More storm pics from South Nags Head

     The weather in Nags Head has been wretched for the past couple of days but the sun made a brief appearance this morning, allowing Uncle Jack to continue his post-Ida explorations of his old neighborhood---South Nags Head, N.C.  This morning's perambulations took him to a couple of perennial trouble spots---the Comfort Inn South and its neighbors, and the Sea Gull Drive area near the 20 milepost---both of which were particularly hard hit by last week's storm..  The pictures tell the story.

The Comfort Inn South lost its walkway to the beach as well as a lot of new decking installed after other storms in recent years. There have been no cars in the parking lot all week so Uncle Jack presumes it is closed until necessary repairs can be made.

The Yachtsman Condos are two doors south of the Comfort Inn.  Owners will have to get along without their swimming pool for a while as this sign suggests.

                                          And this is the reason why.

(Top picture). The Diamond Shoals condo development next door to the Comfort Inn took its usual hit. Management wasted no time in trucking in new sand to replace at least some of what washed away last week. The swimming pool is long gone.
(Bottom).  A hotel can't get much more oceanfront than this.

Longtime readers will remember that a large house called Gray Eagle (later Kuckoo's Nest) stood in front of the house in the foreground until a couple of years ago when it was moved back across the beach road. Looks like it may be time to call the movers again. (Looking south from Seagull Drive)

All but a short stub of Seagull Drive washed away again last week.  It has been rebuilt a couple of times since Isabel but town officials will no doubt think twice before spending any more money on it given that the cottages on the right are now sitting in the water most of the time.  Are they finished as rental houses?  Don't bet on it.

                                                          High but not dry.