some scarey reading, Hurricane Gustav
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best of luck
as luck would have it, once again i am work and will be baby sitting some loaded barges throughout the storm. as of this morning , i am headed up the mobile river/tenn/tom to ride this one out.
Best of luck to all along the coast .
hoping that all we have to deal with is the tidal surge.
sometimes it would be nice not to be the captain. lol
best wishes and good luck.
Captain Charles Creel
251-401-6457
as luck would have it, once again i am work and will be baby sitting some loaded barges throughout the storm. as of this morning , i am headed up the mobile river/tenn/tom to ride this one out.
Best of luck to all along the coast .
hoping that all we have to deal with is the tidal surge.
sometimes it would be nice not to be the captain. lol
best wishes and good luck.
Captain Charles Creel
251-401-6457
Best wishes
To all in the region, including NiceNEasy, who is pretty close to ground zero, according to current projections.
It looks like the Army Corp of Engineers work post Katrina is going to get a serious test in the same regions that failed the last time (the backside of New Orleans on Lake Pontchartrain).
To all in the region, including NiceNEasy, who is pretty close to ground zero, according to current projections.
It looks like the Army Corp of Engineers work post Katrina is going to get a serious test in the same regions that failed the last time (the backside of New Orleans on Lake Pontchartrain).
Looks like just maybe
Gustav has lost some punch overnight. Some forecasters are thinking it won't get it's power back. Hopefully it is going to come in as a cat.2. There is some cooler water ahead of it, so always some hope. Already have a few very light outer bands beginning to show up. I have my boat anchored in the canal behind the house. I thought really hard about taking it east, but I can't get past Pensacola without going offshore do to the bridges. If this thing were to swing a little bit east, I would be really exposed, as the surge would surely come over the barrier islands over there. If I could get east of Pensacola Bay, would have probably headed out couple of days ago. Have a 35# plow 45 degrees off the bow, which is headed south, and should get most of the wind, and all of the tidal surge coming from that direction. It's on a 5/8 rode w/chain. Have a big danforth about 30 degrees off the stern. 1/2 rode w/chain.Biggest concern with the anchors is not enough scope, if we have a really big surge. I am on the end of the canal, so no water very far behind me. And in front there is my neighbors 50' benny anchored out, so somewhat limited in what scope I can get out. I have almost 10 to 1 now, but a 15 foot surge will change that drastically. Moved the boat forward from last time, as during Katrina the stern lines to the dock went over the top of the pilings. So, now I have it tied off to the boat house pilings, which it can't get over. All dock lines are 7/16 sta set, doubled up. Have two on the bow, two on the stern, and two for spring lines. If that doesn't hold it heaven help us all. Now all there is to do is wait and see.
Gustav has lost some punch overnight. Some forecasters are thinking it won't get it's power back. Hopefully it is going to come in as a cat.2. There is some cooler water ahead of it, so always some hope. Already have a few very light outer bands beginning to show up. I have my boat anchored in the canal behind the house. I thought really hard about taking it east, but I can't get past Pensacola without going offshore do to the bridges. If this thing were to swing a little bit east, I would be really exposed, as the surge would surely come over the barrier islands over there. If I could get east of Pensacola Bay, would have probably headed out couple of days ago. Have a 35# plow 45 degrees off the bow, which is headed south, and should get most of the wind, and all of the tidal surge coming from that direction. It's on a 5/8 rode w/chain. Have a big danforth about 30 degrees off the stern. 1/2 rode w/chain.Biggest concern with the anchors is not enough scope, if we have a really big surge. I am on the end of the canal, so no water very far behind me. And in front there is my neighbors 50' benny anchored out, so somewhat limited in what scope I can get out. I have almost 10 to 1 now, but a 15 foot surge will change that drastically. Moved the boat forward from last time, as during Katrina the stern lines to the dock went over the top of the pilings. So, now I have it tied off to the boat house pilings, which it can't get over. All dock lines are 7/16 sta set, doubled up. Have two on the bow, two on the stern, and two for spring lines. If that doesn't hold it heaven help us all. Now all there is to do is wait and see.
Phil (N&E), Come Ride It Out with Us In P'cola
Hi Phil, you are welcome to come to ride it out with Bonnie & I. We are 10 miles west of Pensacola. We're projected to get only tropical storm force winds (knock on wood). We'll stock up with your favorite beverage, watch the Weather Channel and make the best of it. After it's over with, you'll be within 3 hours of back home. BrianW
Hi Phil, you are welcome to come to ride it out with Bonnie & I. We are 10 miles west of Pensacola. We're projected to get only tropical storm force winds (knock on wood). We'll stock up with your favorite beverage, watch the Weather Channel and make the best of it. After it's over with, you'll be within 3 hours of back home. BrianW
Watching Waiting *yks
Many thanks to Ross and all the well wishers.. We on the gulf/ Lake Pontchartrain are keeping our fingers crossed and watching carefully. In the marina on Friday, we got three boats tied securely that haven’t been touched in three years.. I got mine secured as she was for Katrina.. If the surge isn’t too bad, we’ll be OK.. Nice N Easy, GREAT job getting the air leak on the suction side of SeaDance’s engine squared away.. and causing smiles with the Keesler folks on Zydeco.. Beset to you guys as we all prepare for the wind and water.
Many thanks to Ross and all the well wishers.. We on the gulf/ Lake Pontchartrain are keeping our fingers crossed and watching carefully. In the marina on Friday, we got three boats tied securely that haven’t been touched in three years.. I got mine secured as she was for Katrina.. If the surge isn’t too bad, we’ll be OK.. Nice N Easy, GREAT job getting the air leak on the suction side of SeaDance’s engine squared away.. and causing smiles with the Keesler folks on Zydeco.. Beset to you guys as we all prepare for the wind and water.
I lived in Gulfport the summer of 1960 and we had a house
about a block from US highway 10 and about 2 blocks west of where they were building the new VA hospital. When we were down there after Hurricane Camille all of the houses and the trees in the neighborhood where I had lived were gone. The summer that I was there we had a small cat 1 hurricane hit Biloxi, we just got some wind and rain and of course the power was out.
about a block from US highway 10 and about 2 blocks west of where they were building the new VA hospital. When we were down there after Hurricane Camille all of the houses and the trees in the neighborhood where I had lived were gone. The summer that I was there we had a small cat 1 hurricane hit Biloxi, we just got some wind and rain and of course the power was out.
Best of luck everyone
I hope this is just a lot of rain and wind. I hope all stay high and dry. NOLA is just not catching a break lately.
I hope this is just a lot of rain and wind. I hope all stay high and dry. NOLA is just not catching a break lately.
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