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84.
21 Dec. Winds calmed down to 50 mph.
No flight to Ken. Sporadic squalls,
fog & rain!!
Jim & I walk the beach from BOO
to Pickett Jet - from Pickett to Frigate
Pt is closed. The surf must really have
come up; as waves washed over close to
1000 yds of runway, covered rifle
range, & flooded into woods behind
cam dings. What a mess. All goonies
on Pickett Pt gone - many abandoned
nests on rifle range, where blowing
sand has covered in some places to a
depth of 4' or 5'. Found 2 fish balls
up on the rifle range in a
long pile of debris. More trees downed.
It is very hard to estimate egg
loss, as most eggs are buried under
driftig sand & I have no count of nests
before storm, but both Jim & I figure
500 nests lost along beaches &
exposed areas with blowing sand.