Beach Debri

 We visited a garden yesterday and saw this boat. It washed up on a Kauai beach during hurricane Iniki. The boat was from Japan. 

Folks enjoy walking the beach after storms to see what they can find. More aggressive wave action brings in shells and other objects people like to collect.

It is been a year of multiple storms this Spring. Last year was dry, but this year has been very different. No Hurricanes but storms with strong winds and heavy winds. Flooding is common and we have been urged to say in our residence several times because of flooding and the danger of driving into water crossing roads. 

Unlike objects washing in from the ocean, flooding also results in objects being swept into rivers and then out to the ocean. Eventually, much of this material washes up on shore and creates a real mess. The cost and effort required to clean up the miles of beach are immense and this Winter it has been difficult to keep up. Here are a couple of photos I took today on Lydgate beach. This is what you see along thousands of feet of shoreline.