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Not to sidetrack the thread, but speaking of "discharge", this happened in Sept of this year: "As a result, city officials said, over the course of roughly 10 days, the St. Petersburg authorities released 136 million to 151 million gallons of partly treated raw sewage..." And that was just St...

Just for reference, when exceeding the 20 posts, should one use a CQR, Danforth? Exactly which is the preferred anchor for a post-20 post? :socool:

Any boat purchase requires concessions and flexibility. Can you change your budget?...maybe. Can you change your requirements, easier, and maybe. Almost every trawler will have 2 "cabins", so the question becomes what other sleeping space is available. A friend of mine has spend considerable...

Years ago, someone explained to me that there were basically two groups of people when it came to sea-sickness. One group is "externally focused" and needed to be able to see/focus on the "horizon", as they needed a reference point. The other group is "internally focused", and can't see the...

I just love waking up to good news. A lot of folks not out of the woods yet, but things are in much better shape than it looked like they would be this morning.

There will always be people that wait too long. Never understood why, other than there's a huge tendancy for people to not believe they're responsible for themselves. Waiting until now to pull the trigger and head west is...well, pure lunacy. You should have been heading west 2 days ago...

Excerpt from Nat Weather Svc Melbourn: NWS - Melbourne: "- STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO STURDY BUILDINGS, SOME WITH COMPLETE ROOF* AND WALL FAILURES. COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF MOBILE HOMES. DAMAGE* GREATLY ACCENTUATED BY LARGE AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. LOCATIONS* MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS OR MONTHS."

Dropsonde info just in from hurricane hunter: 925mb. That's incredible. 925mb 164m (538 ft) 24.4°C (75.9°F) 24.0°C (75°F) 170° (from the S) 153 knots (176 mph)

A lot of forecasters have played catchup throughout this whole saga so far. Really shows the value (if you can put up with all of the bickering, making liberal use of the "ignore" button) of a blog like Master's on WU. A lot of the serious longtime bloggers there were way out in front of this...

Heron, I agree. A whole lot of professional forecasters shaking their heads on this one. As I said before, seems almost like the closer we get, the more surprises we get... A couple of models bring this across the state into GOM and then South.

From Dr. Master's latest update: "Thanks to my advancing years and a low-stress lifestyle that features daily meditation, there’s not much that can move me to profanity—except the occasional low-skill driver who endangers my life on the road. But this morning while looking at the latest weather...

One of the local forecasts in Fl: From WFTV / Tom Terry: IMPACTS & THREATS Along the coast (Brevard, Volusia, and Flagler counties): Thursday: Tropical storm –force winds of at least 39 mph (sustained winds) Friday: Strongest winds, likely hurricane-force winds of at least 75 mph maximum...

This note from Dr. Masters is pretty telling: "1900. Dr. Jeff Masters , Director of Meteorology (Admin) 12:17 PM GMT on October 05, 2016 6 + Good morning, all! Though my morning started out not so good. While looking at the latest weather model runs, multiple very bad words escaped my lips...

Crashed last night thinking "Ok...things are starting to get sorted, models are converging, at least people have an idea now of when/where." Woke up this morning, grabbed coffee, sat down... Well crap. Anyone seen a Cat 4 hurricane make a 360 turn off the coast of Miami...

Bigfish, I've tracked Nor'Easters up in Maine/New England for years. Hurricanes are similar. Not identical, but similar. So a bunch of hurricanes come through, and out of all of the model runs, there are say 20 that all bunch up, and maybe 2-3 that disagree. All things being equal, everyone...

One of the biggest problems, as I'm sure everyone has noticed, is that this storm has been incredibly difficult to forecast. Models are all over the place. Models that usually are not close, are turning out to be much closer than "old reliables". In the week+ that I've been watching this...

Not worried about height, but if you were aware of what took out the first Skyline Bridge, you could see them exercising caution in a high-wind environment.

We're headed for Cozumel, so no worries down there. I think the only thing they're probably looking at is the ability to get out of Tampa Bay under the Skyline Bridge. I think it would take a bit more than TS force winds to hamper that, but no ones quite sure yet what we'll have over here on...

Pretty glad that at least our friends didn't pick that cruise. Still unsure about what what will happen with ours, Carnival's next update is 8pm. Seems like they'll go, but we'll see.

I know this sounds silly, but among the long list of preparations that we all go through, whether it be boats, homes, or RVs, one thing I added to my list was checking my insurances were all current. About 2yrs ago, my motor home had been parked for 6mos, and I called the insurance company to...

"I park right next to the boat, so about a 10 foot walk to get on the boat." or swim to the boat, as the case may be? Hope this heads OTS before it gets that far North.

Here's an site that's interesting...I'm just beginning to explore it, but it provides live data from the hurricane hunters: Live Recon in the Atlantic Basin - Tropical Atlantic Pretty amazing that today's technology allows you to sit anywhere in the world and watch radar images live, from a...

Storm surge warning in the latest NWS-Miami update: STORM SURGE: The combination of a dangerous storm surge and large and destructive waves could raise water levels by as much as the following amounts above normal tide levels... Southern Coast of Cuba east of Cabo Cruz...7 to 11 feet South...

Very slight shift East before going through the pass between Jamaica and Haiti. WAY too early to read anything into that, but anything moving East at this point is a bit of good news for SE US. Next HH flight leaves in an hour or so...but looking at sat images, that's a really strong and well...

I don't get ripped off, at least not much, and I might eat a bit too much, but it sure is great to just spend time out on the water. Get my coffee at 5am, head on up to the deck, and just enjoy being "out there".