lad you made it thru OK. I was worried about you and Doug King, who we
haven't heard from yet.

OT

"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
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"Lady Pilot" wrote in message
| I'm sooo happy that you are okay! I've been worrying about you...
|
| The other stuff can be replaced.
|
| xoxo,
|
| LP

Only the Good Die Young Babe! :-)
Letter on the way.......

CM

Okay, sure...

Did you mail it "snail mail" two days ago? ;-)

LP

"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
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"Lady Pilot" wrote in message
| I'm sooo happy that you are okay! I've been worrying about you...
|
| The other stuff can be replaced.
|
| xoxo,
|
| LP

Only the Good Die Young Babe! :-)
Letter on the way.......

CM



I've been holding my breath...my face is as blue as my eyes...

LP

Glad to hear you're OK.

Scotty


"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
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Okay.. so it's Saturday and the weather folks are still claiming a
tropical
storm. I'm in Mahone Bay on Overproof. Check the marine WX and they are
giving alerts to a landfall for the South Shore by a possible Cat-1 to
Cat-2
Hurricane on Sunday evening.. H-m-m-m-m....... not what the Environment
Canada office is telling the folks on radio, TV and Internet.???

Drove to my buddy's farm and we strapped down all his loose boards and
shingles from the barn he just took down. Spent the night getting really
drunk. Next morning we left for the boat at 0700hrs. We stripped all
canvas
and rails etc to reduce windage. The WX stated the eye was estimated to
pass
right over Mahone Bay. They upgraded to a Cat-2. I extended the mooring
lines with two lengths of 15 ft 3/4" golden braid and set two anchors to
the
east [open fetch area] with 200 feet of chain and 200 feet of 3/4" to a 26
lbCQR and a 50lb Danforth in 20 feet of water. Broke out the leather kit
and
stitched on leather chafe guards wrapped over chamois to every rode. Then
assisted in securing other vessels. Nothing more to be done I watched as
the
weather deteriorated and the winds increased. Overproof was riding well
and
softly to her mooring ... not dancing and bobbing like the other vessels.
We
called it at 1800 hrs when darkness fell and returned to my friend's farm
to
wait out the storm well inland. I painted a sign for his truck while the
storm raged and the rum disappeared.

At 2100hrs God himself responded to the 3 churches of Mahone Bay full of
praying patrons and the Landfall was switched to Halifax. I phoned up my
friend at the Dartmouth Yacht Club. I warned him of the change just as it
was being relayed to him. They were expecting a possible Cat-1 with
moderate
expected damage. He called me the next morning and informed me the entire
club and all the docks were in splinters. 20 boats lost and severe damage.
I
checked on Overproof and found her safe.. with one of the three moorings
that didn't drag. The other 2 also had deployed anchors and chafe gear.

End result... Halifax is a mess. Boats litter the shore. Trees down and
uprooted. Roofs blown off. Trains derailed and sucked into the bay, boats
with their moorings up on shore... a woman awoke to find her ship had come
in... through her bedroom wall.... 6 foot high boulders tossed 50 meters
upshore. The Ferry terminal and most of the harbour front docks damaged.
One
of the bridges damaged and shut down. Roads washed out. We have over 30
trees down on my property.. some are 40-60 foot Maples.

I've been over 4 days without power.. getting water from the Nine Mile
River
to flush the toilets. All frozen winter meat supplies have to be thrown
out.
Lost 1/3 of the flock when they were blown away by the winds that took the
door off the coop.

The whole area is crippled badly. No warnings were issued... no hurricane
action was enacted and our Emergency Response Organization failed the
community badly. They issued tropical storm warnings and only started to
get
worried about 4 hours before the hurricane hit. They have now upgraded to
a
Cat-2 with possible Cat-3 due to reported wind velocities and recorded
sustained winds..... after the fact.

Capt. Mooron

Thom Stewart wrote:

lad you made it thru OK. I was worried about you and Doug King, who we
haven't heard from yet.

We're OK, thanks.

Fresh Breezes (but not too much all at once, thanks)- Doug King

Hey Doug. How'd ya'all fare with the cane?

Scotty

"DSK" wrote in message
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Thom Stewart wrote:

lad you made it thru OK. I was worried about you and Doug King, who we
haven't heard from yet.

We're OK, thanks.

Fresh Breezes (but not too much all at once, thanks)- Doug King

Doug,

Welcome back!

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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Hey Doug. How'd ya'all fare with the cane?

Scotty

"DSK" wrote in message
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Thom Stewart wrote:

lad you made it thru OK. I was worried about you and Doug King, who we
haven't heard from yet.

We're OK, thanks.

Fresh Breezes (but not too much all at once, thanks)- Doug King

Good to hear ..... speaking as someone who's just been through one.

Details, Particulars.... colourful narration. Your public awaits.

CM


"DSK" wrote in message
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| Thom Stewart wrote:
|
| lad you made it thru OK. I was worried about you and Doug King, who we
| haven't heard from yet.
|
| We're OK, thanks.
|
| Fresh Breezes (but not too much all at once, thanks)- Doug King
|

Scott Vernon wrote:

Hey Doug. How'd ya'all fare with the cane?

Hi Scott-
Nice pics, did you get any of the 8 foot surge that was reported up your way?

We had a few days delay, but no damage. We lucked into the safest hurricane
hole possible, and spent most of the storm munching popcorn & watching old
comedy movies. I got to test a few of my theories about anti chafe gear, and
found that a cheap towel & wire ties works very well indeed. We also tested a
theory about improving ground tackle holding power by putting cinderblocks
along our chain rode, secured in place with a second chain & shackles. It was
awkward to lay in place but would have held the QE2.

There were 7 other boats in our same area, none suffered any damage. The worst
part was that the Mexican restaurant right next to our wharf was closed after
the storm, no electricity. I offered to run a power line from our generator.

After the storm, I was amazed at how many people spent their time driving
around aimlessly looking for an open gas station, so they could drive around
aimlessly some more.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Is he blind as well as...?

Cheers MC

Scott Vernon wrote:

Hey Doug. How'd ya'all fare with the cane?

Scotty

"DSK" wrote in message
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Thom Stewart wrote:


lad you made it thru OK. I was worried about you and Doug King, who we
haven't heard from yet.

We're OK, thanks.

Fresh Breezes (but not too much all at once, thanks)- Doug King