In 2012 , during the destruction of Hurricane Sandy , a New Jersey real estate sign choke missing . The sign was tear from its post in front of a waterfront home in Brielle and washed away to an unknown location . Now , almost six years later , it has present up — in France .
According toThe New York Times , the sign fromDiane Turton , Realtors , a Jersey Shore real estate firm , wash ashore on a Gallic beach near Bordeaux . Hannes Frank was walking along Plage du Pin Sec when he spy the foretoken , a minuscule regretful for wearing but still legible . He email the realtors about his find and included picture of the kick downstairs sign in the sand .
The plastic sign traveled approximately 3595 miles during its years - foresighted journeying . An oceanographer suggested toThe New York Timesthat it could have crossed the Atlantic Ocean multiple times before Frank found it , estimating that it would take about a twelvemonth and a one-half for an object to drift from New Jersey to France . A be adrift actual - estate mark could locomote about seven miles per mean solar day , expert Curtis Ebbesmeyer told the newspaper .
Due to ocean currents , curious object wash up on beaches all the time from far - flung coast . Besides your average substance - in - a - bottlefinds , beachcombers on a regular basis hear possessions washed away in tsunamis and goods that have come down off cargo ship or been lost in shipwrecks . For illustration , in 1992 , a cargo ship accidentallyspilled28,000 synthetic rubber ducks into the North Pacific ; they floated thousands of stat mi over the course of more than a decade , ending up as far off as Europe . LEGO toy that fell overboard from a container ship during a storm in 1997are stillwashing up on English beach today . picture out where these toys and drifting objects end up can help scientists study ocean electric current and drift patterns .
But for the most part , the original proprietor rarely get photo updates about where their lost goodness end up .
[ h / tThe New York Times ]
