9/6/18 Report - Big Surf Predicted for Next Week. Florence Could Cause Problems For the U. S. Coast.

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

Three More Systems To Watch.
Source: nhc.noaa.gov

After a very quiet summer, there is now a lot of weather in the Atlantic.  

The most significant thing to watch right now in my opinion is Florence, which has been wobbling.  For a while she was headed west towards the Bahamas.  

The system behind Florence has a 70% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next forty-eight hours.  And then there is another area behind that one to keep an eye on.

It now looks like we could get some big waves next week.

Three to five feet is predicted for this weekend, with seven to eleven feet for next Wednesday.  That could get interesting.  We haven't had waves like that for quite a while.  There is a lot of sand to be moved, but that could do it.

Florence Off the East Coast Next Wednesday.
Source: Ventusky.com

If you are wondering what would cause the high surf, here is how Ventusky shows Florence next Saturday - well north of us, but sending waves our direction.

Notice the other system below that.  There is a lot going on there.

That system is predicted to be near the Dominican Republic the following weekend.

Prediction for Ten Days From Now.
Source: Ventusky.com

Of course, this is just a prediction, so it might not happen.  But it is worth watching.  We might get some improved beach hunting in the next week or two.

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I typed a few paragraphs paragraphs how objects moved on the beach, but lost it somehow.  I'll have to rewrite that to post some time in the near future.


One of Japan’s busiest airports remained closed indefinitely, a day after the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years flooded a runway, toppled huge cranes, flipped cars on their side, damaged historic shrines and caused at least 11 deaths as it swept across part of Japan’s main island.

Typhoon Jebi came ashore with sustained winds of 160 kilometers (100 miles) per hour, cutting a path of destruction in and around Osaka and nearby cities that bore the brunt of the storm...

Here is the link for the rest of that article.
https://apnews.com/24053a149be740e2aeb73957fb751bc1/Typhoon-leaves-major-airport-closed-and-destruction-in-Japan

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In recent months, two 150-ton survival bunkers journeyed by land and sea from a Texas warehouse to the shores of New Zealand, where they’re buried 11 feet underground.

Seven Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have purchased bunkers from Rising S Co. and planted them in New Zealand in the past two years, said Gary Lynch, the manufacturer’s general manager. At the first sign of an apocalypse — nuclear war, a killer germ, a French Revolution-style uprising targeting the 1 percent — the Californians plan to hop on a private jet and hunker down, he said...

Here is that link.

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2018-rich-new-zealand-doomsday-preppers/

Looks like all the super-rich are ready to take off and leave us poor suckers behind.



Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

3/3/18 Report - Big Surf Prediction. Big Cache Found. Putin's Missiles Shown Aimed at Florida.

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

Source: MagicSeaWeed.com.

The surf predictions have change a little.  If the predictions are right, they'll begin to build Saturday, keep building Sunday up to a peek of 8 - 13 feet, stay at that level for about one day and then begin gradually decreasing Tuesday.  The predicted peak is still about the same height, it just won't be as sustained as some of the previous predictions suggested.

The wind is predicted to be from the north on Saturday and Sunday.  By Tuesday it will be from the South.  The tides will remain pretty big for a couple of days too.

There should be at least one or two days days of good hunting at some spots, with at maybe a couple more days of decent hunting.  Can't be sure of that.  Don't know how accurate the predictions will be or what beaches will be hit just right.  There is a lot of sand that needs to be moved.

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Cache of 15th Century Coins Found by Construction Workers.
Source: nltimes.nl link below.

A pot containing some 500 silver and gold coins was found during excavation work near the Dutch city of Vianen. The coins date from the 15th century, RTV Utrecht reports.

The pot of coins was discovered by waterworks employees during excavation work for Hoef en Haag, a new town between Vianen and Hagestein. They immediately contacted Utrecht's archeological hotline, who closed off the area and collected the pot and coins...

https://nltimes.nl/2018/03/01/15th-century-pot-god-found-excavation-near-dutch-city

Have you noticed how often discoveries are made by regular people going about their daily business?  And they properly report the finds that the archaeologists then get to study and publish without giving credit to those who actually made the find.

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President Putin has unveiled Russia's new stockpile of "invincible" nuclear weapons, with a video graphic appearing to show missiles raining on Florida...

There are several nuclear bunkers at President Trump's Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, where he has spent a number of weekends since taking office.

The cereal heiress who built Mar-a-Lago in 1927 had three of them installed during the Korean War.
There is another bomb shelter at Mr Trump's golf course a few miles away in West Palm Beach (under the second hole, according to Esquire.

Another bunker was created for President John F Kennedy not far from Mar-a-Lago.
It is located on Peanut Island, a 10-minute journey from a Palm Beach house where Kennedy often stayed.

Yet no bunker, however brilliantly assembled, will survive a direct hit, say experts.
Another military target could be US Central Command, which is headquartered at MacDill Air Base in Tampa...

Here is the link for the rest of that article.  

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43248794

Florida has 21 military bases, including the NAS in Pensacola, the command center or all Navy training and education, where I spent a lot of time doing contract work.  I think we all know to some extent how the Treasure Coast was involved with WW II activities.  I think one of the lesser known is the German prisoner of war camp located near where the glitzy Bal Harbour shops in North Dade were later located.

Various Beach Found Bullets.

Bullets like those shown above were once very common finds on the Treasure Coast.  I don't think they are found as much these days.  Of course not all of those shown above are military.  Some are.
There is also a flattened thimble in that group.  Don't know how that got in there.a

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Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net