Tragic and devastating Hurricane Ian has me reevaluating articles I have posted here over the years about hurricane threats to coastal areas in the southeast U.S. In a nutshell, I had opined that, if you compared threats of major hurricanes to specific cities along the coast, you would be able to choose a reasonably safe place to live.
Pawleysdikewithdockonit2Storm surge of an estimated eight feet carried a boat dock across 1/2 mile of marshland and deposited it on the dike at Pawleys Plantation that holds tee boxes for two par 3s on the back nine. The dike remains closed a week later.

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But because that book has some age to it and because the last decade seems to have presented us with more frequent and more intense hurricanes, I am now relying on more up-to-date data at NOAA’s website. NOAA is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and it is that agency’s job, among other things, to assess the risk of hurricanes. Two maps at their web site gauge predictability in terms of “return periods”; that is, how often a hurricane of major strength can be expected to “return” to a specific coastal location. The numbers are illuminating and helpful to those who want to live on or near the coast but are concerned about the risks.

You can see for yourself at the NOAA website, but a few obserbations here. Cities like Savannah and Myrtle Beach, SC, have longer return periods for major hurricanes than we might expect: NOAA predicts 33 years for Savannah and 23 years for Myrtle Beach. That is not exactly comforting news for retirees who hope/expect to live a couple of decades longer, or to leave their retirement home to their children, but it sure is a much more optimistic prediction than for, say, the Outer Banks of North Carolina (16 years) or southeast Florida (as low as 14 years).

My own vacation home in Pawleys Island, SC, lies between Myrtle Beach and Charleston (return period of 22 years). We and our condo endured Hurricane Ian’s Category 1 phase with no damages at all, but closer to the ocean (3/4 mile), the Pawleys Plantation golf course was strewn with large wooden pieces of docks that were carried across the marsh by an eight-foot storm surge.

In any event, below is NOAA’s major hurricane prediction map. More information is available at NOAA.gov.
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I am proud of my country club in Pawleys Island, SC.  Although nowhere near the magnitude of what folks in the Ft. Myers, FL, area suffered from Hurricane Ian -- and are still suffering -- the hurricane reconstituted itself after crossing the Sunshine State, caught a ride north on the Gulfstream past Georgia and entered the Palmetto State on September 30, just eight miles south of Pawleys Plantation where my wife and I own a vacation condo and where I love to play fall golf.

With winds gusting to 100 mph and, more significantly, a storm surge of eight feet, our marsh-adjacent golf course -- separated by just 3/4 mile from the Atlantic Ocean -- was strewn with all manner of natural and unnatural debris, such as pieces of boat docks as well as one dock with a still-attached boat that was thrown up onto the dike that serves as tee boxes for the club's two signature par 3s. (see photo below)

The Pawleys Plantation crew, led by superintendent Chris Allen, and some staff borrowed from other courses owned by Founders International, were so quick to start restoration efforts the day after the Friday storm that by Sunday morning, the front nine holes had opened for play and by Monday, all 18 were opened with some creative detours and redirecting of holes to accommodate the impassable cart path across the dike.

I will write about the club's efforts in the October edition of Home On The Course, our mostly monthly newsletter that will include a feature about why you should consider moving up a tee box -- or two -- to give yourself a break.  To subscribe for free, click here.
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