Hurricane Maria
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O C Diver
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seasalt007
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mbevins
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I may have to check myself into the psych ward if this thing hits the West coast of Florida again.
My house was spared only because of the right turn at Naples, my Center Console was in covered storage that the roof structure came off of.
Still waiting to see if the boat survived.
My house was spared only because of the right turn at Naples, my Center Console was in covered storage that the roof structure came off of.
Still waiting to see if the boat survived.
David Rive
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We set out by road this morning to drive to our boat in Georgia and get her launched. Then we discovered Maria and turned around to come back home. Now we'll spend the next few days watching her projected track. Arghhhh.
Lou_tribal
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Based on last update this one's eye should be right on Dominica just in the middle of Guadeloupe and Martinique. Looks like Marie Galante will take most of the hit. Bad time for French Antilles these days
L
Seeing Maria now as another CAT 5 is just a staggering blow. I can't imagine what those in the immediate line of it are feeling.
Even Jose has created some tropical storm warnings now.
We're seeing some of the strangest behavior of hurricanes on top of the number this year.
Even Jose has created some tropical storm warnings now.
We're seeing some of the strangest behavior of hurricanes on top of the number this year.
Lou_tribal
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Pgitug
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I may want to drive over to meet you and haul off the black cat living on your boat.
I see you moved your boat from the yacht club for Irma. Did you put her on the hard?
Lou_tribal
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Hopefully there won't be another one on the same path. Safe cruise and welcome back to St Barth Hugues.
L
101TUG
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on the way, you can't imagine the size of the floating trees we get in Dominica, so I toke decision to make all islands by up wind
longer trip but any way safe cursing
I left Martinique a 9:00am it not 12:00pm and still have 16H to arrive at home...
longer trip but any way safe cursing
I left Martinique a 9:00am it not 12:00pm and still have 16H to arrive at home...
The news for Puerto Rico just gets worse and worse too as now a dam has failed leading to flash flooding and evacuations. I see so many areas of the Caribbean that it's hard to picture a recovery. Puerto Rico already had a problem in the magnitude of $120 billion. This could cost that much more.
101TUG
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really I get no time to look at it, I saw zero picture, but yes I ca imagine CAT5 on this type of island huge disaster
Passing Antigua still 9H of navigation but now the sea are gentil
Hugues
I don't believe the Guajataca Dam (on the northwest side of Puerto Rico) has failed yet, but it is failing and will likely fail sometime today.
With 100% loss of power, no water service, and virtually no telephone service (all landlines down as well as more than 85% of the island's cellphone towers) Puerto Rico is not in a very good place.
For the 5 million Puerto Ricans living on the mainland U.S., it has also been a very difficult week. As an example, we have zero information on how my wife's elderly parents (both in their mid-80's) are faring. We are considering flying my wife's parents out sometime in the next two weeks, but this is complicated as we can't talk to them.
And for anyone who may not be aware, all Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, and have been for the past 100 years.
Jim
With 100% loss of power, no water service, and virtually no telephone service (all landlines down as well as more than 85% of the island's cellphone towers) Puerto Rico is not in a very good place.
For the 5 million Puerto Ricans living on the mainland U.S., it has also been a very difficult week. As an example, we have zero information on how my wife's elderly parents (both in their mid-80's) are faring. We are considering flying my wife's parents out sometime in the next two weeks, but this is complicated as we can't talk to them.
And for anyone who may not be aware, all Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, and have been for the past 100 years.
Jim
If anyone is interested, I see that NOAA has posted some high-resolution imagery for the U.S. Virgin Islands, https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/maria/index.html#7/18.056/-64.824
I'm guessing this was posted this morning, as I checked their website last night and didn't see it.
So far it is only the coastal areas of the U.S. Virgin Islands. I hope that as time goes by, there is more satellite data collected for the rest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as Puerto Rico.
Jim
I'm guessing this was posted this morning, as I checked their website last night and didn't see it.
So far it is only the coastal areas of the U.S. Virgin Islands. I hope that as time goes by, there is more satellite data collected for the rest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as Puerto Rico.
Jim
Definitely looks like the NC coast will get some impact, tropical storm level. Just hoping it doesn't go further left and get closer. A lot of difference in whether it's one of the models to the east or west even though they are only about 60 miles different.
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I go there all I see is a 2 color map. Are you supposed to download 3gb of a TAR data file? I clicked cancel.
Just zoom in on the Virgin Islands (+ button on the upper right), as the high resolution satellite photos are overlaid on the map!
Jim
wncjazzman
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Thanks for the post. The news has covered very little regarding the VI here.
