It was me! It was me! NOT!!
Never underestimate the idiocy of a boater.
Poor Dauphin Island. In 1979, Hurricane Frederic destroyed the old Dauphin
Island Bridge. A ferry was used for many months while the new bridge was being
built. The ferry continues today but runs across the mouth of Mobile Bay
between Dauphin Island and Fort Morgan.
Story had to be a bit off with the statement about the boat "sailing back into
the open waters of the Gulf". The boat had to be in Bayou Aloe on the north
side of Dauphin Island. The power lines run west of the Dauphin Island Bridge
across Pas au Herons, a body of water that connects Mississippi Sound with
Mobile Bay then across Bayou Aloe. To sail into the Gulf, the boat would have
to sail a very narrow channel, pass through the Dauphin Island Bridge then turn
south and sail out the mouth of Mobile Bay or sail 13 miles around the western
tip of Dauphin Island.
Dennis C.
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> From: Prime Interest <primeinter...@gmail.com>
>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 10:40 AM
>Subject: Re: Stus-List Isaac..Dauphin Island Without Power Thanks to Runaway
>Boat
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>Not sure if this link was submitted …
sorry if duplicate
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>http://www.local15tv.com/mostpopular/story/Dauphin-Island-Without-Power-Thanks-to-Runaway/TiNG7p_wUEacS97IJ9Ro5Q.cspx
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>Nice video
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>ed
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>From:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On
>Behalf Of Della Barba, Joe
>Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012
7:58 AM
>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>Subject: Re: Stus-List
Isaac..prepping for storm and surge
>
>I was amazed at the
number of boats in my marina that rode out Isabel with full canvas up! That
hurricane had to be the most forecast hurricane ever – it basically went ruler
straight right at us for days.
>For the hurricane
last year I grabbed a mooring in Annapolis .
Much easier than adjusting lines all night and the boat stays into the wind.
The harbormaster said no one was supposed to use the moorings, but then he
left……………..
>
>Joe Della Barba
>
>From:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com
[mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On
Behalf Of Jack Brennan
>Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
5:57 PM
>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>Subject: Re: Stus-List
Isaac..prepping for storm and surge
>
>The winds in a
category one hurricane won’t do that much. Where I live in Southeast Florida ,
some people don’t even board up their homes unless it
looks like the eye is coming right at them.
>
>I saw plenty of boats
that survived category one conditions in 2004-5 without any preparation
at all.
>
>However, Isaac was a
very wet storm when the outer bands passed through here the other day. I’m
holding my breath, like everyone else, hoping that the levees hold in the New
Orleans area. And, if
the water level gets too high, docks break up and boats end up all over land.
Twenty inches of rain would do a lot more damage than 75 mph winds.
>
>The difference between
a category one and, say, a three, is impressive. You can walk around outside in
a one for a quick look if you’re curious and careful. Not so with a three.
Sections of roofs are flying through the air. Tree limbs are lethal
weapons.
>
>A five, forget about
it. South Miami-Dade looked like Beirut
during the civil war after Andrew. Concrete walls were knocked down.
Two-by-fours were driven through palm trees. I have a friend whose family
survived by huddling in a bathtub with a mattress over them as their concrete
block home broke up.
>
>
>From:elev...@grayinsco.com
>Sent:Tuesday, August 28,
2012 5:14 PM
>To:cnc
>Cc:cnc
>Subject:Re:
Stus-List Isaac..prepping for storm and surge
>
>Basic storm
preparation will go a good way towards saving one's boat. At least I can sleep
well knowing I tried. I also have the pictures of my efforts if the insurance
company needed proof. Our slip lease requires removal of canvas and extra
docklines in the approach of a tropical storm. An e-mail reminder of the lease
provisions circulated at the end of last week. It will be interesting to see
what results.
>
>Ed
>Dreamgirl,
>30 Mk 1, #19
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>-----cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com wrote: -----
>To:
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>From: Steve Thomas
>Sent by: cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com
>Date: 08/28/2012 03:42PM
>Subject: Re: Stus-List Isaac..prepping for storm and surge
>Some people seem to think that if they have an insurance policy
then they are relieved of all responsibility for reasonable and
>prudent precaution.
>It is an attitude that needs to be discouraged.
>
>Steve Thomas
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com]On
Behalf Of Della Barba, Joe
>Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 11:26 AM
>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com; Dennis C.
>Subject: Re: Stus-List Isaac..prepping for storm and surge
>
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>
>Around here about 50-60% of people do NOTHING L
>
>Keeps me and everyone else that stays on their boats busy.
>
>
>
>Joe Della Barba
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