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Weather Forecasting – pt 2. We Survived


What a night! We are exhausted – actually A. and I are – the boy slept through everything.

The weather forcast was correct right up to the wind speed part – that’s where they really screwed up. The winds last night were over 50 knots (58 mph, 95 km/hr) for more than 5 hours. The wind gusts went over 100 kms/hr many times. We were up every 1/2 hour or so until well after 3:00am checking the boat and the docks. This morning there is damage everywhere. Two of the docks are snapped in half, 4 boats lost either parts or all of their plastic covers and at least one BBQ is gone.

So … the snow, ice pellets, and rain – all predicted and all came to pass, all easily dealt with. However, the dangerous part – the wind – that, they missed.

And that is the source of frustration that I have with meteorology.

You can see a couple of more ‘aftermath‘ photo’s on my wife’s life aboard blog.

One Comment

  • Anonymous

    Wow!!!
    Lets see some more photos of the damage, including the split docks and all the…. the… flotsam. Had to draw on my vast repertoire of nautical terms to finish that sentence. flotsam. good word.

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