Photo: Crews try to get a backhoe and a tow truck out of the sand as a car sits half-buried at the beach of Port Royal Sound on Tuesday afternoon. The backhoe and tow truck became stuck when trying to reach the car. Jonathan Dyer/The Island Packet
Posted on 10/05/2005 6:57:58 AM PDT by SquirrelKing
The tide literally turned Tuesday on workers hoping to rescue a Honda Accord that had been lodged in a Port Royal Sound beach since Monday night.
By 7 p.m. Tuesday night, the ocean had not only engulfed the Honda, but it also was rising over a Mid-Island Auto tow truck and a John Deere 310E backhoe owned by Hargray that workers had hoped would free the vehicles from the ocean.
Photo: Crews try to get a backhoe and a tow truck out of the sand as a car sits half-buried at the beach of Port Royal Sound on Tuesday afternoon. The backhoe and tow truck became stuck when trying to reach the car. Jonathan Dyer/The Island Packet
A series of high tides helped to partially bury the Honda in sand, and threatened to do the same to the tow truck and backhoe.
As the evening wore on, workers continued to try to retrieve the three vehicles while the tide threatened a fourth: a second backhoe was lodged at the very back end of the beach not far from The Spa on Port Royal Sound.
The backhoes are estimated to be worth more than $50,000 apiece, according to the John Deere Web site.
Photo: A crew of workers try one final attempt at digging out the tow truck late Tuesday afternoon. Jonathan Dyer/The Island Packet
Mike Hall, 42, who stays at a condominium facing the beach, said he first saw the Honda on the beach when he returned from a fishing trip around 5 p.m. Monday.
He said at that time he saw a man and a woman, both naked, emerge from the car onto the beach after he approached it to snap a picture.
A Sheriff's Office deputy who asked not to be named said a report charging the man with driving on the beach was filed Monday night.
Photo: A crew tries to get at least one of the vehicles out of the way of the rising tide. Jonathan Dyer/The Island Packet
I spent a weekend in Charleston SC a year or so ago, found it to be a very attractive and beautiful area. I suppose with its art crowd there are plenty of northerners now, but we enjoyed it.
Unfortunately, the last serious attempt to keep Northerners out resulted in Adm. Dahlgren losing a few ironclads...
Charleston is to Charlotte what Savannah is to Atlanta. It's a whole nuther world.
Ping for your amusement...
Alphabetical order, of course.
"Owning a 4WD vehicle only means you have to walk farther after you get stuck."
4WD is to get you out of where 2WD won't go. 4WD will get you further in trouble unless you have a winch that is capable of lifting twice your vehicle weight.
Exception is for driving on snow covered roads that have been plowed. The extra traction sure comes in handy.
"What's that GIANT SUCKING SOUND?"
Heartfelt condolensces...
ROFLMAO
WTFIIWSC pingvs
Why is the Alphabet in that order?
I love SC. I love NC, too. Real, good people, better climate, good food, etc.
I'll probably head that way when things loosen up here - like when I retire, too many strings now.
Somebody ought to ping Sunken Civ
Heh.... I saw the tide take a fairly new truck once... a kid who looked too young to own such an expensive truck had gotten it hopelessly stuck, and all he could do was watch, and I imagine he was thinking pretty fast about what he was gonna tell dad. ;~D
As for myself, I got myself pretty stuck on the beach once too, and was happy to pay $20 to one of the many 4x4 drivers who drive the beach all weekend looking for stuck tourists to rescue for beer money :~D
There you go.
Baja Carolina hijinx.
Holy CRAP! I've just found my life's calling! Screw these conference calls and loan closings...
Bush's fault.
That was galdern humorous, sir. Why didn't I think of that. < /self flagellation>
Geez. It only took 58 posts! =)
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