Pooled tidewater due to washout, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North CarolinaCape Hatteras National SeashoreClose view westward through same washout shown in print ahead. This typical of many such breaks north of Rodanthe and also in the long stretch between Big Kinnakeet and Salvo where State-made sand plugs in the roadside barrier gave way before ponded up tide water.
Barrier dunes after storm, Bodie Island, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North CarolinaCape Hatteras National SeashoreThis print and the next one in order may be trimmed and matched to make a fair panorama from beach to Bodie I. Lighthouse. Together they show where heavy tides of 10/19-21 northeaster cut around the low barrier dunes than ran northward to pond up among dunes.