house monitoring

[Paula]

If SJ leaves, we'll get the hint and leave too!! However, if you live on the east end of 30A, I'll do what I can. Follow SJ's instructions about posting your info. I'll try to get photos this time. Thanks.

Thanks, Camp Creek Kid. Those of us from the Cottages at Camp Creek would love to hear how the community, the pool, the beach, and our new steps to the beach held up! You're wonderful, as is Smiling Joe and everyone else who looks out for other people's property. THANKS!

 

[ksherman]

SailawayatSeagrove
77 Majestica Circle
Off of 30-A
Gated community; white 3-story house that sits behind 2 beach front houses (peach and blue/green). The 2 beachfront homes suffered quite a bit of undermining back in July.

 

[Barefootin]

yes, at the end of the street on the left. Our house is the blue one in the far SE corner of the sub

 

[Kurt]

I didn't look at any specific houses on this list but everyone should be OK. Even the houses that were in trouble after Dennis didn't get any more damage that I could see.

For instance - the water was under the houses in Gulf Trace again but they are no worse off. In Seagrove, Blue Mountain, etc. everything is pretty much the same as after Dennis. A lot of the sand that was piled against the dune cliffs is still in place.

Abaco is fine as the water in Western Lake didn't get as high as during Dennis.

 

[pgurney]

I am on Pelican Circle. Everything looks good. There's no damage that I've seen anywhere in the neighborhood. Walkover is still there and doesn't look to be going anywhere - it may have actually gotten buried a little bit more due to scraped sand. Some of the scraped sand pushed against the dunes is also still there. The two folks that shored their dunes up with additional sand still have some of that sand left, so I think they should be okay at the end of Katrina. However, they may need more sand if another one comes through. I haven't been able to see the beach yet due to water level and foam.

All's well on Pelican Circle, Cheers.

18 Buddy Street, Santa Rosa Beach, Blue with tin roof, a stone throw from Goatfeathers

34 Clarion Street, Whites Gulfview, Green with brown shingle roof, right on 30A

194 Pelican Circle, Blue with tin roof

 

[SMB71]

Could you check on Lucky Oasis on San Roy Ave by Eastern Lake. It's a salmon colored 3-story home. I think there are 3 houses on the street and it's the one in the middle. Also, if anyone has pictures of the beach around there my family would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

 

[SlowMovin]

I just got back from a fairly exhaustive survey from Rosemary to Ed Walline. I'm not going to discuss each property individually, because I saw no obvious, external damage anywhere. This does not mean there may not be leaking roofs, or damage to the back of a house that I could not see from the front, etc., but everything looked good.

One building at Beachside Villas lost a small amount of siding, but nothing serious.

All beach walkways I saw that were already re-built or under construction looked the same as they had before Katrina.

As for sand--it appeared that in most areas there was an overall gain. From Seacrest to Ed Walline everywhere I looked the sand looked better. The only exception was some of the trucked-in piles which had not yet been pushed around--some of those were a little smaller. The surf was still high, though, but the waves were breaking offshore. My guess is that when the surf first started picking up over the weekend, it washed some of the loose piles out and built up the sandbars to a level higher than they would normally be. This caused the waves to break on them instead of on the beach or against the dunes, so that they rolled in more easily...bringing some of the sand back with them and re-distributing it.

There were a couple of exceptions--the area directly behind Seagrove Dunes appeared to have lost sand overall, but the beach was still usable and the walkover was still intact.

I did not look much at Grayton (I think Smiling Joe's got that more than adequately covered) and only gave Seaside a cursory glance. I was mostly focusing on Seagrove, Eastern Lake and Seacrest. All in all, we've (again) dodged a big ol' bullet here. Let's hope this luck holds. September begins tomorrow, then we still have October and then we've only got eight months until the '06 season begins. But for now we've got a lot to be thankful for.

Those of us who own rental property might want to consider converting them to long-term for awhile and reducing rents. People from New Orleans, Gulfport, Biloxi, etc. may not be able to get back in their homes for months--if at all. It could just as easily have been us showing up there.

 

[Smiling JOe]

...My guess is that when the surf first started picking up over the weekend, it washed some of the loose piles out and built up the sandbars to a level higher than they would normally be. This caused the waves to break on them instead of on the beach or against the dunes, so that they rolled in more easily...bringing some of the sand back with them and re-distributing it.
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I think that is a fair assessment. I have not stopped to think about the why yet, but I know the sandbars were much larger after Arlene and Dennis. The waves never pounded the beaches in this area during Katrina. They were definitely breaking hard beginning at the second sandbar. I, too, think that could be what saved us this time. Great observation. Anyone else have any ideas on this subject? Reading your opinions helps to gain understanding.

 

[Kurt]

I would agree that if it is shallower farther out than normal the waves would break farther out and lose energy. The key though was the relatively small amount of surge.