The world according to me....

Hurricane Bill passed far east of North Carolina in August 2009, but the associated higher waves and swells flooded many beaches on our coast. In Pine Knoll Shores, on the island of Bogue Banks, I went out just after high tide on 22 August, and saw two marked loggerheads nests sitting under water. Both these nests had been relocated far above the high tide line, yet still were inundated from the high waves. Both Peggy Sagmiller (volunteer coordinator for this beach) and I were worried that the overwash would result in death of the embryos in the incubating eggs. However, four weeks later, several dozen hatchlings popped out of the sand and made their way to the ocean. We all went to see the nest excavation and release of any straggler hatchlings from the nest three days after primary emergence:

It was reassuring to see that sea turtle nests can and do survive overwash and inundation, producing happy healthy hatchlings.