Ed,
After Fran hit we had a big black round item on our beaches. Over 700 were
found. It didn't take long to iden, thes, for they were tires put in the
ocean over ten years ago to form a fish barrier, but they broke lose from
their anchor,
Will be going to Goodland around 15 Jan if no luck then I'll spend the rest
of my budget with you. Hope the storms didn't do to much damage this year,
we only had Bonnie and no real damagew to speak of after Berth and Fran two
years ago.
Everett from NC Shell Club.
-----Original Message-----
From: Edward T. Schelling <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, November 23, 1998 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: unusual floridian taxa
 
 
>Dear all,
>        I have been reading all the interesting comments about the reasons
>non-floridian taxa are found washed up on our beaches.  Having actually
>"salted" the beaches of Sanibel as a lark many years ago [another story] it
>brought back alot of fond memories; but the one reason I have experienced
in
>our local area has not been brought up...the actual "salting" by natural
>herself!   Many years ago, I used to own a gift and shell shop in the
tourist
>area of the Panhandle area of northwest Florida.  Every Summer and Fall, I
>would have "tourists" and even a few locals bring in non-Florida shells in
for
>identification because they couldn't find the shells shown in Florida shell
>books.  I would always explain that these were not Florida species and I
had
>no idea of how they were found washed up on our local beaches.  It didn't
dawn
>on me, until a couple of weeks after this area was hit by a very strong
>hurricane and we had hundreds of beach front homes destroyed, and in some
>cases washed out to sea,  that I realized where alot of these shells were
>coming from...from the mini-collections or interior decorating of these
>destroyed homes...nature takes and nature gives back!   Over the the years
I
>have watched with great interest, after a good hurricane, what nature
"gives
>back" in the way of shells, etc...after one really bad storm, we even have
a
>number of very beautiful toilet bowls washed up on our beaches!   There is
>always a good explaination for every thing!
>         Sincerely,
>          Ed [Schelling]
>           Ft Walto Beach, Northwest Florida
>