"Rosalie B." wrote:

My husband came back from the marina and said the guy who used to be
across the dock from us told him that a) the ICW has shoaled so that
you can't use it anymore, particularly in GA and thus not from the
hurricane

The Dismal Swamp Canal is closed 'until further notice' but the Corp is
working on it pretty hard right now. They should have it open any day
now.

There is severe shoaling in the Alligator / Pungo canal. The worst spot
is at the south end, just east of the Hwy 264 bridge. A private
contractor is working on dredging it, and the dredge blocks most of the
canal. We saw depths of 4 feet going through it last week, and at least
two large motorboats got stuck & bent props going through that same
morning.

Elizabeth City, Belhaven, and Oriental were all pretty badly damaged. I
don't know how long it will take to get back to normal. The Bogue Sound
part of the ICW was shallow before the hurricane, how much worse could it
get?

Between Maryland and the Neuse River, we saw a lot of missing markers &
markers that had their lights and/or placards torn off. We also saw a LOT
of dangerous debris in the water, stuff like big pieces of trees, docks,
or houses, that *would* cause a problem if you hit it. But by now it's
probably thinned out.

Further south, I can't imagine too much shoaling. Most of lower SC and
Georgia are tidal channels anyway. They might shift but with the volume
of water that has to move, there has to be a channel somewhere.....

Fresh Breezes- Doug King