Capt. Neal® wrote:
"Jeff" wrote in message ...
| Glad to hear you rode it out in style. I must say I was a bit
| concerned. Although the Snake is probably the most secure area for
| 100 miles, I doubt I would have had the nerve to go closer to the track.
|
| I was curious if you had much of a surge there; they were predicting
| 12 to 20 feet. Also, what would it have been like closer to your
| home, like in the mangroves around Lake Largo?


Thanks for the good words.

They only got about seven feet of surge in the Key Largo anchorage on the
Bayside. I'm not sure where Lake Largo is but I guess they got seven or
so feet there as well. There were lighter winds in Key Largo because the
storm tracked north of here but I wanted to get away because I knew
even a Cat 5 was survivable up in the mangroves of the Shark River whereas
if the storm stayed powerful and happened to take a turn that tracked it
right up the Keys there would have been roofs, etc. flying around destroying
everything in site. The mangroves are short around here - only fifteen or twenty
feet and they don't really offer much shelter at all.

I was thinking of Largo Sound, and the channels leading in there.
Lake Largo is one of those man-made holes that probably is secure, as
long as a flying roof doesn't hit you.