Storm
It's interesting reading all the posts about the storm, when I'm sitting in it. Somehow makes it all the more real that so many others are experiencing this very same storm that's wailing outside.
I flew home Saturday, leaving the boat a month early due to some family stuff going on. I was afraid the storm was going to come in over the weekend and ground me somewhere in the middle of the country. But no, I made it home. We still have power (so far), and no flooding (we're on the top of a small hill so flooding is generally unlikely and hasn't happened in this house that I know of). I'm hoping we keep power the whole way through. *crossing fingers*
But since I've been living on a boat for the past seven months, I wanted to pass along this boat story. The Bounty, an educational tall ship, was heading down the coast from CT to FL and got caught in the storm Sunday night, 90 miles off the coast. I'm not sure if they were trying to head to land or run past the storm or what. But the ship lost power and the pumps couldn't keep the water out of the boat. The 16 member crew abandoned ship and most were picked up by the Coast Guard. 14 have made it safe, 1 crew member is still missing, and 1 crew member didn't make it. I'm praying they pick up that last crew member alive.
I flew home Saturday, leaving the boat a month early due to some family stuff going on. I was afraid the storm was going to come in over the weekend and ground me somewhere in the middle of the country. But no, I made it home. We still have power (so far), and no flooding (we're on the top of a small hill so flooding is generally unlikely and hasn't happened in this house that I know of). I'm hoping we keep power the whole way through. *crossing fingers*
But since I've been living on a boat for the past seven months, I wanted to pass along this boat story. The Bounty, an educational tall ship, was heading down the coast from CT to FL and got caught in the storm Sunday night, 90 miles off the coast. I'm not sure if they were trying to head to land or run past the storm or what. But the ship lost power and the pumps couldn't keep the water out of the boat. The 16 member crew abandoned ship and most were picked up by the Coast Guard. 14 have made it safe, 1 crew member is still missing, and 1 crew member didn't make it. I'm praying they pick up that last crew member alive.