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I think you have made a wise decision by staying in Demopolis (wherever that is and however you spell it.)
You are nearly through with your journidad and it would be a shame to go through a hurricane just to save a few days. Even if it costs you 1 or 2 weeks to stay out of trouble, it's worth it.
Boris
You are nearly through with your journidad and it would be a shame to go through a hurricane just to save a few days. Even if it costs you 1 or 2 weeks to stay out of trouble, it's worth it.
Boris
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journey on":fhxarpj6 said:
Boris, Demopolis (which means "The People's City" in Greek!) is the last city on the Black Warrior - Tombigbee Waterway, there is literally nothing except one fish camp in the 212 river miles from here to Mobile! Hard to believe but true! We are at the Kingfisher Marina, which is very nice and quite inexpensive. We will be here until Nate blows though, whether as a Tropical Storm or a Hurricane. Even here 140 miles as the crow flies north of the Gulf, we know we will feel the effects of Nate, and we are prepared as well as we can be with extra lines on both sides in our slip! According to all the experts, Nate should make landfall in the U.S. late on Sunday or early on Monday. We are sitting tight for the duration!
Pat, I think you guys made a wise choice there. I may not be perfect, but it is what it is, and you have time to secure things up if you need too, and it beats heading into the unknown, which could be better or the same or worse. That distance from the coast you have a pretty good buffer zone. There are worse things than hunkering.
Enjoy, and be glad you are stocked up. remember the boy Scout motto.
Harvey
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Enjoy, and be glad you are stocked up. remember the boy Scout motto.
Harvey
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hardee":25y1zfch said:Pat, I think you guys made a wise choice there. I may not be perfect, but it is what it is, and you have time to secure things up if you need too, and it beats heading into the unknown, which could be better or the same or worse. That distance from the coast you have a pretty good buffer zone. There are worse things than hunkering.
Enjoy, and be glad you are stocked up. remember the boy Scout motto.
Harvey
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Harvey, our buffer is far from a comfortable one. We are only 140 land miles north of Mobile. The maps show the northeast track passing directly over us, and in fact we are kind of in the center of the forecast track, with wind impacts expected in central and even northern Alabama. We would feel a lot more comfortable being several states away, say, back up in Kentucky!
It is just eerily quiet here when we know something big is coming!
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Pat Anderson":335ew4ur said:hardee":335ew4ur said:Pat, I think you guys made a wise choice there. I may not be perfect, but it is what it is, and you have time to secure things up if you need too, and it beats heading into the unknown, which could be better or the same or worse. That distance from the coast you have a pretty good buffer zone. There are worse things than hunkering.
Enjoy, and be glad you are stocked up. remember the boy Scout motto.
Harvey
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Harvey, our buffer is far from a comfortable one. We are only 140 land miles north of Mobile. The maps show the northeast track passing directly over us, and in fact we are kind of in the center of the forecast track, with wind impacts expected in central and even northern Alabama. We would feel a lot more comfortable being several states away, say, back up in Kentucky!
It is just eerily quiet here when we know something big is coming!
Prayers for your safety, and others. Will be watching with you.
Harvey
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Pat Anderson":18ys7362 said:
HI Pat,
FWIW - In my humble opinion I think you did good stopping where you did. I attended college in Hattiesburg MS, and was a flight instructor near Enterprise Alabama for a number of years, Both are half the distance you are from the gulf, and despite the many hurricanes and tropical storms that hit the gulf (eg, Carla,Freddie, etc), the fact we were 70 miles inland made a huge difference in the impact of the storm. We never had a problem other than occasionally a heavy rainfall event. I applaud you for your decision to wait "so far" inland, and if I were in your sandals, I would be taking a long deserved rest with an ear to the weather and a good book.
PS When I lived in Enterprise we considered Meridian and Demopolis so far north that we called the residents 'Yankees'. And as to the panhandle being an 'armpit', I have traveled the world and the white sands of Panama City, Destin, etc contain some of the most beautiful beaches I have seen. You can literally spill a bag of sugar on the beach and have no idea of which is sand and which is sugar as they are both so white.
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Pat If Nate continues on its path and stays a hurricane I would take down your canvas to save it . Hopefully the marina is built well enough to withstand a 70-80 mph winds it should be .
I left my canvas up and it played havoc with the canvas ripping it the last storm we had here in Naples .(not Irma )
My boat was secured tied to 4 trees on a trailer for Irma Tree branches landed in cockpit but no damage that I can tell haven't taken boat out as of yet .
We still would like to meet somewhere in Florida we will be up by Useppa Island on Nov 2-4 this is right by Cayo Costa state park in Lee county .send me message Jim Widmann (jennykatz)
I left my canvas up and it played havoc with the canvas ripping it the last storm we had here in Naples .(not Irma )
My boat was secured tied to 4 trees on a trailer for Irma Tree branches landed in cockpit but no damage that I can tell haven't taken boat out as of yet .
We still would like to meet somewhere in Florida we will be up by Useppa Island on Nov 2-4 this is right by Cayo Costa state park in Lee county .send me message Jim Widmann (jennykatz)
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We appreciate everyone's concern and advice! The cockpit canvas is down and rolled up, except for the bimini, which will get rolled up over the frame and secured as the last thing this evening. The boat is in the middle of our covered slip secured with three lines on each side doubled back to the boat with enough slack to allow the boat to rise and fall but not to bang into the sides of the slip. The slip is big enough for 40 footers, and we are tucked as far up into it
as possible. It will likely be "show time" late tonight or some time tomorrow, or possibly later. All we have now is to ride it out!
as possible. It will likely be "show time" late tonight or some time tomorrow, or possibly later. All we have now is to ride it out!
Now that you have the boat secured, are you staying on board through the storm? I doubt you would sleep much, but it could be yet another once in a lifetime experience.
I certainly hope Patty is not watching your spelling or there may be yet another storm on the way.
Pat Anderson":m71kewb1 said:
I certainly hope Patty is not watching your spelling or there may be yet another storm on the way.
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TyBoo":1y5df66b said:
Yes, we are staying on-board...I can pretty much sleep through ANYTHING but this may be a challenge!
I noticed the error about THIRTY-ONE minutes after posting, I corrected it on the blog and on Facebook, but somehow, SOMEBODY decided after thirty minutes, I was stuck forever with what I posted HERE! No problem, I trust everyone else understands why I could not correct this error!
The blame for the 30 minute editing time goes to DogOn Dory.
I am sorry, but catching you in a grammatical error is about as much a once in a lifetime thing as riding out a hurricane on a C-Dory. I couldn't resist. I even included what is arguably a technical grammar error in my own post to give Patty a shot at a comeback.
Speaking of - the question was serious. Are you staying aboard for the big winds?
I am sorry, but catching you in a grammatical error is about as much a once in a lifetime thing as riding out a hurricane on a C-Dory. I couldn't resist. I even included what is arguably a technical grammar error in my own post to give Patty a shot at a comeback.
Speaking of - the question was serious. Are you staying aboard for the big winds?