Dan Devin called this morning to thank me for posting the photos of the collapsed boathouse. But he had a problem to report as well: a wall of the boathouse has now floated loose, and is lodged against the pilings of his house. He was thinking of calling the Coast Guard for assistance, but first we thought maybe we could all go out there and chop it up and burn it at low tide (apparently the owner's house is in foreclosure, so it's unlikely he'll be doing anything about it). But Renee Sears pointed out that there's a burn ban on so I called the fire department, thinking this might be a good practice burn for them to manage. I did manage to fight my way through all the menus to a real person, who seemed interested, but he informed me that I would need to call back on Monday and speak to either the fire marshall or the chief.
Unfortunately some of the pilings have been floating loose as well, and we are all concerned that with each high tide the probability grows of pieces floating loose and either blocking the lagoon, impacting someone's house pilings or damaging someone's boat as they leave the lagoon, so we are back to square one and Dan Devin will be contacting the Coast Guard to see if we can solve the problem any sooner. Stay tuned for more information!
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