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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov. |
Francine, which can be seen above on the NHC map, is a tropical storm, but could hit Louisiana as a hurricane.
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov |
You can see the predicted track above.
Not long ago, I mentioned the treasures of Padre Island, which will undoubtedly be affected.
Beow are two additonal links about that.
The Outer Banks of North Carolina, another good location for beach treasures is being eroded.
High surf knocked down the dunes along the North Carolina Outer Banks Sunday afternoon, covering the main highway at the coast with water and sand...Here is the link for more about that.
Outer Banks surf washes away Pea Island dunes, flooding highway (msn.com)
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A group of multi-millionaire homeowners in Florida are fighting to protect their exclusive access to some of the state's most scenic beaches from tourists.Residents in Walton County are attempting to keep off visitors from their private beaches as a growing number of tourists argue that their property rights are unfair.
The county which boasts 26 miles of crystal blue water coastline and 16 beachside communities has become a vacation hotspot in the past few years.
Last year, the county hosted over 2.3 million tourists and counting and about 1.3 million people visited this spring.
But as popularity increases, longtime beachgoers argue that public access area has become extremely crowded over the years...
Here is the link.
Multi-millionaire locals fight to keep crowds off private beaches (msn.com)
That conflict between beach-front homeowners is a common conflict.
Terms like mean high tide line that are often misunderstood and come into play. I've had a few encounters hotel or resort owners over the years and in one case a state park and in one case a security guard that seemed to think I was parking in a handicapped space when the lot was covered with sand.
If you have a question, you can call the officials and get the straight scoop. I've found that very helpful in the past.
There was a beach front club that said I couldn't detect on the beach in front of the club. The officials told me I had a right to detect back to the erosion control markers, which was back by the dunes and way farther back than I wanted to go. I was interested in the water, which they absolutely had no right to restrict.
Access to our Treasure Boast beaches is generally very good. Closures for renourishment and beach access repairs are the most common restrictions.
The main problem we have is when the beaches are closed when there are storms. That hasn't been much of a problem lately because we haven't had any big storms.
I do hate when the close the beach parks and accesses for storms when it does not seem to be at all necessary.
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Which is the obverse and which is the reverse of a coin? That usually seems simple enough, but it gets more complicated than you might think.
In ancient times the obverse was the die that was set in the anvil. That makes it easy enough.
But things were made more complex when the subject depicted became more of a determinant. The Romans decided that the portrait of the emperor was on the obverse.
The Spanish, by convention of law, when the king's portrait was not used, the side bearing the name and arms of Spain would be the obverse. Mexico designated the side bearing the name of the country and national coat of arms and as the obverse.
The United States convention is that the side with the person's head is the obverse - thus heads. The tails side was originally most often the eagle.
Source: Counterfeit Portrait Eight-Reales: The Un-real Reales, by Robert Gurney.
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