The Weather.

[KLS52]

Waiting for Milton day! It's raining this morning but very calm. They keep moving the time as he just takes his sweet time getting here. This always happens! The waiting is so stressful and then they always hit in the middle of the night!

Ugh...I don't know how you stand it. I get that it's out of our control, but I'm flipping out here and I'm more than 3000 miles away. I keep taking short breaks from watching the updates but then I have to check to see if there have been any changes. So many tornadoes too!

 

[Chryssie]

Ugh...I don't know how you stand it. I get that it's out of our control, but I'm flipping out here and I'm more than 3000 miles away. I keep taking short breaks from watching the updates but then I have to check to see if there have been any changes. So many tornadoes too!

I can't stand to watch the news all the time. I turn it to something else and check back periodically. I have been reading a book this afternoon. Now I am having lunch and watching the tornado warnings which are not near here.

 

[Tom L.]

Well that threw me for a minute-----20 C

It's in the 50's F here, like 12 C,
Why can't this be easier? Other than 0 F = 32 C I have to look up!

Yep! I have a natural science background, so I had to get used to the Centigrade system early on. But Fahrenheit is still more natural to me.

 

[Chryssie]

Just lost power

 

[Chryssie]

Power and internet back. I don't know if it will stay on though.

 

[Chryssie]

It's pretty nasty out now with some strong wind gusts over 30mph and the rain is coming down hard. It has rained all day. My power and internet has been blinking on and off a bit. I will go to bed soon. I am already up later than normal. I hope I have power still in the morning.

 

[Lou]

I should know this. or maybe I used to know but forgot. But what do boat owners do?
do they go out in the ocean and try to avoid the storm?

 

[Raven]

I hope you will all be okay!

 

[KLS52]

I wish I had more than just the weather channel to watch. I've decided they are not very good. They definitely play up the sensationalism aspect. So far from what I'm seeing, it doesn't seem as devastating as the floods from Helene. But the tornado count with Milton is just crazy. I saw that there were 125 tornadoes, 37 that were actually "observed". It looks like the tornadoes did the most damage. And I heard 34 deaths so far.

 

[KLS52]

I hope we hear from @Chryssie and @SuicideBlonde soon.

 

[Chryssie]

Good morning! It is still raining but it is calm now here but still very windy in some places. There are flash flood warnings for many areas and we are to stay home and off the roads. My power actually did not go out except for that brief time in the early evening. Now the cleanup begins.

 

[Chryssie]

It is getting a bit brighter and the temperature is only in the low 70's. It feels wonderful and I have opened my windows.

 

[Freesia]

Glad to read that you are doing ok, Chryssie. Hope SB will report soon .

 

[Tom L.]

I should know this. or maybe I used to know but forgot. But what do boat owners do?
do they go out in the ocean and try to avoid the storm?

I don't know either. I've known maybe two people who have been current or recent boat owners. But I can't imagine anyone intentionally going out in a severe storm, unless maybe they had no other choice for some reason. It would be a memorably exciting ride, for sure!...

Years ago, on my trip back from Europe- on an ocean liner- there was one rough night out on the Atlantic. My cabin felt like it was on some sort of huge bungee cord; I actually enjoyed the sensation and wasn't worried about our ship having trouble. But there happened to be some sort of regatta with much smaller vessels going on nearby, and the ship was prepared to offer assistance.

 

[Chryssie]

Found this article:

Preparing your boat for hurricane season - Pinellas County

Pinellas County is the second-largest boating community in Florida with nearly 54,000 registered boats. This presents a great risk during storms and...

pinellas.gov

 

[Tom L.]

@Chryssie I was happy to read that at least some hurricane shelters are equipped to assist those with special needs or pets.

 

[Lou]

Found this article:

Preparing your boat for hurricane season - Pinellas County

Pinellas County is the second-largest boating community in Florida with nearly 54,000 registered boats. This presents a great risk during storms and...

pinellas.gov

Thanks that was informative.
I just remembered that my father (retired to Florida to live on a boat) did not spend the summers in Florida but took the Intercostal Waterway to NY every spring and only returned in the fall. I think even small boats could make that journey if the owner had the time and someplace to stay when they got up north.

I think that is what I would do if I could. I remember seeing pictures of boats on shore in streets and in tress and stuff.

 

[Tom L.]

@Lou My father's dream was to have a cabin as a vacation home or hideaway in the Adirondacks or whereabouts. I think he acquired a plot, but didn't build anything.

 

[Chryssie]

Thanks that was informative.
I just remembered that my father (retired to Florida to live on a boat) did not spend the summers in Florida but took the Intercostal Waterway to NY every spring and only returned in the fall. I think even small boats could make that journey if the owner had the time and someplace to stay when they got up north.

I think that is what I would do if I could. I remember seeing pictures of boats on shore in streets and in tress and stuff.

Years ago, my ex's father lived on a houseboat on a river in a park in Kentucky. I don't think they actually went anywhere in it though. LOL It was really nice and very efficiently designed.
And yes there are boats up in yards right now that were not secured properly.

 

[Tom L.]

Someone on another vegetarian message board (that I used to be on) had a houseboat- although not in the area that has been flooded. I hope they're doing well.