Tuesday December 6th 2016

The big event of the day was the rain. This morning was a fine day. The sun was out and the temperature was up in the high 70s. As the morning progressed the wind got very gusty and the sky to the northwest was darkening. It was clear that storms were coming.

In the early afternoon the front arrived. Over the next 3 hours line after line of storms brought heavy rain and strong winds. Some of the storms had thunder and lightning, but the rain was the main event. The sound on the RV’s roof was a continuous roar. It was so loud I couldn’t turn the TV volume up high enough to hear clearly. The roads and low areas of the campground developed pools of standing water.

Some of the weather reporting stations in this area haven’t had measurable rain since the hurricane passed through in early October. It has been one of the driest Novembers for the region. The area was in need of rain, but this probably was too much too quickly. The evening news reported some areas got around an inch of rain from the front that passed through.

I think the workers here at Jetty Park deserve the credit or blame for the rain. This morning a shipment of roofing supplies arrived. Shortly before the rain began they started working on the bathhouse roof. When the rain started they had the shingles stripped off one side and several sheets of plywood decking removed. They had quite a scramble to cover things up and get off the roof before the lightning arrived.

A new pose for an old friend

Hopping from rock to rock

The storm front had passed before sunset. I took my late afternoon walk around the park and over to the beach. Naturally, there were not a lot of people around but it was a nice late afternoon. The usual birds were out in their usual places. I’m convinced I’ve taken one Blue Heron’s picture 50 times already. It isn’t overly concerned with people and you can get within a few feet of it before it will run, not fly, away.