[Rhodes22-list] Hurricane Dolly_Jim White

[Jim White]

W had water pretty much the whole time, although for many days we were under a "boil water" order.....much cleanup remains to be done. My wife and kids have been helping in the effort there while I am down here in Isla Mujeres, captured by natives and waiting on getting the boat ready to go....

--- On Mon, 7/28/08, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Hurricane Dolly_Jim White
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Date: Monday, July 28, 2008, 11:28 PM

Jim,

Perhaps you're already aware of this story-

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_re_us/dead_zone

Glad you made it through Dolly.  We haven't torn down a single structure
yet
damaged by wind, it's the storm surge that does the real damage.  Just
curious, did you have water while the power was down?  One of the issues
with long term power outages is you have to pump water up the water tower
before you have gravity flow. We still don't have much of a hurricane plan
other than drop the trackhoe bucket on top of corporate headquarters to hold
it down and drink beer (which is actually more thought than a lot of folks
have put into theirs).

Brad

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 10:51 PM, Jim White <lemenagerie22 at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Ed:
> I flew to Cancun (Isla Mujeres) just today, and am sitting in a palapa
> answering your email. We will be delivering Island Time (Island Packet 37)
> back to Port Isabel probably Wed. (about a 6 day passage). Looks like a
good
> weather window. I'll write about it.
>
> The quote is mine, but it belongs to all of us who sail....
>
> Thanks for your wishes and prayers all!
> JW
>
> --- On Sun, 7/27/08, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
>
> From: Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Hurricane Dolly_Jim White
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Date: Sunday, July 27, 2008, 5:51 AM
>
> Jim:
>
> Great to see your post.  Always great to see post from a remote location.
> Pictures of your area would be great, lately we see pictures of critters
> rather than sailing and boats.  Next thing I expect is pictures of snakes
> from Georgia.
>
> Have you sailed to Mexico?  If you recall we had a report of a trip on
> Mexico's west coast, it would be neat to see Mexico's east coast.
>
> BTW, "The power of the wind is awesome....it carries us peacefully to
> places
> we dream of, but it also sometimes lets us know who's REALLY the
> boss."  Can
> I attibute authorship to you?
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
> "Ships are the nearest thing to dreams that hands have ever
made."
> -Robert
> N. Rose
>
>
>
>
>
> R22MikeW wrote:
> >
> > Jim,
> >
> > I thought that some of the pictures looked like a bit more than a Cat
> 1-2.
> >
> > Glad all is well.  Did the R22 cabin or lazarette fill with rain
water?
> >
> > Mike
> > s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
> >        Nissequogue River, NY
> >
> > From: "Jim White" <lemenagerie22 at yahoo.com>Sent:
Saturday,
> July 26, 2008
> > 9:54 PM
> > Hi Folks
> >
> > We made it OK......still without power, but hopefully restored sOon.
Much
> > carnage in the Laguna Madre area of South Texas, I'll post some
photos
> > soon
> > if ya'll are interested.
> >
> > Le Menagerie rhode it out (pun intended) on a trailer in our driveway
> with
>
> > no damage as did our bigger boats, Olivia (Westerly Centaur) and El
> Caribe
>
> > (Pearson 35), both on moorings.....
> >
> > Dolly was a marginal cat 3 (despite media reports) with some gusts on
> > South
> > Padre Island of 148 mph....
> >
> > We are cleaning up now and hanging together as a community. Thank you
all
> > for your prayers and concerns.
> >
> > The power of the wind is awesome....it carries us peacefully to
places we
> > dream of, but it also sometimes lets us know who's REALLY the
boss.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > jw
> >
> > Le Menagerie (Rhodes 22)
> > Olivia (Westerly Centaur Ketch)
> > El Caribe II (Pearson 35)
> >
> >
> >
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