[Rhodes22-list] Coastal Storm

[elle]

What terrible beauty. I was torn between the technical beauty of the photos and the sheer destruction they documented.

I cannot even come close to imagining what this must be like.

elle



We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)


--- On Thu, 9/25/08, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Coastal Storm
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008, 4:16 PM
> Elle,
> 
> Here are some photos of Ike-
> 
> http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/the_short_but_eventful_life_of.html
> 
> I wish we (my brother and I and our mega-world company) had
> the guts,
> or the capital, or the sense of obligation to respond to
> this one.
> God help these people.
> 
> Batten down the hatches and tie every thing down tightly.
> 
> Brad
> 
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:00 PM, elle
> <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Mother Nature is preparing to blindside us...this
> 'coastal storm' (it doesn't fit into any
> category yet, other than nor'easter at this point) is
> bringing us loads of rain & gusty winds...
> >
> > The tide clock tells me the tide is falling; we are
> about 2 hrs from low tide; yet a quick walk to the dock
> showed me that the water is above the usual high spring tide
> mark..
> >
> > This will be an interesting night....
> >
> > On a previous topic: I picked up a 14# Delta and
> 6' of chain w/shackle this AM from a marine consignment
> guy down the road a piece...whole shebang was $57.00.
> >
> > elle
> >
> > We can't change the angle of the wind....but we
> can adjust our sails.
> >
> > 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"
>   (Lady in Red)
> >
> >
> >
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