Surf Check: Duxbury Beach/Rexhame

A minor nor'easter blew through today. Tides were astronomically low and no damage occurred, but we still got out and took some pics for you.

While it wasn't a flood tide, there was enough of a storm surge to top off Duxbury's Great Salt Marsh.

We got soaked a few times once we got to the beach.

This was a weak storm, minor splashover. The seawall repairs were never in danger.

You can hide from the rain and wind behind houses when the winds are from the North, which is why some of these shots are set back from the seawall a bit.

"Minor" splashover is a relative term, tied directly to whether it is your property or not.

One more pic, then off to Rexhame.

Sexy Rexy was about the same as Duxbury.

I had a nice concrete stairway to hide behind.

South Shore Surf Check: Hurricane Dorian

Hurricane Dorian was south of Nantucket, but close enough for fringe effects like rain, wind and rough surf. 

We got out early (6:47 AM high tide) to see what was what.

We started off in Duxbury, because things tend to get wrecked there. I don't know who planned their wedding for today (see video below), but I wish them all the best.

Duxbury was saved some damage by A) an astronomically low tide, and B) the timing/placement of the storm and high tide.

If you leave your stairs up for even the fringes of a hurricane, you sort of deserve this...

I tore down this backboard with a 360 tomahawk, then we were off to Marsh Vegas.

Sorry about the blurry tower, but the wind was gusting with some tropical storm force.

No surfers were out, and we went to ten beaches between this article and the Cape Cod one, so we would know. This was rough, choppy surf, the slow rollers will arrive later.

Rexhame is where the North River used to empty before her course was altered during the Portland Gale.

Off to Plymouth we go, a bit past high tide...

Off to Cape Cod...

Hurricane Inundation Maps: Marshfield

The maps are a bit blurry, because they download poorly and we were forced to take pictures of the monitor.

They work like this...

Any area that is colored in means that inundation is possible during a hurricane. FEMA estimates as to what hurricane intensity would be needed to flood certain spots are shown by color differencs.

Light green = Category 1

Dark green = Category 2

Yellow = Category 3

Red = Category 4

Click on the map to zoom in.