Took a ride around Cape May County today stopping in Cape May again where sand removal is pretty far along except at the North end by Poverty Beach where there is still a lot of sand to be moved back onto the beach but they are making progress. It was nice to see another fellow gardener property was windblown but not flooded.
Next, I went up to Reed's Beach where I heard the damage was some of the worst along the bay. This is certainly true with houses on the South end in pretty bad shape and one totally gone. Friends from work lived on Reed's Beach for a year but moved about 16 months ago into Courthouse. The house they rented in was broken into apts and they rented on the second floor. Also renting in the same house every year are the scientists who moniter the progress of the Red Knots and Horseshoe crabs. This house substained major damage with the second floor collasping down onto the first and the first floor missing structure. All of the houses that had peirs are missing them. Also the bulkheads have been destroyed. It really is very sad to see.
Then I drove over to the Marina area of North Wildwood to check on a friends house who winters 2000 miles away. She had water in a storage area but according to neighbors it didn't breech the garage and doesn't smell at all. That is great for her.
Lastly, I made a stop in Stone Harbor at the South end by the Point. It has sustained much beach erosion and loss of sand from the dunes but the dunes did protect from flooding in the area. This area is an important nesting area for Piping Plovers, American Oystercatchers and some species of terns. I beleive that the Black Skimmer has also nested here in the past.
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