Waves from Hurricane Erin pounded Long Beach Island earlier this week, taking away a historic island landmark. A steel mast poking above the sand on the beach at Barnegat Light was all that remained to let people know the final resting place of the vessel Sea King. On Thursday night, the storm pulled the mast back to sea.

Erin remains a Category 2 hurricane early Thursday with winds of 105 mph and tropical storm warnings are still in effect for the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The storm is larger