[C320-list] Helene/now Milton

[Jack Brennan]

Good luck, Mike. We need it. If the winds are more rhan 130. Concrete buildings can be at risk. For  half feet. Ouch. boats, it's hopeless.

Four and a half feet. Ouch.

Jack Brennan



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From: Mike Johnson via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
Date: 10/8/24 8:00 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: C320-List at catalina320.com
Cc: Mike Johnson <mikejohnson999 at hotmail.com>, Jack Brennan via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>, C320-List at catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Helene/now Milton

Jack,

I’m right here with you. Artemis is berthed in Treasure Island just north of you and somehow came out unscathed after Helene even through we had 4.5 feet of water inside the house. Just trying to imagine how high up she was at peak surge is a tough visual to build in my mind. Shes a champ and it kills me to leave her out there on the island.

Hopefully, with some minor miracle, our boats will sail again!

Mike Johnson
Artemis #372

> On Oct 8, 2024, at 5:06 PM, SARA SCHROEDER via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
>
> So unfair to have to go through this all over again so soon.  We're crossing our fingers and toes for you.  I really hope it fizzles.
>
> Sara
> Wandering Star
> Seattle
> #707/2000
>
>> On 10/05/2024 4:18 PM PDT Jack Brennan via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
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>>
>> So now we on the west coast of Florida have Milton, predicted to be a cat 3 with 115 mph winds landing right on Tampa Bay on Wednesday, probably with a storm surge of 12 to 15 feet.
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>> Wish us luck.
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>> If the forecast is accurate, I'll be taking up golf again. At 71, I'm too old to take on another sailboat. Mine will be wrecked. So will most other boats in the Tampa Bay area. There is no refuge from the Big One in a large, shallow bay.
>>
>> I drove through St. Pete Beach today. Every inch of swale was covered with flooded appliances, furniture, various household items, soaked drywall. Probably 80 percent of the houses and first-floor apartments had significant flooding in Helene.
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>> The island I live on fared well in Helene. Most places are built high or have flow-through garages on the first floor. We didn't even get any water in the garage. But Milton is very different. With the ground already soaked, that 12- to 15-foot surge would be disastrous.
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>> Boy, I sure hope the National Hurricane Center is wrong and it fizzles out.
>>
>> Jack Brennan
>> Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320
>> Tierra Verde, Fl.
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