Conference vicki::boats

    re .0
    
    	Jeff, I just heard on the cable Weather Channel that the hurricane
    plane tracking the storm has just reported sustained winds now of
    175 MPH..!! With wind in the eye wall clocked at just over 200 MPH.
    There were also comments made to the effect - that we have very little
    data on storms of this size, and therefore have a hard time predicting
    what will happen...
    
    							-mike-

    
     This storm is so powerful that the "low" caused by surrounding
    winds actually causes houses to EXPLODE!   This storm is still
    classified a "5".  
    
    Jeanne Albert
     

    
    Jeanne,
    
    Is it "EXPLODE" or "IMPLODE". I seem to recall instructions from
    my Grandmother that you should leave several window's open a crack
    because the Low pressure cause the house to "implode". 

    I just recently heard that winds have been clocked at 275 mile per
    hour. This storm is a bue't!
    While in Uncle Sams underwater canoe club, We were running op's
    out of Port Canaverial Fla. ( Thats Cape Kennedy to you kids). At
    200 feet under the waves were causing us to take 45 deg rolls, on
    the surface was the John Hopkins vessel 80 ft lg. I had her on the
    radio and she was reporting 60 ft waves. With a buffer of the Sea
    over my head I was glad I wasn't on the surface. I would certainly
    think that once this hurricane hits the Atlantic we will really
    be in for some storm.
    
    Precautions- I've read a lot of "How To" Articals from the last
    hurricane.
    
    1) If your on a dock-Get OFF! Your boat will be safest on a mooring.
    
    2)Run at least three anchors( Largest you can get) off the bow.Use
    as much and largest chain as possible. I'm going to tandum my anchors
    in series, Three sets, Two anchors per set.
    
    3) Get as much scope out as you can, Use the largest line you can
    find. Snubbers are a good Idea! Use them!
    
    4) Be sure you use Hevy Duty Chafing gear- Use LEATHER- plastic
    just dosn't work.
    
    5) secure all gear on board that you can't bring home.
    
    6) Blow all holding tanks!
    
    7) Close ALL hull valves
    
    8) Take down and secure all canvas and halyards.
    
    9) Maake sure all hatches are batterned and use Duck tape for any
       deck hatches not lockable.
    
    10) check Batterys and bildge pumps for proper operation. Clean
        Float switchs and scuppers.
    
    11) Pay your insurance bill!!
    
    Put out fenders to ward off unfriendly objects.
    
    13) Take a parting photo of your boat.
    
    14) Go home have a beer and wait for the storm to go away.
    
                                           Good Luck All.
    
                                             Walt
    
    
    P.S. We will be offering Scuba Diving services for Storm recovery.
    
    

< REPLY to Note 153.0 by CRISTA::CERIA >
                       -< GILBERT: storm of the century >-

    ... Anybody been on a ship in a hurricane or typhoon? ...
    
                                 Jeff

Yes, I have been aboard ship doing a hurricane.  I was onboard the USS
Saratoga doing a hurricane at sea.  I took a walk to the fantail to
look at the destroyer behind us.  The seas were so high that the bow
of the destroyer kept disappearing in the ocean as the waves ran over
her.  It was really something to see.  I'm glad I was aboard the carrier
instead of the destroyer.  Standing in the hangar bay the waves would
hit the openings by the elevator platform roll up the wall and send a
shower of water across the hangar bay.  Those were some fond memories
of my days at sea.  

One time off the coast of Turkey the seas got so bad that we lost one of
our anchors.  Even still the sea has a magnetic attraction to those who
have sailed her.

							Rob.

    If gilbert is heading into the gulf it seems unlikely we would
    see its effects this far in the up in the atlantic. Or will we?
    
    Bruce

    rep: 3
    
    Bill,
    
    I heard EXPLODE ... the pressure is so great that more than
    just windows supposedly pop.  And if your house is strong enough
    to withstand the pressure, the 180+ winds surrounding the eye
    will rip the house off the foundation anyways.
    
    There will be mega damage $$$ big time in the Gulf once this
    storm passes through.  
    
    Jeanne
    

    re .6
     
    I doubt the New England area will see any of this, maybe rain early
    next week. Once a hurrican hits land it starts to die, hurricanes
    are fueled by warm water.
    As far as houses exploding, I believe it explodes not implodes. The
    center of a hurricane is a low pressure and inside the house would
    be higher pressure, therefore the higher pressure wins. Just my
    theory, it may not be correct.
    
    
                         Jeff

    All I can say is I am glad it isn't comming this way. When Gloria
    stormed through a couple years ago it killed the fall fishing.
    
    Bruce

    The meteorologists' indicate that the barometric pressure measured
    is the lowest on record...
    
                                26.31 inches
    
    This number is suppose to give an indication of the relative ENERGY
    of the storm.
    
    Where is it measured?
    
    And how is an inference of energy determined from barametric pressure?
    
    /MArk

    re -1
    
     They fly a plane into the eye of the storm, and take a pressure
    reading there. The pressure is related to the energy of the storm,
    because the hurricane is a spiral shaped storm. The velocity and
    volume of wind swirling around the eye is what causes the pressure
    to go down. The lower the pressure in the eye, the more energy
    required. 
    
    Mark

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    	It sucks, right ?