This is what shutdown Great Highway last night? Really? That's, like, a handful of medium-sized small sandcastles. At best. (We really have turned into a too tender bunch here in SF, haven't we?)

SFist commenter expuestosiempre, who managed to capture this jarring image of highway transportation gone frighteningly awry, says, "Still closed at about 10am today. Like Sunday Streets, but on Wednesday. There's no wind now, and the road is completely passable. That pic is of the worst of it. Northbound at Noriega. That tiny speedbump is the only place the sand crosses the road."

Mother nature, she is a heartless beast.

Another view.