We left Hop-O-Nose (HON) Marina before the hurricane approached. We left on Saturday around noon. The major winds started about 0330 on Sunday morning. It's still blowing now on Sunday night, as we post this... 20 to 25 knot gusts... but no rain now.
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| Creek rising over 8 feet; now above dining patio. Soon six feet higher than you see it here! |
It's a good thing we left the marina, because it's basically gone now... and our cars are literally floating in the parking lot. Here we set, at anchor, near Athens, NY, in the Hudson River, hearing all this news about the devastation at Catskill Creek (with water 10 to 12 feet above normal... flooding the parking lot, the restaurant, the office... and washing away the docks that was our summer "home"). Surreal...
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| Waterline at roofline of our Honda Element - Totalled! |
We'll have to leave the AB in the Hudson River... and dinghy into HON to see how we can replace the cars...and whether or not we'll ever be able to return there.
Not good thoughts.... any of them... BUT the important thing is we're safe, and insurance will hopefully cover all the losses of cars...etc.
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| Boats that were on Jack stands floating on dining patio. |
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| Fuel tank floated out of saddles and tipped over... crane putting it back in place. |
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| Dean cleaning tables inside Creekside Restaurant - Water was five feet deep inside restaurant. |
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| Friends power boats leaning against new flagpole Props bent - Rudders OK. |
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| Marina Swimming POOL filled with muddy water, and debris... YUCK! |
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| UnKnown boat stuck under dock - All dock fingers -GONE! |
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| Large Tree debris - stuck on our anchor chain in Hudson River. |
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| Group of three trees stuck on anchor chain. hit during the night. - moved us 800 feet down river. |
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| about three feet in diameter - BIG TREE !!!!! |
more later.
