Hurricane Sandy!
Nimue
Mon 29 Oct 2012 22:00
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Do you ever get that ’deja-vu’ feeling? We most
certainly are at the moment! We are currently in similar conditions to
those experienced when we were out of the water in Herrington Harbour
North during August 2011 when Hurricane Irene hit us.
Following Michael’s left hip replacement and subsequent long
stint in the UK, we are now back at Zimmerman Marine, Deltaville, VA, USA.
We needed to have some work undertaken on NImue, so delayed our re-launch
until Friday 26th October 2012.
We became aware of Sandy over a week ago, when some of the
locals were saying that forecasters were getting excited about Hurricane Sandy,
which at that time was a few days away from Jamaica.
 Predicted path of Sandy made on Friday 26th
Oct
  NOAA Hurricane and Tropical Storm Force winds
speed probabilities made on Friday 26th Oct.
As the week progressed and with Sandy’s imminent progression
up the US East Coast, we had no hesitation in delaying our re-launch and decided
to leave Nimue tucked up behind Zimmerman’s Marine main building. This was
a good move.
Friday was manic in the yard, as all the workers were roped in
to haul boats out of the water. The main concern is the tidal surge, and
with the week-end being a full moon, this could be a reality and cause
havoc.
The yard kindly loans us the use of their works truck, which
we both need a chair lift to get into! This was put to good use on
Saturday, as we were advised to stock up on supplies, which we did. The
wind and rain started on Saturday evening and by Sunday morning we were
experiencing heavy rain and strong winds with 40+ mph gusts. This weather
has been consistent and is due to remain the same until Tuesday
afternoon.
  The red truck pictured from underneath Nimue’s
rain cover and the forward view (the trees really are being blown
around!)
This morning (Monday 29th Oct), we saw the highest tide and
the water levels have risen sufficiently to flood parts of the marina, but we
are not affected by this. Power and water is still available and we’ve
been able to get out to stock up on a few more supplies. We are both
chilled and have no issues with Nimue. Managed to get some laundry
done this morning, although quite bizarre getting dressed up in foul weather
gear before jumping in the truck to go a few metres down to the laundry
room.
Temperature has dropped significantly down to 50F, so turned
on the heating and barometric pressure has dropped to 990mb. Sandy
is due to make landfall in New Jersey in about 1 hour with hurricane force winds
and looks like New York and cities further north will be badly
effected.
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