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Greencay
WHERE IS THE FLAGPOLE?
January 16 2017 06:33
THE OB web cam has always had the Orient Beach flag waving in the wind. Last week the flag was gone and now the pole is missing. What happened?
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thesimpsons
January 16 2017 09:02
I read on another site that the sand eroded from three sides of the base and it was removed for safety purposes.
The Simpsons
sxmlover
January 16 2017 12:16
Yes, exactly. Hopefully the Perch isn't the next to "go".
igor
January 16 2017 13:20
speaking of the flag pole... is the webcam down again? i miss my daily st martin warmth fix!
sxmlover
January 16 2017 16:33
No,it's still operational. Not much to see but water. Everything is getting washed away, but still better than what I see looking out of my window.
sxmAl
January 16 2017 16:37
Yep, flagpool is gone. The footings for the beach side steps were undermined last week and are no longer useable. The fence on the high ground between perch and taxi area is gone, too.
OntarioBoater
January 16 2017 19:23
So, we've only been visiting OB for five years, but what are people attributing the water rise to? Over the years on the forum people have talked about the and coming and going of the sand, but nothing like the conversations going on now. Is it water rise from global warming? I haven't seen any information yet regarding water rise and the Caribbean islands.
SXM-Beachlover
January 17 2017 11:00
Normally the sand leaves in the summer and returns in the winter. It is not returning like it used to in years past. Today it looks like a lot of seaweed has showed up at waters edge.
Horace
January 17 2017 13:08
The beach has been dramatically smaller since I first visited in the 90s for a long time. The worst beach erosion is in front of Papgayos and the Perch. Both are build on top of the dunes. In Texas, where I live, building on the sand dunes has been illegal for 30 years, because of what happens during hurricanes. I've also heard it theorized that the reef that protects Club Orient from big waves is crumbling. Very sad.
sxmAl
January 20 2017 20:34
This morning the CO crew moved sand in front of and under the front steps of the Perch. So for now the Perch is safe and open as usual. There is more seaweed on the beach than normal, but the seaweed does catch sand as it's wash in. Yesterday the CO crew was piling seaweed along the beach between the Perch and taxi area to protect the high inland sand.
sxmAl
January 20 2017 20:41
I had read previously that the last hurricane damaged the reef across from CO. Maybe this changed the water and sand movement.
pkwx
January 25 2017 17:57
A contributing factor is the wall CO put in place at Papagayos after the hurricane. It appears to have changed the current. Whenever walls are added at the beach bad things happen.
sail2beach
January 26 2017 09:00
C.O. webcam shows the flagpole and flag being reinstalled!