When Debby arrived last night she was on pretty good behavior. She rained on us and blew a little wind around and Hans and I relaxed below and watched a video. The forecast kinda led us to believe that Debby wasn't going to hang around very long as she other places to go.
I guess this gave Debby the impression that we found her to be a weak and slightly boring guest. This didn't please her at all and today she let us know that before she leaves she wants us to know just how powerful and exciting she can be.
Our dock box a couple of hours ago and we still haven't reached high tide!
This was this morning around 11 AM and we were shocked at how high the water was. Normally it's about three feet lower.
This was at about 2:00 PM and high tide is supposed to be around 4:00 PM. However the overflow is running into the parking lot so it really shouldn't get much higher than this.
If you'd have seen Hans get off the boat in this you'd know why once he got back on I told him he was staying put. His middle name is not Grace. So I left and walked to the marina office to get ice because tropical storm or not I refuse to drink warm Wilbur Wow Wows.
I've no doubt Debby has had a wonderful time here. I just hope she's not too insulted that we don't intend to invite her back.
------------------------------------------------------
UPDATE
Let me just state right now that I don't care one bit whether Debby likes us or not. She's a nasty b*tch and doesn't deserve any one's consideration. My poor parents who live in PA called us as they were concerned about our welfare since the media was having quite a field day with this particular storm. After I assured them we were okay and that the worst was over, Debby kicked it back into high gear and I ended up atop our boat, naked under my foul weather gear (I didn't want to traumatize the marina folk but I'm the one who does the laundry around here you know and our shower area is already full of soaked clothing!), trying once again to secure the completely ineffectual tarp- like covering that came with our very over priced West Marine air conditioner (Hans spent the better part of his day standing underneath the hatch attempting to deflect a constant influx of water). Soon thereafter Hans and I together, and with a lot of 'what the hell are you doing' comments (mostly on my part), took the damned air conditioner down.
And right after a fellow live aboard called to warn us about a tornado warning we watched a runaway jib on a boat behind us rip to shreds. After it was finally released and cut down we sat below and listened to halyards cling and clang like xylophones all the way up and down the marina.
And poor Wilbur is literally cross eyed as he still hasn't gone pee on his patch since this morning.
We hate you Debby!
I guess this gave Debby the impression that we found her to be a weak and slightly boring guest. This didn't please her at all and today she let us know that before she leaves she wants us to know just how powerful and exciting she can be.
Our dock box a couple of hours ago and we still haven't reached high tide!
This was this morning around 11 AM and we were shocked at how high the water was. Normally it's about three feet lower.
This was at about 2:00 PM and high tide is supposed to be around 4:00 PM. However the overflow is running into the parking lot so it really shouldn't get much higher than this.
If you'd have seen Hans get off the boat in this you'd know why once he got back on I told him he was staying put. His middle name is not Grace. So I left and walked to the marina office to get ice because tropical storm or not I refuse to drink warm Wilbur Wow Wows.
This video shows a little of what it was like here today and it went on and on and on and on! Poor Wilbur, who's been through many storms with us, wasn't having any of it and has only gone pee on his potty patch once. I'm sure he's gotta be pretty full of it by now and we wish Debby would get sick of hanging here with us and move on.
I've no doubt Debby has had a wonderful time here. I just hope she's not too insulted that we don't intend to invite her back.
------------------------------------------------------
UPDATE
Let me just state right now that I don't care one bit whether Debby likes us or not. She's a nasty b*tch and doesn't deserve any one's consideration. My poor parents who live in PA called us as they were concerned about our welfare since the media was having quite a field day with this particular storm. After I assured them we were okay and that the worst was over, Debby kicked it back into high gear and I ended up atop our boat, naked under my foul weather gear (I didn't want to traumatize the marina folk but I'm the one who does the laundry around here you know and our shower area is already full of soaked clothing!), trying once again to secure the completely ineffectual tarp- like covering that came with our very over priced West Marine air conditioner (Hans spent the better part of his day standing underneath the hatch attempting to deflect a constant influx of water). Soon thereafter Hans and I together, and with a lot of 'what the hell are you doing' comments (mostly on my part), took the damned air conditioner down.
And right after a fellow live aboard called to warn us about a tornado warning we watched a runaway jib on a boat behind us rip to shreds. After it was finally released and cut down we sat below and listened to halyards cling and clang like xylophones all the way up and down the marina.
And poor Wilbur is literally cross eyed as he still hasn't gone pee on his patch since this morning.
We hate you Debby!
Aw Laura, Debby really hasn't treated you very nicely, so I don't blame you for not wanting to invite her back! My sister called today and said they are watching for her to pay them a visit soon....but she is hoping that, if Debby insists on visiting people, she'll decide to go and visit some other folks in Texas or Mexico instead. :o( Just glad you and Hans didn't sustain any damage, and I sure hope little Wilbur gets to pee and poop soon!
ReplyDeleteI'll call ya soon!
XOXO,
Cyndi
Keeping my fingers crossed for y'all!!
ReplyDelete