Monday, September 8, 2008

Hanna Was Here


Well, it certainly wasn't the devastation folks see in the Gulf States, but it was pretty messy around here. Hanna showed up Saturday night around 10:00pm and dumped 7.8" of rain on us overnight -- all night long. She stopped around 8:00 or so Sunday morning, but I was too busy to go and survey the damage first-hand. Today, however, my boss and I went around the park looking at her work. This is a bridge in the Sieur de Monts area of the park, where the water decided it didn't want to make the turn in the creek and decided to take the bridge instead. This wasn't the worst of it, though.


This is our pride and joy for this season, the Schooner Head Path -- or what's left of it. The crew has spent the entire first four months of our season putting in this path, and Hanna takes it out in a half a day. We learned a lot about drainage issues and how to prevent them from this little exercise. There was also destruction on Ocean Path and a number of others, but this is all I have right now. Anyway, I just wanted to give you a look-see.