Ian just exploded.

[nota]

i'm ready

WE USED 1/2'' SS 1x19

and tried to the concrete slab not just the ground

but we first doubled the end beams
tripled the deck plywood to a full inch and a half
screwed down with extra long strong screws+glue

then top with new plastic no tar no paper sealing
and every other sheet doubled 5 V steel with extra screws
bent the ends down and screwed to the new facia 2x6 screwed to the beams and lapped 6' over the top


then the 1/2'' SS rated 23k working loads just to be sure

we tryed for a 200mph roof

 

[MR.CLEAN]

This thing coming right up Incommunicado Tom's ass. Anyone able to check on him from time to time?

 

[nota]

btw doNOT just nail plywood to the wall over a window
it will blow off

the way to do it is cut the ply to fit inside the opening
and cut 2x4 at a small angle to match the opening slope
screws with lags are better then just screws but cut nails will work
you just need to hold the wood 1/2 2x4 in place to lock in the plywood inside the window opening with your screws/nails 90 degrees to the
window sill thru the 1/2 2x4

 

[Santanasailor]

We were at ground zero for Sally two years ago and it was a real sleeper. Slowed way down and was much more powerful that predicted. My trimaran is still jacked up on blocks in the front yard by the Bayou awaiting cooler fall temps to finish patching the holes and relaunching. I am praying for those in the sights of Ian on the West Coast of Florida.



Look what Sally left in out yard!



Before they could haul off the Sportfisherman they had to extract this headboat which nearly took out our modest fish shack! You can see my trimaran stranded down near what is left of our dock.

Yes, tell me about Sally, lost a good boat that we had a lot of fun on, due to that sorry heifer. Tied down securely. Supposedly safe. When we got to it it was a total wreck. Insurance adjusted it out and a rate I could never complain about. Damn hurricanes.

 

[floater]

If you live in the area ..

If you have plenty of battery, maybe take some short videos ..

Make CERTAIN* you have close-toed shoes to walk in ..

you left out "tie yourself to the mast".

 

[kinardly]

And we thought insurance was getting scarce and expensive this year. Wait until the companies start paying claims for this one.

 

[socalrider]

And we thought insurance was getting scarce and expensive this year. Wait until the companies start paying claims for this one.

I was thinking that as well. How many of these before anything in the SE/GoM is uninsurable?

 

[MR.CLEAN]

And we thought insurance was getting scarce and expensive this year. Wait until the companies start paying claims for this one.

Insurance companies don't hold most of the policies. Captain Ron does!

 

[danstanford]

And we thought insurance was getting scarce and expensive this year. Wait until the companies start paying claims for this one.

What a great observation, and a window into the future.

 

[MR.CLEAN]

Hurricane Ian reignites panic for Florida's strapped insurance market

Florida has missed a direct hit from a hurricane for several years, but Hurricane Ian could prove to be a crippling blow for an insurance market that has lost six insurers this year alone.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Peter Andersen]

They are already showing boats washed up on shore in Punta Gorda with only 35-40 mph winds so far. This will be ugly

 

[nolatom]

It's getting bad in Louisiana (what else is new), two failed companies after Hurricane Ida:

Louisiana faces an insurance crisis, leaving people afraid they can’t afford their homes

A wave of insurance company bankruptcies has jacked up premiums — and stoked worries that the Gulf Coast will become too expensive a place to live as the climate changes.

www.nbcnews.com

We don't dare say it too loudly, but this season has been kind to us in the Bayou State so far. Once we get past late August to mid-September, everyone breathes a bit easier. The past two years were indeed bad. We rode Ida out at a friend's big sturdy house in town and damage in the city was light (but heavy damage just upriver), but the no-electricity forever made refugees out of us, a good friend in Florida took us in. We offered the same to her yesterday, but she's staying put (east coast, Stuart area), it'll mostly miss her to the West.

This morning I met a Tampa refugee at coffee who had driven over here yesterday. Whenever a hurricane misses us to the East, we get blue skies and winds out of the north, so we're a good place to run to this time. Too windy for sailing, but it'll taper off by Friday or so, giving us good sailing, if a bit choppy on the Lake.

 

[floater]

breeze is up.

 

[floater]

like a tsunami.

 

[Ex Machina]

holy shit for sure 😳

 

[[email protected]]

Gotta love the crooked/lazy broward libs who have caved to the teacher unions and cancelled school for Wed/Thurs for no real reason. We're getting light rain and 30mph winds, that's it.

 

[3to1]

any flying make-believe pirate sightings yet?

 

[atg]

At the risk of sounding like the Weather Channel, 'Ian just exploded".

Quick update on hurricane Ian. The storm went through a very rapid intensification the last six hours. The NE shear as forecast has abated and the core has a solid wrap of very cold cloud tops and intense convection almost completely surrounding the center of circulation. It appears that all components are now vertically stacked and the motion is NNW which will take Ian over Western Cuba. The track guidance is now more narrowly clustered and the consensus tack has been shifted a bit to the east from the last few runs. This takes New Orleans and most of the central Gulf Coast off the table assuming the hurricane behaves and maintains the anticiapted track. I am not gonna lie, Ian may be a VERY* intense hurricane on his trip between Cuba and the Florida Peninsula. Late in the perio, SW shear is anticipated to weaken Ian if he makes it until Thursday afternoon and remains offshore the peninsula. I am dubious that this will be the case as each model run has made an adjustment to the right and I anticipate this continuing between now and Tuesday when the final track should be better established.

As always, plan for the worst, hope for the best and help those who are unable to help themselves in advance of the storm. .

Satellite Loop for | Tropical Tidbits

Satellite Loop

www.tropicaltidbits.com

Yah this guy is always interesting to keep a. Eye on at times like these:

 

[dfw_sailor]

Gotta love the crooked/lazy broward libs who have caved to the teacher unions and cancelled school for Wed/Thurs for no real reason. We're getting light rain and 30mph winds, that's it.

Sorry for your kids that they are an inconvenience to you.

 

[Israel Hands]

Sorry for your kids that they are an inconvenience to you.

sorry for his kids period.