didn't necessarly mean HIS bed, just beds in general.:oops:

You Got me, Sally. :D
kathydwells
06-15-2005, 07:54 PM
Yes, please tell. What do you know about sand in my bed? :shock: :blink:

Joe, not YOUR bed, beds in general. :laughing1
kathydwells
06-15-2005, 07:55 PM
Oh Never Mind !!!!!! :) :) :)
Smiling JOe
06-15-2005, 08:26 PM
Oh Never Mind !!!!!! :) :) :)
It sounds as though you may be getting some sand in your own bed fairly soon. Good for you. Hope you have a splendid time.
seagrovelover
06-15-2005, 08:45 PM
:It sounds as though you may be getting some sand in your own bed fairly soon. Good for you. Hope you have a splendid time.
:floor: ............. :oops: ................ :floor:
Mike B.
06-16-2005, 02:57 PM
Am I old enough for this thread? :)

I've never had a problem going back to the condo or hotel after a day on the beach. How do people get so much sand in their shorts, and ultimately in their bed? ;)
kathydwells
06-16-2005, 03:01 PM
It sounds as though you may be getting some sand in your own bed fairly soon. Good for you. Hope you have a splendid time.

Thanks Joe, I intend to....sand or no sand. :wink:
kathydwells
06-16-2005, 03:03 PM
Am I old enough for this thread? :)

I've never had a problem going back to the condo or hotel after a day on the beach. How do people get so much sand in their shorts, and ultimately in their bed? ;)

You have to be real careful, it takes a special kind of person to do it.:D
Landlocked
06-16-2005, 03:26 PM
Mike,

When you have kids on the beach, it is not humanly possible not to get at least a pound of sand in your drawers.
Mike B.
06-16-2005, 03:52 PM
Ill have to watch myself then when I do have kids and I take them to the beach. Maybe Ill line my trunks with garbage bags! :)
Landlocked
06-16-2005, 03:55 PM
Ha ha. That probably wouldn't breathe too well.
Mike B.
06-16-2005, 04:01 PM
Ahh... Good thinking! What about teflon? Nothing sticks to teflon! Great, now I cant ever have kids! I guess Ill have no one to carry on the Breen name thanks to sand in the shorts!
Bob
06-16-2005, 09:12 PM
Go to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374900/quotes for some great quotes from the movie.

Wish I could go do some sweet jumps. You got like three feet of air that time! Can I try it really quick??????
Bob
06-16-2005, 09:15 PM
Or your shorts :blink: Gold Bond Medicated Powder. Available at a store near you.
phdphay
06-16-2005, 10:29 PM
We women know that all of the sand ends up in that little white lining in our swimsuit bottoms. Unfortunately, seaweed likes it there, too. GROSS!

OMG - I hear what you're thinkin'!
phdphay
06-16-2005, 10:34 PM
Gold Bond Medicated Powder. Available at a store near you.
Or Zim's Crack Cream? Actually one of my best friend's name is Zim - we occasionally tease him about that product.
hutch
06-16-2005, 11:18 PM
I am thinking with all of that salt, sand, and what ever ya'll might need some
"Boudreaux Butt Paste" for that rash. :floor:
Beach Girl
06-17-2005, 04:48 PM
This thread has gotten out of control. :) It's funny how our minds fall so far in the gutter from a little line such as...."Where did the sand go?" hehe
phdphay
06-20-2005, 02:40 PM
This thread has gotten out of control. :) It's funny how our minds fall so far in the gutter from a little line such as...."Where did the sand go?" hehe
You're so right - guilty as charged. As Austin Powers would say, "Oh, beHAVE!"