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I drove up to Park East today to check on our last sea turtle nest and was shocked at the amount of beach erosion I saw! Several more feet had washed away just in the past week.
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I knew that winds were extremely high while I was gone. I saw Gulf Breeze personal weather station reports online which showed some gusts had gotten close to 40 mph.
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Our poor little nest which had already gone through so much was covered once again with 2 to 3 feet of sand. Rangers have obviously been diligent to dig it out each time. We can only hope some will survive.
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Excellent clouds. And yes, when its windy, and when you leave town for a couple of days, the dunes will play tricks on you and change locations. Maybe not that much, but a sand dune beach is topography in motion.
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