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Another long day of 63 NM in poor conditions. On the final leg north up the river the wind had built to 20/25 MPH and the rain was basically horizontal. Tide Hiker handled the conditions with her usual aplomb, but Deidre and I were soaked to the skin when we were finally docked in the marina. Glad to get the day over with. Good friends (Lisa and Jeff Noyse) met us at the slip and invited us to dinner and loaned us a car! Lisa is a great cook and dinner was great. There is no doubt that home cooking beats eating out,
Hurricane Joaquin is now heading northeast and away from the mainland. But we are happy we headed to New Bern as the weather up the mid-east coast is universally bad. Seems the hurricane has contributed to a stream of windy and wet weather that is causing heavy rain and flooding.
This morning by about 10 AM Charleston had already received 5"of rain! I called Kylie's father in law (Gene Taylor) because they live alongside French Forest Creek, north of Charleston.. Gene told me that the creek had already reached the top of the bulkhead and they were preparing for a flood. Apparently downtown Charleston is already flooded and closed off by the authorities. Kylie and Ryans house is doing OK.
Saturday October 3, 2015
This morning we walked into town for breakfast. New Bern is a delightful city. It has been raining on and off. The weather forecast warns of winds up to 40 MPH today. This marina is protected to the north (and a bit NE and NW) by the Hilton Hotel and the Convention Center and to the East by a couple of bridges. We are a bit open in the other directions,
Here is the local "live cam" of the marina:
http://www.newberngrandmarinayachtclub.com/MarinaCam.html
Sunday October 4, 2015
The Charleston area is not having a good week. Total of 10" of rain yesterday and already another 3" this morning (Its 9:30 AM) Kylie's house is OK, our IOP house is OK, but Kylie's in-laws are flooded. No end in sight for now. The weather here is gusty with scattered rain. The forecast for the next few days is bad so we will not be moving for a while.
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| Taylor's from the deck early Saturday. Later that day the gate was submerged. |
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| Uncle Bill's from the creek |
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| Taylor's later in the day. Gene moving the boat. |
Monday October 5, 2015
Rained most of the day today. Windy too.
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
The sun came out today. Tomorrow's weather looks sorta decent. Thursday looks great. Maybe its time to go. Getting reports that the ICW in South Carolina is virtually impassable because of floating debris.
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