Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov. |
Ok, so the big news in hurricane Adalia, which is supposed to be a major hurricane, which seems to be headed toward the Big Bend area of Florida. The first consideration is lives and property. We are hoping that it won't turn out as bad as predicted. The West Coast of Florida got hit BAD last year. Those people are not totally recovered yet. Hope for the best. As far as metal detecting, you know that there will be some new opportunities for detecting after a big event like that but think about the people that will be needing help first. It won't help our insurance industry either. And home insurance is already terribly expensive.
Here is how the Windy.com map looks for this morning. This view shows south winds along the Keys and southern end of Florida, however, the according to what I've been seeing the surf remains more from the east.
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| Windy.com View For This Morning. |
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| Source: SurfGuru.com |
It has been showing the wind as virtually nonexistent in the early morning hours. The surf direction being northeast, but hitting much of the Treasure Coast at 90 degrees.
I don't have a lot of experience with SurfGuru but presume it is very much like MagicSeaWeed that I used to use for many years. I'm eager to see how accurate SurfGuru proves to be.
Here is the surf chart from SurfGuru. You can see that the peak surf for the Treasure Coast is supposed to be Wednesday and Thursday. It shows a changing surf direction. There will be a period of southeast and then a period of northeast surf, if the chart is correct.
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| Source: SurfGuru.com. |
One thing Surf Gure that I don't care for is the tide chart, which doesn't give a scale to show the height. Here is what TidesChart.com shows for the same Vero Pier area.
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| Source: TidesChart.com. |
These look like some pretty high tides. Of course, you can check the charts for other areas.
In summary. I'm not expecting a lot of erosion for the Treasure Coast, and we have a lot of sand that needs to be moved. My concern is for the people that will be hit hard by Idalia.
By the way, from Windy.com I haven't been able to such strong winds as they are predicting from Idalia. Hopefully it won't be as bad as that.
I'll be studying to see what I can learn from this experience and the online resources.
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Here is an app to check out.
Coinsnap is an app that uses image recognition technology to identify coins. It can be used on an iPad or phone. I haven't tried it myself, but it sounds good and got pretty good reviews.
Here is what it is supposed to do.
- Identify any coins from around the world with a quick snap
- Give accurate identification results
- Identify rare coins and error coins
- Grade coins via photos
- Estimate the price of identified coins to understand the value of your coin
- Stay up to date with trendy coin collection series
- Record and store your collections right in the app
- Track the total value of all your coins
- High-resolution photography
And here is the link.
CoinSnap: Coin Identifier on the App Store (apple.com)
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Best wishes for all that will be impacted by the storm,
Treasureguide@comcast.net