Ike's Beach 091208

Even though we are more than 200 miles away from its center, hurricane Ike came in and took over our beach which had already been closed due to Gustav. The white sand normally stretches out a couple of hundred feet from the seawall. This morning the waves had smothered the beach and were hitting the low sea wall, splashing over onto the highway. Winds gusts were easily over 40mph.

We watched a pelican flying low over the raging waters. A large wave reached up and pulled him into the water. We did not see what happened to him after. Ron said he was likely okay as pelicans are strong swimmers. I hope so.

Here is a video clip of our morning walk. You can see the pier that was first wrecked by Katrina in the background.

If it's like this here, I hate to think what it's like on the Louisiana and Texas coasts. It's going to be a very long day.