Saturday, August 23, 2008
Puddle Jumping
Not that I'm trying to paint too rosy a picture about the recent storm, but at least there were some puddles for the kids to romp around in. Sam, Ani, and I headed out for some puddle jumping this morning, and we all had a great time. Somehow I managed to catch Annika in midair for one of the pictures. Enjoy.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Stormtrackers - Tropical Storm Fay
We've been silent on this end for awhile, and I think it's mostly due to how much we enjoy watching Pete's video of Samuel. Now that we've had our first tropical storm, it's probably time to bump Sam down the blog a bit. (At least until we catch him dancing again!)
This first picture is of the marsh that's between East Beach and the main part of the island. This spring we kayaked through a creek that winds somewhere underneath all the water. Usually this will look more like a field than a lake. Welcome to life at sea level.
This next picture is of the pier down in the village. Usually there is around 15-20 feet of room between the pier and the water. Today it looked like there were around 3 feet. Annika and I stopped by the beach to see what it was like, and I'm guessing the winds were around 35-40 mph, and the waves were coming in all the way to the dunes. Interestingly, we didn't have winds anywhere near that speed at our house, which is only 10 minutes away from the beach.
Finally, this last picture is of the street near our house. The spanish moss on the trees seems to fall pretty easily, and so every road on the island is covered with debris. Most of it is small, but we did see a couple of trees that were uprooted.
We're safe and sound here. Quite frankly, we've been through some thunderstorms that were more severe than Fay. I know that others were not nearly as fortunate as we have been, but we wanted to let you all know that life is wet and fine down here.
This first picture is of the marsh that's between East Beach and the main part of the island. This spring we kayaked through a creek that winds somewhere underneath all the water. Usually this will look more like a field than a lake. Welcome to life at sea level.
This next picture is of the pier down in the village. Usually there is around 15-20 feet of room between the pier and the water. Today it looked like there were around 3 feet. Annika and I stopped by the beach to see what it was like, and I'm guessing the winds were around 35-40 mph, and the waves were coming in all the way to the dunes. Interestingly, we didn't have winds anywhere near that speed at our house, which is only 10 minutes away from the beach.
Finally, this last picture is of the street near our house. The spanish moss on the trees seems to fall pretty easily, and so every road on the island is covered with debris. Most of it is small, but we did see a couple of trees that were uprooted.
We're safe and sound here. Quite frankly, we've been through some thunderstorms that were more severe than Fay. I know that others were not nearly as fortunate as we have been, but we wanted to let you all know that life is wet and fine down here.
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