Richard Whitney CS#70 Posted August 26, 2011 Posted August 26, 2011 Our news in NZ showing a big storm bearing down on the east coast - hope you are all safe and sound - hang in there! Quote
Scott Dunsworth Posted August 26, 2011 Posted August 26, 2011 I hope undergroundweather.com is dead wrong. It is forcasting a 9 to 12 foot storm surge in Graham and Carlas area!!! God be with you, my friends. Scott Quote
JeffM Posted August 26, 2011 Posted August 26, 2011 Graham and Carla seem to get pounded pretty regularly. Time to plan a move to New England??? (You'd be closer to Mystic!) At least Irene will be a lot weaker when it gets here! Quote
Ray Frechette Jr Posted August 26, 2011 Posted August 26, 2011 Graham and Carla seem to get pounded pretty regularly. Time to plan a move to New England??? (You'd be closer to Mystic!) At least Irene will be a lot weaker when it gets here! No chance. Graham fears the snowstorms much more than the hurricanes Quote
Hirilonde Posted August 26, 2011 Posted August 26, 2011 Graham and Carla seem to get pounded pretty regularly. Time to plan a move to New England??? (You'd be closer to Mystic!) At least Irene will be a lot weaker when it gets here! I have just spent the last 3 days getting the boats at the boatyard I am managing this summer out of the water and getting the people to move them to higher ground. If NOAA is correct I don't know how much weaker (if any) it will be when it hits RI and CT. My town of Charlestown has a mandatory evactuation of beach and salt pond areas effective 5 pm Saturday. Quote
Designer Posted August 27, 2011 Posted August 27, 2011 We have spent a lot of time preparing for Irene over the last three days and we will find out tomorrow if it was enough. It looks like an equal opportunity storm. The eye will likely cross over Oyster's, Tom's and our house before it leaves. Ray is right. I would rather fight my storms in the summer than up north in the winter. I spoke to Charlie Jones this morning and he said that he is well prepared and is in a snug anchorage off of Mobjack Bay. This may be my last post before the electricity goes. 1 Quote
Ray Frechette Jr Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 Well Maine I am sure did not fare as rough as NC did. But Irene still pulled some punches on us. Weakened to a Tropical Storm it started with a lot of Rain. Hardly any wind until about 1 PM. Peak gusts locally were in the 50 MPH range but mostly it was in the 40's. It was enough however to uproot a fair amount of trees around town that I could see and more than enough to knock out power for many. At its peak we had roughly 280,000 customers without power. I know that sounds small compared to NC and Virginia, but realize that Maine only has roughly 1.25 million total population. This one customer had 4 people in the house without power. Lights flipped on and off for a few hours as something would hit line and short out and circuit breaker would reset. Power went down for the count at about 4:30 P.M. Fortunately the French Fries were done and we used residual heat in oven to reheat the chicken and veggies. Power stayed out until 8:00 AM today. We kept food in fridge down around 40 by using power inverter and deep cycle battery. I can keep our fridge cold for 24 hours only consuming 40 amp hours... In winter I can keep our house warm by running furnace off the inverter too. 24 hours of warmth only takes roughly 30 amp hours. Your mileage may vary depending on ambient conditions and efficiency of house furnace and fridge. Inventory of damages? My computer and surge protector got cooked by power flivkering on and off. Next time I unplug them before the wind starts. Working with son's netbook... And a garage roof lost about 40 sq ft of shingles. Not bad at all in the grand scheme of things. I can live with it. Quote
TonyDay Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 I just spoke with Graham and everyone in the B&B family is OK. He had some water damage at his house and apparently a lot of damage at the boatyard. which had a lot of water in the buildings. The big boat under construction was moved around in it's building but was not damaged, the small boats (Southern Skimmer, Marissa and Amanda) were tossed about by high water. Most everything can be recovered. He still has no power either at the shop or at his house. Tony Quote
Michael Collins Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 Tony, Thank you for the report. Graham and Carla have been on my mind along with Al's boat. It is good to know that nothing is a total loss. Michael Quote
Tom Lathrop Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 I just got the computer running on generator. Liz and I are OK but Irene was much worse that Isabel in 2003 although I only got 4" more water (9' total) but 36" of that was in the shop. like Graham, we prepared reasonably well but it never seems to be enough and there is an awful lot of mess to clean up. Son Tim is coming from Atlanta today to help with that. Our land phone just came back on but power is still out over most of the county and some roads are still blocked. It's just stuff and we will get on with life. Tom Quote
wkisting Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 Sorry to hear about the clean up work, but glad everyone's all right. Quote
Michael Collins Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 Tom, Glad to hear that you and Liz are ok. I hope that your beautiful Bluejacket and Lapwing are undamaged. Michael Quote
Ray Frechette Jr Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 Roof fixed today. And Computer is fixed. Power supply had fried and got a used one for $17.00. Now all I have to do is sweep the driveway of all the leaves that fell in it. I feel for you in NC and the hassle these things cost you. Quote
Tom Lathrop Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 For those interested in broken boats and a trashed marina, here is one just up the Pamlico RIver. The second link showing a cruise boat in the same area is almost unbelievable. https://picasaweb.google.com/115445160992884704331/IreneDamageInCaptSamsBoatYardAndDocks?feat=email#5646067382344416594 http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/You_Have_To_See_It_To_Believe_It__Large_Boat_Balances_On_Pier_128555358.html?storySection=photo Tom Quote
Ray Frechette Jr Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 Geesh Tom, Graham fears Blizzards more than Hurricanes. Personally I will take 3-5 significant blizzards a year rather than 1 hurricane every 7-8 years myself. I saw what a measly little tropical storm did locally. Quote
Scott Dufour Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 Hurray! My power just came back on. I'm amazed at the job our local utility crews did getting us back up and running. Trees down everywhere, wires and poles all over the roads just two days ago. My family used the heck out of our large Kelly Kettle I bought after reading an article in Small Craft Adviser. This thing's great. http://www.kellykettleusa.com/ Quote
hokeyhydro Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 5th day with no electric service, but no damage at all to my house or boats. For a while the water was so high I could not go anywhere, and when the water receded there were still large trees blocking all the routes out. My Honda 2000 watt generator is now over 100 hours of straight run time save for quick fuel stops. Keeps the fridge cool, and runs my coffeepot - cold beer, hot coffee = i'm good. Hope Tom and Graham didn't lose to many tools and other good stuff . . . Quote
Oyster Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 I "loaned" my generator out to four different houses for a couple of hours until power came back on even though folks had one. One of the houses had two but could not get them to run. Why people wait until after the storm passes to see if their generators would run is beyond me. Everyone said that it ran last year. Heck they offered to give me gas in exchange for cooling their frig and freezers down. Sure, the same old crap thats been sitting in their generator's tank is the same crap sitting in their spare gas cans awaiting to also destroy my carb if I used their stuff. I did look at one of the generators dropping the bowl down and the gas looked almost like the coffee I was drinking that morning, even with black specs likened to coffee grounds. Its not like these folks didn't know that anything was headed our way. Quote
PeterP Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 Wes, you're in the South now. This sounds like your typical "Bless your heart" moment. (short and polite way of saying YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MORON JUST DID? ) PeterP Quote
ricknriver Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 Was quite a nasty event in E. NC. I'm just west of that Broad Creek that has the less than well secured "dock top" cruise boat, on the north shore of the Pamlico. About a 8-9' surge (32" in my 60" raised crawl/storage space-big mess) and BIG waves over the bulkhead from the WNW winds as she passed to the east. Was jumping waves in chest deep water in the yard trying to rescue broke away 100# propane bottles, miss-timed one wave and it broke over my head. Rough day but all boats pulled high and dry days before and no home or tree damage just 5 trailer loads of debris so far. Many not so fortunate. Like Graham, won't trade for cold & snow :-). Hope their small boats not too badly dinged. Safe sailing, R Quote
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