On the Saturday that Hurricane Irene blew on out of Wrightsville Beach, my two youngest children and I along with friends went to the beach to hopefully find some treasures from the ocean. We DID!! ...but we also found a lot of things that Irene helped the ocean purge. Most noticeable were things that I just couldn't get... TIRES! What we were able to remove from the beach were a lot things mostly distributed through the wrack line. As we've done an additional 5 clean ups since the hurricane... the wrack line is proving to be a collection of all things plastic... cigarette butts, straws, caps and lots and lots of styrofoam that is nearly impossible to pick up. Here's the run down from our August post Irene clean ups.
Add an additional 12 bags to the tally.
Day 91: August 27, 2011 post Hurricane Irene at Access 41
8 lbs 11 oz of litter
344 cigarette butts
92 plastic caps
7 plastic/styrofoam cups
11 straws
4 aluminum cans
4 plastic bottles
10 toys
Day 92: August 28, 2011 at Access 42
12.7 oz of litter
270 cigarette butts
2 plastic bottles
25 plastic caps
6 straws
Day 93: August 29, 2011 at Access 43
3 lbs 12.1 oz of litter
182 cigarette butts
115 caps
7 straws
4 aluminum cans
9 toys
2 balloons
2 plastic spoons
1 UNOPENED Corona (beer)!!! (it appears to be old!)
Attached is the photo from Day 93 :) Which happens to have been the day of the pizza party!! I had such a great time...getting to meet people who are helping keep WB clean was the best! Thank you so much for the invitation and the yummy pizza!!!! :)
Danielle
"It Starts With Me" a Brita FilterForGood Film Project
www.itstartswithme-danielle.blogspot.com
No comments:
Post a Comment