Sandy

Rich, stay safe. Lets hope it's limited to property damage and not loss of life. We're a lot better off than 1938 when there was little to no warning!

Charlie
 
Captains Cat":388pywy8 said:
Rich, stay safe. Lets hope it's limited to property damage and not loss of life. We're a lot better off than 1938 when there was little to no warning!

Charlie
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Thank you Charlie, but we are very safe where we live. And you are right to point out that there has been plenty of warning. I think the weather people and our government officials did an outstanding job of predicting this event and in taking quick action. If the loss of life in this disaster is minimal, it will be due to these people's fine efforts. You are also right about the HMS Bounty -- that's just insane that they were out there. I know a person who was an officer on one of those large, 400-foot Coast Guard ships several decades ago, and he told me he was on the flybridge during a particularly intense Atlantic storm. The seas were so high, that the flybridge was near eye-height with the level of the water when they were in the wave trough! It's great to be a fair weather boater when one hears of hair-raising stories like that!

Rich
 
Out this AM with the dog at high tide- highest I have every seen in the 35 years I have been on the island-water from the bay has come up the street to within 50 feet of my house-it is beginning to recede and the hope is that it will go down enough that the next high tide will not be catastrophic- talk to some friends on the island and although flooding is wide spread visible damage not observable-the full force of the Sandy not here yet so this remains a serious situation with the potential for damage- weather people still saying that worst damage will occur north of my location- no problems with electric, Internet, and phone service-do not have high expectations that this will last.
 
It appears that Hampton Roads dodged a bullet this time as the tide did not go as high as it did with Irene or Isabel. Also, the wind has not shown the impacks that we had seen with the last Nor'easter. This morning, the wind has finally shifted to the WNW, which should help the water level in this region subside over the next few cycles.
I posted a few photos in the OSPREY album if you want to have a look at my dock (fixed dock underwater and floating dock still has a bit of pilings showing).
 
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High tide today shouldn't be as bad as yesterday, wind is from the NW, blowing water out of the river and bay now.
 
Half of Ocean City fishing pier blown away overnight, dunes on Highway 1 north of Indian River bridge failed so ocean made it to the bay -- road is closed both directions.

Drainage system for our development is filling up but we are pretty high above it.

Wife is finishing up a pot of chicken noodle soup and we have plenty of wine and beer so stop by but watch out for cops as the Governor closed the roads 8>))

Bill Uffelman
Ocean View DE
 
Local weather station (MGM 40) says storm accelerating and will hit NJ at 5-6 tonight-about 2 -3 hours before high tide which is good-the house I am in is on the property where OME used as HQ in the storm of 62 and they were high and dry -storm of 62 is a benchmark noreasterner that caused major damage in the NorthEast. (new house so 80 mile an hour winds not a major concern). Looks like north of here will suffer the most- right now heavy rain 25 mph winds with gust up to 40- feels higher. Low lying areas on the barrier islands up an down the coast experienced some flooding this morning at last high tide. Thinking by 9 or 10 tonight the story will shift to inland and NYC- no problems now with electric, Internet, or cable- can't imagine this lasting for long.
 
Rich,

Hope you, Betty and yours are safe, along with everybody else here in the northeast. I've thought about the Betty Ann throughout the day as I've watched conditions deteriorate and the news reports begin to roll in. The worst is approaching now as the tides crest. Hope all is well. We'll see in the morning.

You are right they did a good job of forecasting and getting the word out along with prudently shutting down the state before the worst arrived.
 
Lost Power about 4 hrs ago, can't imagine why. Possibly a tree limb down on a power pole. Winds have not been that high today
Gusts to almost 30 MPH.
I am running on the 28KW HR battery bank from my solar installation that I do every night anyway.
Didn't even know the power was out until a neighbor called.
I installed a 5.3 KW HR Solar system last year and it has really paid off so far.
I called my brother in River Vale NJ (Extreme northern Bergen County) and he said his power went out around 17:30. He is running on his generator. He said they are getting gusts over 65 MPH.
He is about 25 miles NNE of the NYC.
 
Looks like the eye of Sandy passed close to Sea Isle around 6- it was unremarkable-Storm increased forward motion and arrived about three hours before high tide- wind quickly shifted to the west- think there was a pretty good storm surge as water came up from the bay fast- I am dry no property damage, have power, Internet and cable. Lucky that my house is a high elevation ( for a barrier island). Hearing that much of Sea Isle was flooded and there is substantial damage over the island as well as coastal NJ. Will look around Tuesday. My C-Dory is 15 miles inland covered so I am sure it weathered the storm just fine.

Feel sorry for folks who suffered damage- hope the Gov't will be helpful in assisting people in the recovery efforts.

Ken
 
Ready for launch into orbit -- well, here the Betty Ann is on a fork lift to be brought back into the valet storage building. The Betty Ann is pampered -- stored inside so as to be protected from the ravages of UV light. It will also not be undercoated, so our hull will be more slippery in the water to ensure higher fuel efficiency. Lastly, we get hurricanes in Connecticut, so it will be protected from storm surges.


Sandy more than planned?
 
This storm broke a bunch of records that dated back to 1903. Lowest pressure ever recorded. We are about 80 miles inland from the coast winds were relentless even still on this Tuesday morning. The area has nearly 500,000 homes with out power. Some areas got 8 inches of rain we got off a little lighter with only 4 inches. Atlantic City took a beating. We are without power and last night it looked like lightning as transformers were popping and lighting up the sky. Never have seen anything like it in my 63 years. Hunkered down with the generator running. Looks like the worst is over. The power companies are going to be on overload for a while I think. Boat and truck parked inside the warehouse at our place of business so hopefully it's stll nice and dry without any trees laying on it.
D.D.
 
We got lucky, still watching the tide closely. We only have about two more feet until it hits the house. Basement started flooding last night. Made for a long night. :sad

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All over here near the C-Bay. No damage, lots of branches down, no flooding, THATAWAY safe on the lift. I see an 8 pt Buck in the yard right now, so the deer made it ok too!

The temp did drop about 25 degrees overnight too!

Charlie
 
Captains Cat":1zz6ke92 said:
All over here near the C-Bay. No damage, lots of branches down, no flooding, THATAWAY safe on the lift. I see an 8 pt Buck in the yard right now, so the deer made it ok too!

The temp did drop about 25 degrees overnight too!

Charlie
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Glad to hear you came out OK. The earlier picture of THATAWAY on the lift scared me a bit as it didn't look like there was a lot of space if there was a large storm surge. Apparently the water never got high enough for you to worry about that.
 
Roger, that picture was from high tide on Sunday afternoon. The NW winds blew the water down the river on Monday and it didn't get any higher than that. The roof of the structure is designed with no joists in the center which would allow the boat to float even higher off the lift (that's as high as the lift goes) if necessary without damaging the AC, radar or anything on the cabin top. The highest I've seen the water, through 4 hurricanes now, is 2' over the top of the pier.

I hope everyone else was as lucky!

Charlie
 
Now that Sandy has made landfall, and the intensity of the storm along the coastal areas has subsided, it is perhaps a good time to discuss Sandy from a geological perspective.

This storm was well predicted days in advance by meteorologists -- giving time for preparation for those who accept scientific predictions.

It was also well predicted months in advance by geologists and climatologists -- giving time for long-term preparation for those who accept scientific predictions. Global warming, sea water temperature increases, sea level rise, increased number and intensity of hurricanes, increased number and height of storm surges -- all predicted by scientific models based on completed and tested geologic and climatologic scientific research.

Geologists have studied the change in climate over the past millions of years; climatologists for the past few centuries of recorded history, and meteorologists since weather records (and satellite date) have been accurately kept.

Prudence is a characteristic we have recognized in all good boaters we have known. Prudence, in our opinion, requires critical personal evaluation of data and a good understanding of how science works. It is imperative for the safety of ourselves and our boats that those of us who live or recreate on or near water, fresh or salt, pay attention to and understand SCIENCE. Heed the warnings.

We live in an era of making politics of everything -- we strongly advise that you don't do that with science. Science is what has helped create our current lifestyle and culture -- afloat and ashore. Know the importance (and limitations) of scientific prediction. Here is an interesting (in our opinion) article about the role of science today:


http://www.scientificamerican.com/artic ... -democracy
 
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