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I was down there day before yesterday after the storm. I parked in the lot and walked to the rip. Fished for a while and was surprised to see so many guys there at dusk this time of year. The fact you can't go anyplace else has fisherman piled up in a coupld places on wasque.
It didn't look that bad but it looks different from last year (and a lot different then 10 years ago.) The rip seems to have move a little further to the south. There is still beach but this storm was hard and hit the beach directly with heavy winds/surf for 3 days. We had gusts over 50 and it was howling. I lost 3 more trees in my yard.
I havn't driven the beach yet from the dyke bridge entrance but maybe next week I will head down there. Generally in the summer more sand is deposited and in the winter more sand is removed. It is always shifting out there. If you ever flew between MV and ACK you can see what looks like shifting shoals everyplace, they never seem to stay the same. Actual small sand islands appear and disappear out there.
I bet the weather wiped that plover out. They build their nest in a indentation in the sand (like a tire rut) and since the road was wiped out I would assume the crabs enjoyed a plover egg.
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