9/6/19 Report - Indian River County Says No To Tourism and Keeps Beaches Closed. Bad Hurricanes Not New. A Few Finds.

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.

Vero Beach This Morning.

Indian River County Turns Away Tourists and Beach-Goers.  

If you came to Florida to visit the beaches, stay away from Indian River County.  The county beaches were closed.

Two were being guarded by the Sheriff's Office.  Marked cars were parked in front of the closed gates at both Turtle and Seagrape Trails the past few days.  I don't know why the extra expense to guard those two particular beaches was necessary.

The gates were closed this morning at Turtle Trail, Seagrape Trail, Wabasso, Treasure Shores, Golden Sands, Amber Sands, and probably others that I did not see.

At least a dozen cars were parked along the road by Treasure Shores this morning.  I noticed one older couple walking into the park.

Several detectorists were also parked along the road about half way between Wabasso and Seagrape Trail.  There is a path there that has been used by detectorists for decades.

You can get onto the beach at Vero (See photo above.).  One detectorist was busy there this morning. There was apparently no danger there.

The gates at Rio Mar were also open, but there were no parking spots open. 

Round Island park was also closed.

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Pablo M. Sent This Photo of a 9/4 Find From Turtle Trail.

Pablo M. sent this photo of a find from Turtle Trail.  I can't quite make it out.

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Dave sent this message and a photo of his recent finds from Walton Rocks.

Hello. Yesterday I started at south end Walton Rocks, up high in front of condos and found some hard pack cutting into dunes. Tide hitting as I left.  A lot of clad, lures,sinkers,1 piece silver ,old wood iron banding still attached. As always you are spot on when it comes to your posts., I appreciate all the hard work it takes. Look fwd to your blogs end of every day.   Dave.

Walton Rocks Finds.

Finds and photo by Dave.

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Dorian may not be as unique as some suggest.

One of the most fatal hurricanes in history hit West Palm Beach in 1928 as a category four, killing at least 3500 people when Lake Okeechobee overflowed.

While the 1928 storm was the most deadly, the most powerful storm hit on Labor Day of 1935

The other irony: while the Okeechobee storm was one of if not the deadliest in state history, the most powerful meteorologically was a storm that came as the strongest one in recorded U.S.  history on September 2, 1935 — Labor Day. Originally, it was projected to hit on the same date (until it slowed, coming in now, they say, early Wednesday, if at all; we’ll see soon…). No other storm had lower barometric pressure (892) nor greater wind speed (at one point sustained winds of 185, at least for a full minute). But now Doria is about that same strength. The Labor Day Hurricane’s storm surge was eighteen to twenty feet, badly damaging the Florida Keys and actually obliterating one of them, Islamorada. We once interviewed a survivor who lost virtually everyone in his large family and had to swim all night in the dark as a child.

“It’s devastating,” said Joy Jibrilu, director general of the Bahamas’ Ministry of Tourism and Aviation. “There has been huge damage to property and infrastructure. Luckily, no loss of life reported.”

With its maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295 kph) and gusts up to 220 mph, Dorian tied the record for the most powerful Atlantic hurricane ever to come ashore, equaling the Labor Day hurricane of 1935, before the storms were named.

Source of quote: https://spiritdailyblog.com/commentary/remembering-two-storms

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Three deaths in Florida were attributed to injuries sustained during hurricane preparation.  I can only imagine how many other injuries there were.

I have some good emails on that subject that I'll probably post in the future.

I expect to have some more find photos to share before long.

That is all for now.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net