Truck camping on othe beach

vannma wrote:
The weather man said 50% chance of thunderstorms on this July day at Carolina Beach in 2011. Wife and I were needing our saltwater fix so we went. After we set up, a large dark cloud appeared on the horizion. Long (and sad) story short, we retreated to the truck while that 50% chance turned into a 110% chance. A huge thunderstorm with 40+ MPH winds ripped throug out site. What took me about an hour to set up, was demolished in about 10 minutes. I NEED A TC!

Hey vannma, av8rds reminded me about this forum - that's how he and I met. We were just discussing high tides and what can happen. We were with him on that Columbus Day High Tide he pictured on 05/11/13 07:20pm. It was scary but it was also Daylight! I had the same thing that happened to you, happen to my wife and I in late July of 2012. It all started around 4:00 PM and was supposed to be a passing Thunder Shower. As night fell, it turned in to an all out Nor'easter!

My wife and I had been there Saturday and Sunday. The weather sucked but they said Monday was going to be nice, so we stayed and so did our friend John.





I had the Jeep so I went to work on Monday - John went home and Patti stayed by herself in the camper. I ended up working late so Patti talked me into staying one more night. I left for work Tuesday morning with a nice weather forecast. Tuesday about noon time, they said we might get a pop-up thunder storm but nothing bad! I left work around 4:00 PM and it was already raining - the closer I got to Cape Cod, the blacker the sky got. I picked up a Pizza and brought it out onto the beach with me - by the time I got out there, I couldn't see the truck and camper until I was about 20 feet away from it. It was pouring and the wind was starting to pick up - my Ez-Up canopy was still up but tied to the legs of the camper.

After eating the pizza, the forecast changed to a full out Nor'easter - weathermen! I went out and closed the canopy by myself, leaving the windward leg tied to the right rear leg of the camper. After dark and still 2 hours to high tide, the waves were already 4 feet from the back of the truck! I untied the canopy and threw it in the front basket on the truck, moved the Jeep up as close as I could to the dunes, put all the heavy loose items in or against the Jeep then pulled the jacks up and moved the truck. I was soaked and shaking like a leaf by this time but we were now up high enough to avoid the incoming tide. The road back to the parking lot was already flooded so I couldn't have gotten out if I wanted to. The last picture shows where that high tide came to. It was truly an experience I never want to deal with ever again!!!