Storm casualty

[killdeer43]

I usually hit the waterfront when the weather gets wild and here's the first thing I saw when I arrived today.

Below this mast is a 28' sailboat, or at least that's the scuttlebutt I picked up. Seems it broke its mooring across the bay during the night and ended up on the breakwater at the main harbor, 2 1/2 miles away. :hopelessness:

Yikes,
Joe

 

[davismanLV]

Yikes indeed!! Follow that mast down and project a 28 footer down below? Sad to see..... but the ocean has never been that forgiving. Great, if worrisome, photo, Joe... :hopelessness:

 

[Yoko Oh No]

ouch

 

[killdeer43]

ouch

Given your new avatar, that photo smacks of a 3-hour cruise. :rugby:

Joe

 

[twocorgis]

Whoever owns that boat just saved themselves a bunch of money :tongue-new:

 

[adorshki]

Whoever owns that boat just saved themselves a bunch of money :tongue-new:

Yep. 'Cept fer the mast the hole in the water's all nice 'n plugged up now.

 

[killdeer43]

Yep. 'Cept fer the mast the hole in the water's all nice 'n plugged up now.

It might be the weather but that's two in a row that I just don't get, Al.
Throw me a line, bitte.

Joe

 

[learnintoplay62]

It's kind of fishy seeing multiple expensive boats under water. Either there are a lot of unskilled captains or they're upside down on the loan !

 

[adorshki]

It might be the weather but that's two in a row that I just don't get, Al.
Throw me a line, bitte.
Joe

"A boat's a hole in the water you throw money into"
:wink:

 

[Fixit]

I was at Disappointment Point, OR On the top of the lighthouse, Sunday the 29th. It was indeed a wild storm! Seas and waves there were 20 -30 ft. I'll post a few pics when I get back home.

 

[Yoko Oh No]

joe...was there a tornado in the NW??

 

[MLBob]

Once heard a sailboat described as a "hole in the ocean that one throws money into." ;-)

MLBob

 

[Jeff]

joe...was there a tornado in the NW??

Till Joe checks in, here's a local news cast ref the Fredrickson Tornado: http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/possible-tornado-spotted-pierce-county/nbBZD/.


Occasionally, we get some weather here, heavy winds from time to time, some municipalities, in the Cascade Mt foothills close to certain spots, where the problem persists, have beefed up building codes, particlarly roofing specs, About once a decade an ice storm gets everyone's attention. Best I can recall, never before an official tornado.

 

[killdeer43]

joe...was there a tornado in the NW??

As Jeff reported, yes there was. Strange.

Something to keep in mind is that October often has a few weather events, especially around Columbus Day, so hang tight. :rugby:

Joe