To All Strathmere
and Whale Beach Homeowners and Visitors,
In our October 9
Newsletter, we advised you that there would be changes in this year's
Community Christmas Party. Because of severe overcrowding at
the Firehouse, it would move to the Deauville Inn and there would be a
charge for all attendees nine and older.
But now we
have another big change in Our Christmas
Party!
The Citizens
for Strathmere and Whale Beach organization has offered a very generous,
one-time donation to keep the party free for one more year. The
SIA and the Strathmere Volunteer Fire Company will still contribute what they
did last year.
The party will take place on Saturday, December
14, from 6:00 to 10:00 pm. The Deauville will provide
appetizers, a full dinner, and one drink ticket for wine or beer. We'll again
ask attendees to bring their favorite desserts to share.
Since a free dinner
at the Deauville will obviously be very popular, and we do not want to overwhelm
the Deauville Dining Room, we'll put an upper limit on the number of tickets.
Attendance will be limited to the following folks: Strathmere
residents, homeowners, Fire Company members
and SIA members.
You must
apply for tickets by mail to the SIA at PO Box 57, Strathmere 08248, or email
Donna at donnad921@comcast.net
. Please provide the names of people you are requesting tickets for,
your Strathmere and home addresses, and especially the name, age and
shirt size of any children 12 and under.
Don't forget the address you want
tickets mailed back to.
We expect
tickets to run out fairly quickly, so don't wait to apply! We do not believe
there will be any tickets left to make available at the door.
Also, Santa
would like to start planning and ordering the gifts for children 12 and
under as soon as possible.
Sounds like a great
party! Special thanks to the CFSWB and of course to the SIA and the Fire
Company, also.
We look forward to seeing you on
December 14!
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Today, October 29, is the date the
Sandy came ashore last year. Certainly not a date to celebrate, but we
should take time to acknowledge the hardships and suffering many of our
neighbors endured (and some are still enduring) from that storm.
To all those who chipped in to help, whether
through SURF or giving of your personal time, our sincere thanks!
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The storm and subsequent release by FEMA of
Advisory Base Flood Elevation maps caused us all to learn about the changes in
flood maps and the Biggert-Waters Act of 2012 changing the way flood insurance
premiums are calculated...
Ed Tettemer passed along this New York Times article indicating folks beyond the Jersey shore are also
upset...
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In past off-seasons, the Deauville Inn has gone to a
five-day schedule, closing on Tuesday and Wednesday.
This year, they are experimenting
with a full seven-day schedule. If enough people come in on Tuesday and
Wednesday, they'll stay open for seven days all winter.
If you're near Strathmere on Tuesday or
Wednesday, we suggest you stop in.
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We previously reported on and showed pictures
of the five consecutive days (Wednesday, October 9 to Sunday, October 13) of
flooding on Bayview Drive.
You might want to save this website on tidal water levels. Click on "East" (upper left) and then down the left side to the
number left of "Atlantic City".
It will take you here,
and you'll see a plot like the one below.
The blue line shows the "normal", or
predicted height of the water off Atlantic City. The red line, or plot,
shows the observed (actual) height.
The difference between them, called the
residual, is plotted in green.
When we have a northeast wind, we have to
watch the residual. If the water builds up and can't get back out, the residual
continues to climb and the next high tide(s) can be damaging.
Here you can see that on Saturday, October
12 the afternoon tide reached six feet with a residual of just over a foot.
The residual then went almost all the way up
to two feet Saturday night, during a "low" high tide, but by Sunday afternoon,
the wind had changed and the residual dropped back to one foot. We still had
almost a six-foot tide, and water again in Bayview, but without the wind change
and drop in the residual, it would have been much worse.
Now that you know how to read these things,
here's an interesting "Forecast" Ted Kingston found on 10/28/12 - a day before
Sandy came ashore!
Looks like they were pretty
accurate.
We'll have a quiz on all this some Wednesday
evening at the Deauville!
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Our next bulk pickup of trash will be
Monday, November 4.
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Upper Township has received a
$280,000 grant from Cape May County to rehabilitate our
boat ramp on Bayview Drive.
It will include the addition of a floating
dock and a pier.
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Remember to follow and "like" the SIA (click the
"Thumbs Up" box ) on Facebook:
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Upcoming Events - please add to your
calendars:
SFEC Meeting (Nominations of Officers),
4:00 pm, Saturday, November 9
SFEC Last Cast Tournament, Friday to
Saturday, November 29-30
SFEC Meeting (Election of Officers and
Christmas Party), 4:00 pm, Saturday, December
7
Community Christmas Party at the Deauville Inn,
6:00 pm Saturday, December 14
Let us know of additions or
corrections!
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Again, check out Carol Baker's wonderful
Strathmere History website at http://www.strathmere.net/
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The Strathmere Improvement Association was
founded in 1951 as a community organization with the simple objective of making
Strathmere a better place. We are proud of the organization's many
accomplishments over the years.
Please let us know if you have comments or
suggestions for the newsletter or for SIA in general, or if you'd like us to
change your e-mail address in our records.
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Thanks very much for your continuing support of
the Strathmere Improvement Association!
Linda Bateman
Elaine Holsomback
Donna Diefenderfer
Rosemarie
Whelan
Ken Weaver
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