"Help!" Pleaded The Detrital Beach Chair

9:55 a.m.

We're in the midst of the storm here. The house was rocking overnight. The winds are gusting and blowing the waves sideways toward Plymouth. Unseen objects are banging around outside our house. Although the chairs on our deck have been relocated from one side to the other, my beloved detrital beach chair remains firm in it location on the beach. However, high tide is rolling in, and the water is getting awfully close to it in a way I have not seen before. I fear for the detrital beach chair's survival. The chair fears for its survival. Still, it is too nasty to undertake a rescue effort. By "it," I mean both the weather and the chair!

11:30 a.m.

The detrital beach chair survived high tide! Barely. The water came within a few feet of it.

Detrital Beach Chair at High Tide

3:30 p.m.

The detrital beach chair survived the wind and high tide. As we approach low tide, it is more than safe and sound in its original location and position.

Safe and Sound

Remarkably, our location here on Cape Cod is one of the nation's hot spots. As I write this post, it is a balmy 56 degrees here. In the Land o' Lakes, it's 24 degrees. It's colder in Tennessee (12 degrees in Memphis) and Kentucky (1 degree in Louisville) than it is here. Unbelievable!! I believe the temperature is supposed to drop here around 8 p.m. tonight. We shall see -- or feel, as it goes.