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Conference unifix::sailing

Title:	SAILING
Notice:	Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference
Moderator:	UNIFIX::BERENS

Created:	Wed Jul 01 1992
Last Modified:	Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2299
Total number of notes:	20724

1808.0. "October Surprise Storm." by BOMBE::ALLA () Fri Nov 01 1991 11:57

      How did folks that had boats in for the "October surprise"
    storm of 30/31 Oct fare ?
    
      The pictures of Nantucket show devestation like few have
    seen in years.
    
      This storm had a SW track and is currently giving NJ, MD and
    Delaware flooding problems.
    
      Chatham MA was also a mess.   How did Maine fare.   Bad as it
    was I shudder to think what we would have had on a new/full moon
    tide !
    
      The storm was a combination of a high pressure over Quebec and the
    low of the coast of New England, (picked up the remnents of the
    hurricane that passed Bermuda earlier)
    
    Frank

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1808.1		CHRCHL::GERMAIN	Improvise! Adapt! Overcome!	`Fri Nov 01 1991 13:55`	6
	My boat is still in and, as of this morning, doing just fine. Which isn't the case with a lot of boats in Marblehead. This morning I saw an approx 35 footer washed up on Riverside beach. Countless dingy scrap all over. On the Salem side, a lobster boat was ashore. Very sad. Gregg
1808.2	Maine/oct. storm	AKOCOA::HAMEL_WHITE	TOTO, WE AREN'T IN KANSAS ANYMORE	`Tue Nov 05 1991 12:09`	9
	The Oct. storm in the York, Maine area was much worse that Hurricane Bob. You might want to see my note 1802.5 (last few paragraphs,) for a description of what I found up there. Carol
1808.3	after the deluge (11 years?)	TARKIN::MCALLEN		`Tue Nov 05 1991 17:10`	3
	Anyone who witnessed it (and survived) could be called a "trooper".
1808.4	Oct 1988 storm	HYDRA::ALLA		`Wed Jan 29 1992 09:59`	8
	It is interesting to look back thru old notes. It was a late October storm in 1988 that wrecked "Fat Tuesday" and other boats in Marblehead. Wonder if fall season NE storms will be more of a problem than hurricanes ? (less hype and warning with the "normal" storms)