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General Aquasport Forums => Chum => Topic started by: RickK on September 01, 2016, 07:11:25 PM
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For us FL members, we usually take a tropical depression or even a Cat 1 hurricane with a grain of salt. This storm, Hermine, is one of those type but I will tell you that we have received upwards of 15" of rain out of it so far where I live and now the bands are moving up the coast.
Can you say HURRICANE PARTY!!
Make sure you're ready for the rain and the lack of power by stocking up on plenty of refreshments, ice, food, gas for the genny and a few sandbags if needed.
At least it's starting to pick up forward speed to get through the land and back out to sea.
Be Safe :nSalute:
If you need help let us know and we can round up some help.
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Hasn't been to bad where I'm at. Like you said a lot of rain and some wind here and there. I'm in south Venice. Close to you I think Rick so if there's an extra helping hand needed let me know.
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Surprisingly we have only gotten maybe 2" of rain so far, and winds are not bad at all. But what is worrying me is the tide. It reached the top of my seawall at high tide (around 4-5 tonight). I don't expect it to go down much due to the storm, so the next high tide will be interesting. That should be about 5 in the morning.
Edit: spoke too soon. Wind is starting to pick up now.
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Looks like the path took it right through Tallahassee, home town of Capt. Bob.
Everything ok CB?
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Here in Panama City Hermine didn't even water my grass. The last major blow we had was in 1995, I hope I didn't just put the juju on myself.
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You were on the dry side I guess
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last night around 9:30-10pm around low tide
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/recklesabandon727/IMG_20160901_204633581.jpg)
had some kayak and canoe racing
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/recklesabandon727/IMG_20160901_214319879.jpg)
this morning water was a little bit higher, got right up to our garage door but didnt go inside
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/recklesabandon727/IMG_20160902_071427780.jpg)
dug my little outboard out for these special occasions but i couldnt get it started. it would run on starting fluid but not on its own, assuming clogged carb.
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/recklesabandon727/IMG_20160902_071525464.jpg)
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Good pics Aaron! It's amazing how much impact this "weak storm" has had up and down our coast. My wife woke me up at 2 am to tell me the water was almost up to our pool enclosure. High tide wasn't due until around 5:30 am. We got very lucky that the water stopped rising about 2" before the level of our garage. I think we were one of two houses that stayed completely dry.
I had raised my boat twice on the lift yesterday. After the second time, I figured there was no way we would get that much water from a storm so far to the north. When my wife woke me up, this is what I saw:
(http://www.classicaquasport.com/gallery/data/500/IMG_1031.JPG) (http://www.classicaquasport.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=14598&title=hermine&cat=500)
By this time there was no power to the lift, so I waded out there in water up to my crotch and tied it to the lift cradle so that it couldn't float off. Thankfully the water wasn't too cold!
Here is a pic from the front of the house:
(http://www.classicaquasport.com/gallery/data/500/IMG_10272.JPG) (http://www.classicaquasport.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=14597&title=hermine&cat=500)
Overall I feel pretty fortunate that things weren't worse. I will probably lose my pool pump, sprinkler pump, and the breakers in the sub panel out by the dock, and we had no power from 4 am until about 6 pm, but nobody got hurt and my project boat survived!
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At about 8:30 tonight here in Panama City the bottom fell out, we're getting what we were supposed to get last night. On the Wunderground radar there is a solid line of T-storms streching from PC across the Panhandle to Jax then out to sea and connecting with the main body of the storm. I've never seen a low this huge. I knew I should'nt have tempted the wx gods with my 1995 remark.
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(http://www.classicaquasport.com/gallery/data/500/IMG_2191.JPG) (http://www.classicaquasport.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7051&title=205-osprey&cat=500)
(http://www.classicaquasport.com/gallery/data/500/IMG_1031.JPG) (http://www.classicaquasport.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=14598&title=hermine&cat=500)
Based on the pic in your signature, that's a huge storm surge - whoa. Where's the boat that was behind yours? That would have spooky wading out there - one wrong step and you're in the river :shocked:
Has it started to recede yet?
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I've never seen a low this huge. I knew I should'nt have tempted the wx gods with my 1995 remark.
36 hours after landfall and it's still got some pull.
(http://www.classicaquasport.com/gallery/data/500/Hermine_2_days_after_hitting_FL.PNG) (http://www.classicaquasport.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=14600&title=hermine-2-days-after-hitting-fl&cat=500)
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Based on the pic in your signature, that's a huge storm surge - whoa. Where's the boat that was behind yours? That would have spooky wading out there - one wrong step and you're in the river :shocked:
Has it started to recede yet?
Yes, I walked very slowly and carefully when I got closer to the boat. The boat in the background in that pic is long gone. He has a pontoon now, and it did fine. A boat at the end of the canal floated forward on its lift and was sitting bow down at about a 30 degree angle yesterday, but I think they are ok now. And a friend of mine on the river had his proline float off his lift and end up in the marsh. I don't think anyone expected the surge we got.
Here is a picture from yesterday. You can see I still had plenty of room to raise it further, which will be SOP in the future.
(http://www.classicaquasport.com/gallery/data/500/IMG_1043_-_cropped.JPG) (http://www.classicaquasport.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=14599&title=hermine&cat=500)
The tide is much lower now. It has pretty high all day yesterday, and didn't make it back over the seawall even at the afternoon high tide.
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How did the marina fair?
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Talked to Capt. Bob, he said the storm was not too bad but knocked out power in his area and it'll be out for about a week, per the mayor. He has a couple gennys to keep his freezer going and it looks like the power surge may have knocked his fridge out - he can hear the compressor kick on but then shortly thereafter, it kicks off and doesn't cool the fridge - stays at 70 degrees. So he's only using one genny right now - his wife is freaking out without power.
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Quite amazing the amount of energy created by a relatively minor storm, glad everyone is Ok with minimal damage. That storm surge is unbelievable. Certainly makes you think twice about our vulnerabilities.
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Sprint got fuel for their generator so I finally got a connection in the hood. Still days away from power. They haven't even started repairs. Mayor said everybody will be up in a week. That ain't happening here but we are a tiny subdivision and as such, not low hanging fruit.
Still, it could be worst. Probably going to need a new fridge but there's plenty of stores open and the weather has been surprisingly mild.
Worked the last two days (after I off rode around the police barricade of our entry road) and our project is cleared and has power. Boat was untouched, got plenty of fuel and two generators so life is good. Plenty of cold beer and kicking back to relax over the next two days.
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Glad everyone is ok down here - the storm is still messing with people up the east coast. Going to be plenty of storm surge up there. One of our factories up in Longbranch, NJ had 3-4 feet of water in it when Sandy sent the surge in and I heard that city mentioned again on the news this morning as one that is in danger of high surge.
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I live 30 minutes South of Long Branch and its not too bad. Water is up to dock, but not over bulkhead. Some places here have some water over the roadways but most are ok. Storm should be gone by Thursday hopefully.
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Thanks for the update George - glad you're ok and also our factory, which was down for almost 6 months after Sandy.