September 11, 2019. Western Head, Nova Scotia. The aftermath.

During the height of the storm, the waves came up to the top of the rocks on the side of our property, and then ran down the back side. The area has always had a rise up to the top of the rocks and a slope down on the backside. But there is no hill of rocks now. The rocks are flat. The shore slopes up as the tide comes up. Now from the top of hight tide marks the rocks are flat. All the rock groins in front of Gill's house have been rearranged. Everything looks different. At the end of Sand Beach Road was a small stream. Now it is a torrent that has gouged a deep path to the sea. This storm made its mark. The water came over and around the wall on the causeway but the wall still stands. Lots of rocks were on the road but the road stayed intact. In Liverpool, one house had a tree fall right in the center of the roof, splitting the roof in two. A car parked in a driveway down by Fort Point Lighthouse had a tree fall on the center of the car. The tires were also blown out, which was interesting. Everywhere you drive in town you see trucks filled with branches heading to the place close to us where you can leave downed branches and bushes. Everyone is cleaned up. White Point Estates still have no power. Port Medway is the same. The home adjacent to the river at Fort Point had three truck full of rocks removed from their driveway. The water came over the big rock wall and brought small and mid sized rocks. And trees are down everywhere in town. To clean up all that mess will take a while. The storm was powerful. Between the wind and the waves a lot of damage was done. Fortunately, no loss of life in Queen's County. For that we are grateful. Now the clean up continues.