http://hamptonroads.com/2010/09/waves-hurricane-earl-battered-frisco-pier-hatteras?cid=ltst A buddy called last nite and said Frisco Pier had collapsed. The VIrginian-Pilot says so, too. Say it ain't so!!
that thing has been on the verge of collapse for over a year. they can now build it stronger and faster.
yeah, had some good times at that pier. Dude is right, though, now they can build a big ugly concrete one- and probably make all kinds of surfing restrictions in the process...
It's better to have happened now. The pier from my hometown (Jacksonville Beach, FL) had a similar fate in 1999, when hurricane Floyd destroyed the old wooden pier. A new concrete one was constructed and as the sand formations around the pier columns collected the wave breaks a lot better. Look at it this way, if a new pier is built, it at least helps out the local construction business (at least he concrete guys).
Hatteras Realty has been posting some YouTube videos of the Frisco Pier falling apart, bit by bit, the past couple of days, on their web page and their Facebook page. An institution is crumbling into the sand. Lots of hazardous debris will be floating around in that area for the next week or so.
Definitely gotta be careful in the water there so's we don't hit any submerged debris. The old pier was definitely an integral part of our annual Thanksgiving trip to the Banks. Lots of fun sessions there. I particularly liked the sinkers plunking down all around me as I tried to sneak in closer to the pier. Curious to see how a new pier (if and when built) will affect the break.
so apparently it never fell... http://hamptonroads.com/2010/09/hatteras-earl-came-saw-and-failed-awe?cid=ltst
to quote the article, it's still standing...sort of. http://www.islandfreepress.org/2010...urricaneWatchPostedForNorthCarolinaCoast.html
i was down in obx last week surfin danielle swell at frisco peir and it was already in pretty bad shape... u could hear it creakin and **** when ur sittin next to it ... but judgin from that photo on that link its gotten worse... that things gonna be dead by the end of this hurricane season wit the way the tropics are lookin right now... im callin it
Yeah I was down in frisco a couple of weeks ago and the locals where talking about how there is no money to fix it and reopen it so bye bye forever frisco pier...
