[Rhodes22-list] N.E Rhodies/Sandy info

[Mary Lou Troy]

Thanks for the report Jay. We were thinking about you. Hope everyone 
you know has had your good sense.

Stay safe.

Mary Lou


At 08:55 AM 10/29/2012, you wrote:
>We're mostly evacuated as of yesterday.
>
>  Out of 1,000 mile span, we on Long Beach Island, a half mile wide 
> barrier island are center line of Sandy's track for landfall with 
> 10-15 foot wall of water. A full day and a half before landfall, 
> yesterday was a horrendous trip before dawn to go 4 miles to the 
> marina on the mainland to pull "Wanderlust". the bay we traveled 
> had 4 foot rollers against the gunnels nearly rolling us.
>
>Ironically, Shel Green, former owner of Michael Meltzer's boat was 
>my crew, and John Taafe, another Rhodie, allowed me to store my boat 
>in his yard, high ground on mainland, for a few days. How we are all 
>bound together is a story unto itself.
>
>Add astronomical high tide, our island is expecting to experience 
>the massive wall of water. Rob's home is on the beach, but just 
>behind a 22 ft berm built this year to protect much of the 
>beachfront. More critical is that the 18-mile long island is on a 
>Northeast/Southwest line with other barrier islands and has a huge 
>bay behind.  Barnegat Bay gets cut off from outgoing tides with 
>Northeast winds. So ocean tides come in the inlets, but the winds 
>cut off the outflow. As we go through successive tide cycles, the 
>water builds in the bay over a 2-3 day storm period. Those are 
>"typical" nor'easters". This is not. Even yesterday, well before the 
>storm, the 25-30 kt. winds pushed water over my girlfriend's 
>bulkhead. This build-up in the past has cut the island in sections 
>with bay meeting ocean only twice since 1900. By predictions, this 
>rivals anything we've ever experienced in history-the big one.
>
>
>On Oct 29, 2012, at 7:52 AM, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
>
> > It appears that Sandy is going to really slam the N.E. coast today. We
> > would appreciate it if you would keep us informed as to what's 
> happening  where
> > you live.
> >
> > Rummy
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