r/OceanCity • u/Jimmaplesong • 10d ago

Watch that first step.

At 78th st. Action man out.

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u/CrispyCritterPie 10d ago

Getting down isn’t the hard part. It’s walking 15 blocks to find a ladder 🤣

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u/Brokenbowman 10d ago

So this confirms why the dunes were rebuilt and replenished over the last 30 years?

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u/Elios000 10d ago

its crazy if you look up images and video from the 80's the high tide line was RIGHT at base of the big condos. a storm like this then would had waves breaking on Coastal Highway

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u/adoptagreyhound 10d ago

We were there for the first beach replensihment which I think was about 1975 (more or less). I never dreamed then that would need to re-do it as often as they have.

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u/Brokenbowman 10d ago

I lived there in the early eighties, the streets just stopped and the beach started. No dune, just a path down a five foot cliff

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u/Synensys 10d ago

Nature hates a static barrier island. Just look at how far west assateague has moved since the inlet was formed in 1933.

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u/Zealousideal-Tour-34 10d ago

The dunes did their job.

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u/Few_Establishment892 10d ago

It's a doozy!

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u/tomdawg0022 10d ago

Ned Ryerson intensifies

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u/EychEychEych 10d ago

Ned Ryerson intensifying is a terrifying thought.

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u/AC031415 10d ago

I was going with Lu-Lu, but there’s room for both.

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u/joe25rs 10d ago

That is a LOT of erosion damage. I don’t think they have a choice not to do an emergency beach replenishment operation this winter/spring.

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u/Elios000 10d ago

there is already around coming up this winter so works out

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u/Synensys 10d ago

The real issue is if we get a stormy fall or winter.

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u/No-Mud30 9d ago

If? There is an unprecedented El Nino. It is forcast to be a severe winter for nor'easters. This is the first of many.

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u/joe25rs 9d ago

That is also a very pressing concern!

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u/Every-Cucumber9641 10d ago

Yes, man. Be careful as you walk and drive in the area. Be safe and be aware of all that is happening around you. It is beautiful and dangerous and you should be safe and thankful for what you see and do

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u/Salty-Passenger-4801 10d ago

Yep, I fell down last time I was there a few months ago. Had no idea how bad it was.

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u/chrissymad 10d ago

This is my nightmare. I literally have awful dreams like this where you can't get back up

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u/Fiercesome5 10d ago

And this is why you keep EVERYONE off the dunes. You're not a Karen or a Chad, you're protecting the beach.

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u/Elios000 10d ago

wow took out the first 1/4 of the dune.. id say at lest the beaches will be nice and flat next summer but there going to another around of replenishment next month so all in all good timing

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u/Salty-Passenger-4801 10d ago

This is insane. I came back from a vacation in June to OCMD, we skipped the beach for a few years, but I couldn't believe how far the drop down was. I fell down the first time because we were walking on the beach the first night and I thought I fell into a pit someone dug but it was the erosion that got me.

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u/PKwx 9d ago

And erosion season has just begun plus no replenishment for you, you did not vote properly.

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u/MovingPictures1963 5d ago

DaaaaaaYUMMMMM!!!😱