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I headed back up to S-Turns and Mirlo Beach this morning at sunrise. The crews had the road cleared from yesterday’s high tide. It was very quiet up there with only a few cars coming and going. There was one car in the ditch looked like they were trying to turn around when they found the ditch. The water was still coming up under many of the first houses Oceanside to the north of town. We will have to wait and see what happens at today’s high tide…

2010 November Nor’Easter Day 1
2010 November Nor’Easter Day 2
2009 November Nor’Easter/Ida

And the wind and waves arrive…
Before work I went up to S-Turns to see the ocean starting to rise and start over running the dunes as the tide was rising. Hwy 12 closed a little after 11am due to flooding and over wash. At lunch, I took a stroll up to S-Turn to see what was going on. I had a flashback to the November 2009 Ida Nor’Easter, with the water running up under the houses and the road covered in sand. The conditions were not quite as bad. The sand dunes were not leveled, but many severely eroded away and the tractors were busy trying to clear the sand and water for the cars stacked a mile or so back. I looks like we have a few more days of the strong winds and waves so stay tuned…