Life Under Water: Monterey Dunes Colony Update + hints of what is to come

 

A spectacular sun rise at the beach

Some damage at the beach, from the first big  storm

The warning came after the first big storm

Homeowners, 

An evacuation Warning has been issued for the Monterey Dunes Colony. A large amount of water is headed for the Salinas river mouth and has the potential to overrun the levy {sic} bank. If this occurs, the old Salinas River and the fields to our east can flood.  This could potentially cover Monterey Dunes Way where it crosses the Old Salinas River and close our only exit.  Water is not expected to flood the Colony itself, just the lowlying areas around us. This is not an Evacuation ORDER at this time, but please prepare yourself if you have to leave quickly. The risk is serious enough that the Monterey County Sherriffs office has placed four National Guardsmen and two high water vehicles at the clubhouse. We are ready to go door-to-door if the order is given. 

The boardwalk is moved around after the first big incursion/breach occurred

The planting in late November is doing well

The barriers are being put back out in mid January

The boardwalk is strewn all over the dunes. The shot below shows in the background how the waves moved sand into the lagoon to the south of MDC. There is a video  of the surge going over the foredunes of the lagoon and crashing into the back side...with force! THB may be able to post it after the upcoming trip

In this pic below you can see how sand was washed right up to these units. Several units had water touch the foundations - no damage - and the covers were swept off the septic tanks at the south end, again with no damage

The  breach shows as these fore-dunes flooded

Deer are great swimmers, not clear where this lone ranger came from

Mid-January THB and DB installed another floor cloth by Patty Dreher:

Also mid-January, the twins during a break in the weather to visit their local park: THE SUN is out!!!!!!!!!!

Earlier the same the day Mt Diablo had a sprinkling of snow, the sunshine today just left it green

Across the street from Loft the rain has has helped with the growth of mushrooms; are orange ones edible?

And lastly: pics of pics