Hurricane view from here

It’s pretty impressive seeing a monster hurricane right off the coast of Florida. It’s upsetting to see where it is in the Bahamas. I’m been on Grand Bahama and really wonder how they are doing. It doesn’t look good. All the Bahamas are low islands. There aren’t many good options when geography is working against you.

For that matter, Florida is pretty low too, but at least it’s large enough that going inland gets you away from the worse of it. Then all you have to worry about is the rain flooding everything.

As I write this there’s some thought that the storm could turn up the coast instead of making a Florida landfall. We really shouldn’t focus on the whole landfall thing. With a storm like this a near miss is bad enough. Hurricane Michael was miles off shore and still managed to do a lot of damage to St. Augustine. After Florida, who knows where it’ll go? People are on alert all the way to the Virginia line.

Right now I’m glad my sailboat is here in New Hampshire rather than in Florida. There’s something to be said for a boat that can easily be loaded on a trailer and hauled out of harm’s way. I suspect my plans to travel the Intra Coastal Waterway from Virginia to Florida might once again be thwarted by storm damage. Should that happen I’ll look for someplace warm that’s in good shape and sail there.

About the time hurricane season wraps up down south, snow season starts up north. It’s good to be a mobile nomad.

For now, my prayers are for all those in Hurricane Dorian’s way.

-Sixbears