Monday, June 29, 2015

A Winner

Mornin'!  It's 66° in beautiful Wildwood.  Ms Sun's up and shining down with not a cloud in the sky.  No breezes blowing.  The seagulls are laughing happily in the neighborhood.  It's a lovely morn down the shore.  It'll be a beauty today with sun pouring down and breezes out of the West at 5-10mph as temps climb up to the upper 70s/low 80s.  Tonight...clear and cool (mid 60s) with breezes light and variable.  Tomorrow looks almost the same other than clouds drifting in creating that ol' possibility of a shower and/or thunderstorm. Today's a winner though! Oh...the Full Moon is Wednesday (the 1st of July), so you may be seeing higher and lower tides (streets have begun to flood a bit) so don't take on that tide water!
High tide:6:29a.m. and 6:54p.m.
Low tide:12:17p.m.
Ocean temp:72°
Sunset:8:30p.m.
SOMETHING OF IMPORTANCE!!!
Some Portuguese man-of-wars washed up on the southern New Jersey shore in the past week, including ones in Ocean City and Stone Harbor over the weekend.A woman found the animal on an Ocean City beach near the last lifeguard station around 59th Street on Sunday.She put sticks and shells around the man-of-war and labeled it as a warning to others on the beach.The man-of-war can pack a highly toxic and painful sting that in some cases can be life-threatening. It has tentacles that can grow as long as 30 feet.Ocean City Fire Chief Chris Bruenig said he believes only one man-of-war washed ashore Sunday."We're not sounding the alarm yet," he said. "Obviously we're going to monitor the situation and hopefully it doesn't turn into an epidemic."Beach-goers who find man-of-wars should not touch them or pick them up, as even dead ones can still sting. Instead they should notify lifeguards who will dispose of them.Beachgoers also discovered one of the dangerous creatures in Stone Harbor Sunday.The first reported sighting was last week in Harvey Cedars on Long Beach Island and more have been found throughout southern New Jersey's coastline.Surf City Councilman Peter Hartney says more than two dozen man-of-wars have washed up on his town's beaches.Experts say the species is typically found in warm water and could have rode Gulf Stream currents up from Florida, where they are common.









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