IMAGES COURTESY OF DR. ROMAN JESIEN, MARYLAND COASTAL BAYS PROGRAM

In order for you to get the full benefit of the picture of woman sitting on the shore, please click on the picture to fill the screen. Although sitting you can see that she was still sinking. Had it not been for the matting I think she would have had problems. Earlier that day and further toward Harbour Drive she did start to sink and had to be pulled out by two very strong men. Notice also, the phragmite density. It looks like a jungle. If I were driving heavy equipment I wouldn’t dream of attempting drive in that; there’s is no way of knowing the depth of the water or what could be lurking in there. (I have a vivid imagination.)
I mentioned to you, that before we could lay the matting the entire area had to be leveled. We also pulled the algae that were close enough to reach onto the shore because it is an excellent natural fertilizer.
Even Nature is cooperating by giving us this much-needed rain.
Yes, that is Jim Mathias former Mayor of Ocean City and now our Delegate to the Maryland House of Delegates. He has been our strong supported for a long time.