Yikes - you guys were incredibly lucky, judging by the devastation all around!! Looks like crane operators and maybe a few Sikorsky pilots might have some good job prospects in the neighbourhood... a giant game of pick-up-sticks, with boats and docks.
From my boat "Seasop" in Greenport,NY where I spent the storm, the view was much the same. Only inches before the docks floated free from their pilings but for a timely change of wind direction from the NE to the SE stopped the rising waters in the nick of time. I imagine you folks had a similar nightmare image of all the boats in your marina in a big twisted pile of boats and docks blown into the shoreline, buildings, or parking lot. Grateful to have survived unscathed.
Yikes - you guys were incredibly lucky, judging by the devastation all around!! Looks like crane operators and maybe a few Sikorsky pilots might have some good job prospects in the neighbourhood... a giant game of pick-up-sticks, with boats and docks.
ReplyDeleteA few more inches of surge and we would have joined the mess.
ReplyDeleteToday we will see how things fared downstream.
From my boat "Seasop" in Greenport,NY where I spent the storm, the view was much the same. Only inches before the docks floated free from their pilings but for a timely change of wind direction from the NE to the SE stopped the rising waters in the nick of time. I imagine you folks had a similar nightmare image of all the boats in your marina in a big twisted pile of boats and docks blown into the shoreline, buildings, or parking lot. Grateful to have survived unscathed.
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