- April 03, 2020
This shower grew donut-like into a fairy-ring. This is at about mile 25 on Padre Island National. Normally, before sea level rise eroded away the beach, the beach here would have been somewhere in the vicinity of 300 feet wide. The tide is about half way to low in this photo. The beaches most of us visit have been been nourished with sand from ship channels or offshore sources pumped onto the beach during the non-tourist season. The reason? Without a beach, condos, beach hotels, and resorts rentals of all kinds would be worthless. This beach has never been nourished and as a consequences has nearly been eroded away.