Hurricane Earl....part 1

Alright now.......I went to the beach

today around noon. The great parking spot

kinda foreshadowed what I found: very rough

water, big waves, bad ass rip. Red Flag

Day. Not a whole lot of folks on the

beach (though there were a few...).

Other than that, it was beautiful out

there. The water is still very warm

and clear for the most part. It may

be hard to tell from the pictures, but

the waves were huge (by Carolina Beach

standards) and the water was washing up

(very noticeably) higher than normal.

I stayed about 2 hours and as I was

leaving, the life guards were instructing

everyone to get out of the water.

I hope to get back out again, tomorrow,

after work.....things should be impressive

considering what I found today and, also,

considering Earl isn't that close yet....

Enjoy the pictures......click to enlarge...

The above picture shows best the scale

of the waves versus people while the

below shows someone who doesn't

seem to mind at all.....

...until next time......