Dtwo 157 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Nasty. Reminds me of that hurricane in the 80's with piles of plastic AWBs. https://www.passagemaker.com/lifestyle/irma-tortola Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin McCready 83 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 All identical boats in seried rows?? Fake? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed 143 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 No, its a charter base hence the identical boats Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,586 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Yes. Poor Angela just got over worrying about the family in Houston. Now it's the family in DR and Florida. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,586 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Plus I have a good friend who is living aboard in the US virgins. He went off air a while back as he quit the marina and headed for the mangroves. There was some graveyard humour about wanting a new boat anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 511 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Sundreamer is still for sale, just sayin' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 I have a cousin with her family living in the British Virgin Isl. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adrianp 120 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Interesting Hurricane plan they have for the charter fleet. http://www.bvimarineassociation.com/downloads/1607PARAQUITA%20BASE%20PLAN%2026%20Jun17.pdf https://www.google.co.nz/maps/place/Paraquita+Bay/@18.4192735,-64.5776125,841m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x8c0576d5c5b353ff:0xfea272c57f388586!8m2!3d18.4187653!4d-64.5758838 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Winds gusting up to 354km/h have pounded the region for 24 hours. • READ MORE: Kiwi in Florida - 'It's barrelling straight toward us' This is only the second time since satellites started tracking storms about 40 years ago that one has maintained 185km/h winds for more than 24 hours, said Colorado State University meteorology professor Phil Klotzbach. The other was the massive killer typhoon Haiyan that killed more than 6000 people in the Philippines in 2013. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 think if i was on a boat at sea in that i'd find religion Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 think if i was on a boat at sea in that i'd find religion Might be too late, sounds like Hell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chariot 243 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Doesn't look much like a hurricane hole to me. Looks pretty exsposed. Maybe they wanted a new fleet. Was in Samoa in 1990 when cyclone Val went through. Topped at 120 knots. Like having a 747 parked outside with the engines on full noise. Lots of locals took to hiding in water tanks. Was interesting to see how sustained wind like that slowing dismantles a building, including the one I was in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 concrete water tanks, half full of water are also good bush-fire escape rooms Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,586 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 I'd always wondered that was true. Isn't there a risk of getting boiled? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chariot 243 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 I don't think you would boil as the air temperature isn't that hot but you sure didn't want to be outside with the amount of roofing iron flying around. Not just single sheets but 4 or 500 sq ft at a time. The only people outside were the looters. Thankfully we had some German chefs staying in the complex who managed to magicaly aquire lots of food. Cooked it on a BBQ inside and drank beer from the bar in front which we had destocked for the owner so that the looters wouldn't get hold of it. Think we were probably worse than the looters but at least the bar owner new who was drinking his profit because he was with us. Paid cost for whatever we drank. Sure was an experience. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 the thing with bush fires is there isn't enough fuel to sustain a loooong burn they get hot enough to melt alloy wheels but tend to move pretty quickly so the outside heat doesn't get enough time (30min?) above 100C? to heat up the thermal mass of concrete tank + 5000ltr? of water obviously your mileage may vary in a small plastic tank but it would still be better than lying under the car there was a recommendation that australian bush fire trucks have hatches big enough to allow human entry after the melb. bush fires of 1972? cooked a cutoff volunteer fire crew http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2009/10/21/2721656.htm http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-20/residents-survive-deadly-portugal-forest-fire-by-hiding-in-a-we/8633182 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed 143 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Storm is so bad we have even lost power in titirangi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RushMan 31 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Storm is so bad we have even lost power in titirangi You had power in Titirangi? Lucky bugger! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AJ Oliver 154 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Hey Kiwi weather gurus - What's going to happen when the Irma's leading edge runs headlong into the fastest ocean current in the world? The Gulf Stream chugs along at over 6 kph eastward through the Straits of Florida. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,586 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 It will swing north. Currently looks to rake ten entire east coast of FL. And Miami floods on sunny days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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