During Isabel a boat took out the power line that supplies my island. The boat had been hauled out, but the water rose enough for the boat to float off her cradle and take off across RT 50.
Joe Della Barba From: cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com]<mailto:[mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com]> On Behalf Of Dennis C. Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 12:36 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Isaac..Dauphin Island Without Power Thanks to Runaway Boat 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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