I still remember waking up to the horrific news of the tsunami that impacted Indonesia and several other countries in Asia - that and Hurricane Katrina changed my view on how nature can rewrite things in just a blink of an eye - I have been through a few Nor'easters and Superstorm Sandy but thankfully it wasn't as devastating -

Yes, I too remember losing some beach things at a beach up in Maine - the tide came in pretty quickly-