No trip to the tropics during hurricane season is complete without almost having to deal with a hurricane. \u00a0Ours included. \u00a0Hurricane Omar moved through the area around 200 miles from St. Lucia while we were there. \u00a0Since it was rainy season while we were there and there was rain everyday anyway, few people even noticed. \u00a0The effect if had on our tiny little island was nothing more than large waves thankfully. \u00a0<\/p>\n
At the edge of our resort and just past the massive pool is a large stone wall with convenient stairs going down to the beach at random intervals. \u00a0When the seas were normal and happy, water never made it anywhere near that wall. \u00a0In fact in most places there were 20 to 70 feet of beach. \u00a0During the time when Omar was exerting its climatological influences the waves were actually around eight feet tall and were hitting the stone wall with enough force to throw salty mist at people in the pool. \u00a0<\/p>\n
After a few hours of pounding waves the worst was over and the seas began to slip away back to their original position several yards from the wall. \u00a0The damage was done however. \u00a0The beach was effectively gone. \u00a0In its place was an impressive collection of rocks of all shapes and sizes and almost no sand at all. \u00a0The last step down to the beach from one of the sets of stairs was now slightly over three feet tall instead of the previous size of about a normal step. \u00a0Thankfully the ocean happily works itself out, and in so doing works things back to the way they are supposed to be. \u00a0Several days after the waves subsided, normal waves slowly dragged sand that had been churned up back to the beach and deposited it gently back over the rocks occasionally grabbing a rock and dragging it back out to sea as it left. \u00a0<\/p>\n
At the end of the day it was very cool to see larger waves than are available anywhere in the northeast and I’m glad they weren’t any more dangerous than mere photo opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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