Plain Jane Plain Talk
Journals from the road, trails and at sea
Category: Hurricane Sandy
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At daybreak, we were preparing to motor 1.5 hours — to return back to dockside. Back to “juice”. Which translates to heat. It can’t happen soon enough. It has been 41 degrees in our cabin since Monday night – Hurricane Sandy’s landfall. While at anchor – the port side engine ignition switch disintegrated. Just like…
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The eerie sounds of Hurricane Sandy along with the sensation of a levitating boat at anchor is haunting. At 40-60 knot winds we weren’t even experiencing the full brunt of what Sandy had to offer. Thanks to our hurricane hole on Wilton Creek. By 5AM, the sounds of Sandy winds changed and bands of winds…
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Sunday evening through Monday morning was spent sleepless.twirling at anchor. When it gets dark and the winds howl muting conversation, the rains resemble waterfalls, and boat groan sounds like the anchor has failed – it’s easy to doubt your sanity. But so far so good here at anchor. I don’t want to jinx anything by…
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The winds are blowing steady from the North – as Hurricane Sandy works her way up the East Coast. Even though she is still out to sea, we are feeling her wide reach. The navigation buoys 15 miles east of us record the wind speeds – and show the winds are registering 40+ knots.…
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Still dockside at Deltaville, and by 3AM the winds are starting to howl. Not steady howling, but enough to wake up Soxy…who in turn makes sure we are listening to the winds. Getting up at 4AM has it’s advantages. We can: – recheck the latest hurricane tracking for the umteenth time, – charge up…
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Thursday 10/25/2012 We had PLANNED to do some sailing – and when we departed for Deltaville VA – this little blip in the news called Sandy was just some storm in the Caribbean. Nothing for us to worry about here in the South Chesapeake Bay. But no. Suddenly Sandy is predicted to take on the…
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