It Is an Island

I'm writing this on October 27, 2015 and it is the full moon in October. It is the first full moon after the Harvest Moon. The Harvest Moon is the full moon that falls closest to the autumnal equinox. The full moon tonight is the Hunter's Moon and is the final supermoon of 2015. The next supermoon will not occur until October 2016. So, what does that have to do with an island? Full moon and supermoon have created high tides. In fact record high tides. U.S. 80 is the only road from Savannah to Tybee Island. The tide today measured 10.427 feet. The distance is recorded from the amount of water above the mean low water level. The only times the tide has been higher at Fort Pulaski was during the hurricanes on October 15, 1947 and August 11, 1940. The high tides today were the result of the normal high tides caused by the full moon and an east to northeast wind blowing water in toward the coast. What follows are some pictures of the flooding which temporarily closed U.S. 80 for a couple of hours this morning. Since Fort Pulaski was mentioned the first picture is of the entrance to the fort grounds off U.S. 80.

 

 

The businesses on Lazaretto Creek were not doing any business this morning. Waterfront dining extended much further east than usual. So what do you do when the water is high? Wait for it to go down and then head off the island if that is your intent. We had no plans this morning so the high tide had zero effect on our lives.