[C320-list] Helene/now Milton

Thu Oct 10 06:37:42 PDT 2024

Delighted to hear this, Jack, you must be very relieved on both counts. Good luck finding a way back home, I imagine it may take a while for the infrastructure to stabilise.

Dennis Cookson
‘Catalina’ #0577

> On 10 Oct 2024, at 14:13, Jack Brennan via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
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> Milton reports from 310 owners?
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> I'm evacuated in Fort Lauderdale, but first reports are that we got extremely lucky, although people to the south of us definitely did not.
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> Our barrier island townhouse did not flood, even though we got nearly 20 inches of rain, and our storm shutters apparently held.
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> Reports from the city marina are that most boats survived, largely because we were protected by the pier peninsula from the northeast and north winds.
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> I hope other west coast 320 owners have similar reports. I'm now trying to figure out how to get back home. The sheriff has blocked every bridge into the county.
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Joe Grande via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
> Date: 10/9/24 7:11 AM (GMT-05:00)
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Cc: Joe Grande <joe_grande at msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Helene/now Milton
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> Sara, I agree. I have sent emails to Florida friends because with many frequent flyer miles, I may fly to Florida to offer help once Milton has settled down.
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> Joe Grande
> 2000 Whisper  #772
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> From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> on behalf of Wandering Star via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 6:45:51 PM
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> Cc: Wandering Star <wanderingstar951 at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Helene/now Milton
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> These posts are breaking my heart.  I wish I could pull a Star Trek maneuver and beam your boats up to a different place until after all this is over.
> Sara S.
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>> On Oct 8, 2024, at 6:19 PM, Mike Paris via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
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>> I hope for the best for all of you out there in the storm. Stay safe.
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>> Mike
>> #734
>> Southern California
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>>> On Oct 8, 2024, at 5:45 PM, Mark Seyler via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
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>>> Best of luck to all indeed.  I've lost count of how many storms have threatened or hit us here in New Orleans since I bought my 320 in 2011, but Milton looks scarier than any of them. Stay Safe!
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>>> Mark Seyler
>>> S/V Reality,
>>> Catalina 320, #232
>>> New Orleans, LA
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of Bennett via C320-list
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 7:28 PM
>>> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
>>> Cc: Bennett <nkbc12 at bellsouth.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Helene/now Milton
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>>> Best of luck to all!  I sure hope it weakens and is less than anticipated. I did a couple hurrivacs out of McDill in 80’s/90s. We got lucky.
>>> Neale Bennett
>>> Lady LoRee
>>> 1995 Catalina 320
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>>> On Oct 8, 2024, at 19:12, Jack Brennan via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> Four and a half feet. Ouch.
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>>>> Jack Brennan
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>>>> -------- Original message --------
>>>> 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,
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> Hopefully, with some minor miracle, our boats will sail again!
>>>> 
>>>> Mike Johnson
>>>> Artemis #372
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>>>>>> On Oct 8, 2024, at 5:06 PM, SARA SCHROEDER via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
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>>>>> 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.
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>>>>>> 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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