The high tides and severe winds that battered Whidbey Island Monday cost an Oak Harbor man his home.
Alex Thierry, who moved to Whidbey Island in August to take a position as a pottery teacher and swim coach at Oak Harbor High School, was renting a home on West Beach Road when the severe storm Monday caused the bulkhead behind the house to fail.
“I only have what I took to work,” Thierry said.