You Know Things Are Serious When…

Posted on October 28, 2012 | 10 Comments

Public Works builds an enormous berm at Compo Beach…

…and Elvira’s battens down the hatches.

(Photos courtesy of Elvira’s Deli)

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10 responses to “You Know Things Are Serious When…”

  1. Ed | October 28, 2012 at 8:39 pm |

    Just drove by the beach and it is eerily quiet. Most houses dark with residents evacuated. Sandbags up all over driveway entrances. Very odd environment.

  2. Ellen | October 28, 2012 at 8:44 pm |

    Let’s just hope their is more hype and hope,than hurricane!

  3. Hissy | October 28, 2012 at 9:23 pm |

    How does the Town tear up the entire beach without concern for wetlands conservation? I can’t drop a leaf in my wetlands without someone having a hissy-fit. This is just one more example of the Town putting heavier restrictions on private property owners than on town-owned properties.

  4. Jacob | October 28, 2012 at 9:53 pm |

    How dare they tear up those beautiful dunes? Oh wait, we dont have any dunes. They just pushed around some sand to protect lives and property. Sounds more than reasonable.

    • Hissy | October 29, 2012 at 7:34 am |

      It is also more than reasonable for me to create berms in my wetlands to protect my life and my property. But I would get all kinds of wetland conservation violations/fines from the folks at Town Hall.

  5. Jack Whittle | October 28, 2012 at 10:29 pm |

    I can’t help but be impressed with the big berm they built at Compo. I also can’t help but realize that a storm surge brings the water up all around, in the harbor and up the river – we’ll see if the berm at the beach helps, but it is pretty awesome.

  6. Jebby40@aol.com | October 28, 2012 at 10:38 pm |

    Was at the beach and the water was at the base of the sand hill built today by Kowaski Brothers.. Took a picture but it was way to dark… Jeb Backus

  7. Sven Davidson | October 29, 2012 at 8:41 am |

    Sunday afternoon around 1:30 at Compo Beach. Two guys with pickup truck filling sandbags at the westernmost edgo of South Beach. Several people nearby watching. I drove by in my car, but what they were doing didn’t register with me until I’d already driven out of Compo. Angry with myself and ashamed that I didn’t go back and challenge them about taking sand from the beach when the Town had offered sand at the Transfer Station.

    • Hissy | October 29, 2012 at 12:55 pm |

      The town ran out of sand yesterday at the transfer station. They still had bags and were advising people to fill them at the beach.

  8. Ben Wilder | October 29, 2012 at 11:11 am |

    everyone be safe. Sorry to have sent our Florida weather to you.