Hurricane Fran Hits Chesapeake Beach, Maryland
September 6, 1996

Looking out at the Chesapeake Bay from the beach in front of our house

Waves breaking over the boardwalk on Atlantic Avenue in North Beach

Another shot of Atlantic Avenue

The railing on the boardwalk is disintegrating

The spray is so severe, you can hardly tell what you are looking at, but it is more of the Atlantic Avenue boardwalk, which was later completely destroyed

Looking at the boardwalk from a little further out

Another shot of the beach in front of our house. The picnic tables and catamaran were rescued, but the grassy area in the foreground was completely washed away a few hours later. This exposed all of the tree's roots, and it is now dying and in danger of falling. It is going to have to be removed.

Someone is going to have trouble getting into their car! The sterns of the boats are higher than the roof of the car!

The waves in the Rod 'n' Reel parking lot were almost big enough to go surfing!

The recently completed seawall in front of Chesapeake Station performed admirably.

Another shot of the seawall, showing the angry seas.

It was an incredible day around here. Most of the damage in the area wasn't too bad, but we lost the beach in front of our homes, and the Atlantic Avenue boardwalk was destroyed. We were lucky it wasn't worse!