emoney
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First, let me state that I understand that tides are all about gravitational forces created by the moon as it relates to the Earth, etc. However, when you're living in Florida and there's a nasty little storm out in the Gulf, you start to wonder. It seems like the last time the tide dropped THIS low, was right before the last tropical storm that sliced up passed us and caused quite a bit of localized flooding. Hard to see in this pic, but;
I can usually never see rocks right there at low tide. And then there's my neighbor's sailboat that is hard aground;
Me standing on the dock looking UP at the boat on the lift. What the???
And then there's the "across the channel neighbor"'s dock;
We probably shouldn't have a party out there. I know this is crazy, but it's almost like these storms "suck out the water" right before they decide to put it all back in plus some. I hope this isn't the case, but I plan to move my car to higher ground anyway. Under all the neighbor's advice, the boat is staying on the lift, raised above the seawall, and the lift mechanism is strapped to the poles so it can't swing.
To everyone and anyone that's in the path, I hope and pray and everyone is safe, foremost. And at the least, there's minimal damage. I really worry about those poor folks in New Orleans if this thing goes the way they think it's going to go. Just like poor Haiti got hit again. Oh well.....tis the season I suppose.
I can usually never see rocks right there at low tide. And then there's my neighbor's sailboat that is hard aground;
Me standing on the dock looking UP at the boat on the lift. What the???
And then there's the "across the channel neighbor"'s dock;
We probably shouldn't have a party out there. I know this is crazy, but it's almost like these storms "suck out the water" right before they decide to put it all back in plus some. I hope this isn't the case, but I plan to move my car to higher ground anyway. Under all the neighbor's advice, the boat is staying on the lift, raised above the seawall, and the lift mechanism is strapped to the poles so it can't swing.
To everyone and anyone that's in the path, I hope and pray and everyone is safe, foremost. And at the least, there's minimal damage. I really worry about those poor folks in New Orleans if this thing goes the way they think it's going to go. Just like poor Haiti got hit again. Oh well.....tis the season I suppose.
Boy, I hope it changes course just a little !!!
