There is no more "shoreline" at Shoreline Park this morning! Tropical Storm Ida blew in overnight, and the storm surge has pushed the waters of Santa Rosa Sound up over the beach and into the parking lot.
Palm trees, bicycles, flip flops, pelicans, skateboards, fishing boats and dolphins... this small peninsula town of almost 6,000 residents wedged between Pensacola Bay and the Gulf of Mexico is defined by salt water and live oaks, sand and sun, and the occasional hurricane. The landscape shaped - then re-shaped - by storms past... the ocean, sound and bay offering a visual feast of color and motion that is never the same from one day to the next. For most, Gulf Breeze is a place to pass through on the way to somewhere else, and for them, the unique character of this town and its people goes unnoticed...
Wow, was it safe to be out? I see the trees blowing in the pictures!
ReplyDeleteWell, so much for a day at the beach...
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Everyone everywhere is just so thankful that it downgraded to a TS and didn't do more damage.
ReplyDeleteGlad you're safe (and can return soon to regular pix of your gorgeous part of the state!!)
This is amazing for the rest of us to see up close and personal the effects of the storm. Thank you so much for posting these. Be careful down there.
ReplyDeleteFrankly, I think the parking lot looks a lot better covered with water, LOL!
ReplyDeleteYou mean you didn't get the shot of the boat capsized! This means I have first dibs?