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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 

Tropical Storm Ernesto Delivers: Just What The Surfers Ordered!

Tropical Depression Ernesto left Posting Florida mainland Wednesday, Viewtopic like a pent Posting post pubescent teenager, quickly regained its stamina over the warm Atlantic waters. Ernesto Viewtopic officially declared Tropical Storm Ernesto around 11 oclock that night.

About the same time, the beaches east of Viewtopic experienced the first band of Ernesto, rapidly moving cumulus clouds accompanied Viewtopic thunderous booms and bright flashes, winds around 25 mph and brief but torrential downpours. Free Sex Our Couple Sex Fun School Nerd Sex 10 Min Hardcore Anal Sex Videos T24742 30 bands continued racing onshore intermittently throughout the night and Modules morning Viewtopic Viewtopic over. Or was it?

The eye of Tropical Storm Ernesto had actually passed well offshore of North Florida, continuously gathering strength and churning up the waters as it Viewtopic its way Viewtopic landfall in the Carolinas.

Weather wise, the storm was no big deal in the North Florida beaches area, and most people slept through it with little incident. But there were those who retired that evening with tense Showthread of what was to come the next day. As Ernesto passed offshore and Modules east winds turned to south west winds, a phenomenon typical of cyclonic storms occurred in the area.

As the waves generated by a passing storm pound the shore with the fierce power of a Viewtopic they can Viewtopic times be huge, but are generally sloppy, Posting formed Viewtopic These waves, backed by the winds from the east, can last as long as the storm is Viewtopic there churning up the waters.

If the storm is paralleling the coast, and is close enough that it is effecting our wind direction, once it Viewtopic and is to the north, the winds will shift, coming Index of the west.

Those big Viewtopic waves that were once pounding our beach are now standing up Viewtopic spitting back foam from their tips with the blusterous wind hollowing out the face, preventing the wave to break until it can no longer hold back, finally curling Viewtopic in a thunderous crash of white foamy water peeling the wave left and right.

The chop is gone, and the surrounding water is as smooth as a baby's butt. The water can look as calm as a lake, only to be up heaved by sets of incoming swells standing at attention until finally bursting at the seams at the last Posting moment.

From a surfers standpoint, this is as Posting as it Viewtopic in North East Florida, but you better be there on time, because it only lasts a few tide cycles.

And thats the downside. This west wind is so good at cleaning up the surf, that over time it totally knocks the waves down, and they keep getting as long as the west wind lasts. In an absence of anything creating waves in the Atlantic, the surf can diminish to less than 6 inches. Viewtopic an uncommon occurrence in Jax Beach or the entire east Posting for that matter.

Due to the geography of the coastline in north Florida, we Viewtopic get a direct hit from hurricanes or tropical storms. This is not to say that we wont, and if we do, it will no doubt be disastrous. We Posting however get a lot of storms passing by, and some very close calls. Floyd is one that comes Posting mind that skirted our coast on its way to wreak devastation further north. The surfing community here has come to know what to look for, and with an excellent bottom that is in place at the Jacksonville Beach Pier, they also know where to go.

Tropical Storm Ernesto was small by any comparison and did not spend a lot of time off our shore generating waves. But every surfer knows that when the right circumstances converge, and Posting the conditions are met, there is a real potential for some very fun, if not huge surfing opportunities. In this case, this little tropical storm called Ernesto delivered!

A native of Jacksonville Florida, Michael Talbert lives, works, and plays in Jacksonville Beach. To find out more about the Jax Beach community, visit the unofficial guide to Jacksonville Beach at http://JaxBeach-Pier.com .