Eta Storm Aftermath & Story of Black Friday

Baynews9.com - Pass-a-Grille 

Well yes, the sand was rearranged.  Some worry it will be harder for the sea turtles to nest.

You can see here the dune walkovers - which pre-Eta had sand under them, but now appear to be in mid air.

The final track of Eta was a bit crazy - 'she 'passed us on the night of Wednesday the 11-12 November - see previous post.

Baynews9.com -- Our beach ...  new escarpment

Of course mankind always wants to improve on mother nature and sand is no exception! One can always use a new sand dune escarpment as a reading nook ...

... but the sand must go from the under-building parking!

Time is flying by but in a crawling sort of way.  It is so weird days pass in a blink but any one day seems to drag on - even with things to do, it is hard to focus.  The BBC has an article that explains why (click here). I guess the effort it takes to think about being safe with COVID is just so wearing. Not to complain, we are fortunate and well here and are well entertained on the beach.entertained on the beach over Thanksgiving.

saw someone on this e-foil hoverboard, looks like fun and a bit of skill/balance needed.

and we think this is moon jellyfish which fortunately don't sting!

There was even a 'tip jar'made from sand.

Saturday morning was taken with spotting and getting FWC/CMA to pick up this juvenile loggerhead turtle who appears to have died from a boat strike and washed up on our shore overnight. S/he was even food for some gulls -- ewww, but that bit is nature.

Head is on upper right of picture

Now in case you are wondering, Black Friday -- called black simply because accountants use black to signify profit — and hence to denote  the day when retailers hold massive sales and likely see positive earnings. Hence they are then "in the black."  As retail/consumer spending drive almost 70 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product, Black Friday (and the following “Cyber Monday”) have a big impact on the U.S. economy.

In 1869, in an attempt to corner the gold market, two men using White House connections worked to keep gold off the markets and drive up the price, resulting in a panic and a major drop in the market and financial trade - the first  (and different meaning of) Black Friday.