Hurricane Alex

[ChrisM]

Great timing for last week... if it had been this week, we'd probably have had to scrap the whole deal. I do not want to think about paddling a small kayak in 14-ft waves offshore and 50mph+ winds. I wouldn't want to be in any boat in those conditions... Well, may a Nimitz-class, but that's about it.

[jeadstx]

I was thinking about that driving home from work last night. Despite the rough seas and high winds, the wind direction would not have been favorable.

John

[John Turpin]

I was thinking about that driving home from work last night. Despite the rough seas and high winds, the wind direction would not have been favorable.

Yes. I suspect that 50 mph NE winds would have been a bit annoying at times.

[rcwade]

I'll see about some pictures from the bay this week during the storm to give you guys some reference.

[ChrisM]

Listening to NPR, I heard something unexpected this morning - Dennis from South Padre Island talking about paddling the Texas Coast in May, and now paddling down the street on SPI. Nice...

Congrats on your 15 minutes of semi-fame. It is NPR, after all... I don't see his quote on the NPR website, but it was on the air this morning.

[Jagboy69]

We did get lucky with the wx. BUT we sure could have used another 10kts of wind each day. The most excitement we had was sailing down 4-5ft rollers with a 12kt tailwind to maggie beach friday afternoon!

[rcwade]

Tides have just got back to normal this week. We had flooding in Portland around the causeway for the past 3 weeks. I guess with all the rain and Alex we couldn't get the water out of the jetties fast enough!