On the way home from St. Augustine we came down A1A…it was a stormy day and there was no hurry. It is always such a nice drive along the beach even on a rainy day. I expected to see some of the areas of A1A that had been repaired after last year’s Hurricane Matthew washed it away. I was anxious to ride by and see if my favorite Flagler Beach “haunts” are still there. There had been no reports of A1A damage from Irma although I was sure there might be some but not like Matthew, which was not that surprising since that storm came from another direction. But there was damage and unbelievable beach erosion south of Flagler. All of the seawall and all of the dunes have been flattened….This was high tide, and the water was so close to the road A1A! In all of the years of driving this road…I have never seen anything like this. It was heartbreaking. The waters rise....everything changes, I just did not expect this much….
"Waters of Babylon" Don McLean
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