Posted By: Larry
Isabel hits Concord Point - 09/23/03 03:54 AM
A large storm surge combined with high tide wrecked havoc upon much of the Chesapeake Bay shoreline. Havre de Grace was no exception. We rode up to HdeG on Friday afternoon, actually after the water had receeded somewhat.
When we got there, the lighthouse was on dry land, but a man told me that the water was up around the base earlier in the day. The next morning in the bagel shop near my home, I heard a man telling the girl at the counter that "the water was half-way up the lighthouse!" Hmmmmm....
And I imagine the recently restored keeper's house will need some more restoring (notice the water line above where the water is):
And remember the Promanade, the really nice boardwalk along the waterfront? Well, that's what it is now, a memory:
All that's left, right in front of the decoy museum (it was over a quarter mile long):
The pilings are still there, so perhaps rebuilding will be a little easier, but the damage estimates for the Promanade alone are $2.5 - 3.0 million.
When we got there, the lighthouse was on dry land, but a man told me that the water was up around the base earlier in the day. The next morning in the bagel shop near my home, I heard a man telling the girl at the counter that "the water was half-way up the lighthouse!" Hmmmmm....
And I imagine the recently restored keeper's house will need some more restoring (notice the water line above where the water is):
And remember the Promanade, the really nice boardwalk along the waterfront? Well, that's what it is now, a memory:
All that's left, right in front of the decoy museum (it was over a quarter mile long):
The pilings are still there, so perhaps rebuilding will be a little easier, but the damage estimates for the Promanade alone are $2.5 - 3.0 million.