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B31 is fine. 30 to 40 mph gusts and lots of rain.

Glad you and the Bertram are OK

Looks like a beautiful place even in a storm. Glad to hear everything is OK

How it usually looks like! Pics taken today.

Hueso! Glad all is well. Lets hope all are as lucky up the coast a bit!

Hueso,
Trying to reach friends on Tortola to no avail. Power is probably out. Heard that the Bomba Shack was a casualty. How sad. Bomba will have the local rabble out scouring the beach and neighborhood for scrap lumber and tin to rebuild. CAn't do without that bar. What would we do at the full moon?

The Bomba was a direct hit and there is more swell coming from Fiona today in the afternoon and tomorrow. How sad. Don't worry, Full Moon party will be in effect by the time you come back! With or without the Shack.

Glad you guys only got a mild brush with ole Earl....30/40 MPH gust are tolerable.....

Looks like our NE Brothers may get a sloppy weekend from the ole boy Earl....hope they are as fortunate

hb

Hueso,
I hope we in NC have the same good luck that ya'll had with Earl. But I feel that our luck is running out. Nobody here on the Outer Banks took Earl serious till tonight. Now the mad dash. Keeping fingers crossed. But I think hatteras is in trouble again.
36 hrs it will be over for us.

Frank

Today: Tropical storm conditions possible, with hurricane conditions also possible. A chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight: Tropical storm conditions expected, with hurricane conditions possible. A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 76. North wind 45 to 55 mph, with gusts as high as 75 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

danielle provides us with 4 days of beautiful perfect slightly over head surf...earl looks to be alot more intense. the surf report projection for friday night in montauk is actually................35 foot. maybe someone will tow into great eastern. (a mysto reef off the point).

glad you escaped.....who knows whats gonna happen here?

Frank:

That is exactly what happened down here....nobody took it seriously and when the 11:00 am report on Monday came out, it was found that the wind span of the hurricane was larger than they thought and everybody panicked. Traffic jams were a mess.....people running to marinas to tie their boats, etc.

I don't like to play God with these things when they come that close.

Randall:

Waves looked like a washing machine......however, yesterday was another story........I do body boarding....next time I'll shoot some pics.

Randall ....
shred it !!
please say hi to "Atlas" and Tom if you see either in the line-up.

i surf with nancy all the time. last week we were the only two working this peak...well for 15 minutes anyway.....then 10 people paddled over. shes playing in my friends bar tomorrow night.

well overhead and blown out now except one spot. i was surprised it wasnt more crowded. like fishing...local knowledge is important if you want to catch anything.

OK, southern outer banks of north Carolina, checking in. nothing to report. some wind and rain.no trees or branches down. no loss of electricity. a non storm. I am happy to report. the best of luck to every one else...Russ

excelent, glad you guys dodge the bullet, long island looks like we are in pretty good shape with some rain and wind gusting to 40 mph, eastern LI will get hit harder

as of now montauk is right on the cusp between TS and hurricane. should be an interesting night. all the big tents are still up at the horse show. i wonder what they are rated for?

We have really lucked out on the Chesapeake Bay. The tides weren't even over the dock this morning!! Good luck to you guys up North!!

In the middle of Earl here in Tidewater Virginia. Earl has maintained his Republican status by moving to the right and leaving the Old Dominion fairly unscathed. Virginia Beach is getting some tropical force winds, rain and high surf but all-in-all were Otay.
Supposed to be sunny and in the 90's later today.
Watch out Randall, He may not be so kind to you guys.

I assume everything is OK at your house Mikey?

Randall ... what bar (I know most) ?? Tell nance hello.

just starting to get big rain but no wind yet. surf is huge and out of control. batten down the hatches.


talkhouse.....she plays there twice a week or so it seems.

no rain here in RVC

Rain, no wind. Surfs up. The beach sounds like a jet off in the distance.

No rain here in Wilmington, NC at all.. and very little wind. The sky became solid overcast yesterday afternoon, then lightened.. could see the moon at 9:00PM through the thin clouds. We dodged a bullet this time.

Rawleigh
Didn't even have to take her out of the boathouse, although I did. Have enough extra lines to hang her. Better safe than, "Hello, Allstate?"
Assume you were the same as I got no distress calls.
By the by, I have your WW II CD. Drop by sometime.

So far, Earl is turning out to be the Comet Kahoutek of hurricanes.....

whatever that means, iam in favor of it.

mike ohlstein wrote:So far, Earl is turning out to be the Comet Kahoutek of hurricanes.....

Spot On Post Du Jour

not over yet out here but pretty mild so far...cept the ocean.

The wind here is nothing. Maybe 15 knots and a little rain every now and then. I may have to call off the hurricane party tonight on the big boat.

Have the party any way!!!

Yea a rain party. Everyone would want to be at that.

Yea varily I say unto you, woe to those that mock the hurricane gods.

I offer Andrew, Jean, Francis, Wilma, Ivan and Charlie as proof in Florida's mocking of hurricane gods.

I was not mocking the GODS. I fear them.

Brew- You get enough Patron flowing..... its like a self sustaining hurricane ...the storm in the mind is cat 5.

Hueso- That is one pretty area you are from..day after surf looked good......I say we hold the next bertam rally thre..this winter!

To the surfers....Was in the surf yesterday and today off Pt Judith light house///Yesterday was user friendly, just overhead and managable ..lots of fun. Today.....well about 3 hours in the "maytag"....clean enogh at times but huge..over 10 foot at times, and hard to read. Ate it a lot and got held down alot to get a few good rides. Side chop was enough to get airtime running down a face.....and loose the rail as well. Rideable, but really not longboard material.

Had planned a trip with Shearwater to BI this weekend to meet up with some friends and family. Based on what i saw for surf today at Pt Judith that I will have to go by the wayside...I think I'll stay in the bay this weekend. Every once in a while a wave would break about a 300 or so yards + out and clean the whole place out. I would not want to run into the wave in BI sound.

giff...surfed yesterday right at the point. its the only place offshore on a west wind. slightly overhead and super fun. today was rainy ,ugly and huge...but there were guys out. i wasnt one of them. tomorrow will be back to reality. actually last tuesday was one of the best days here i ever saw. super clean , overhead and loooooooooooooooooooooooong long lines. i'll take that anytime.

Randall-
I heard Danielle hung on for a while.....had the work face on so I missed the week day swell, (my son who lives in matunuck filled me in)....but, was able to catch Sunday which was epic (at least where I was). Got hooked up with a boat ride to south side of BI with 4 other guys,,son included. It was one of my top 10 RI surfing experiences. No battling out from shore when you are on the boat,,,,just paddle in from outside and ride...what's better than that?. May have to start the B31 charter/surf adventures corp....problem is a lot of down time between swells...gonna be pretty hungry...so guess I better keep my day job....good to day dream anyway.

Giff- Years ago, all you needed to have was a valid license, insurance, and the honesty to declare the income if you wanted to have a small charter business. Now there are a myriad of new fees of all sorts that have made me reconsider continuing on any level. Homeland Security TWIC card/security check, having to belong to a Narcotics testing consortium, (and any crew member at your expense), State/Federal species specific licensing fees, Federal regulation adherance (and the rules just suddenly appear), Mandatory liferaft requirements, Local permits..... ad infinitum. If I was doing it all over again, I wouldn't do it "legally". Talk about government killing a small business.

Heed Bruce's words, my friends. Sad to say these storms can change your life.

giff...a bunch of my friends went to block that day.

today i surfed a remote cove about 3 miles from the lighthouse...me and a friend. pretty windy but fun. i liked danielle better than earl. we started off to surf gardiners island but it wasnt happening. i like surfing from the boat but there is always that last exhausted paddle back.

hey..i'm old!!

Andre

Heed Bruce's words, my friends. Sad to say these storms can change your life.

Amen to that statement! Glad you guys did'nt receive any damage.

DQ

Glad you didn't have to get the new tennis shoes out Mike!! LOL!