Wednesday, August 26, 2020

The problem with Hurricane Laura

If you live where it's going to hit. I can see people thinking that they have a cabin cruiser or sail boat on a trailer in their back yard so they are going to tie this to a tree and get in it when the storm surge hits. However, what happens if the surge blows the boat into your home or the tree and it sinks?

So, basically, it's the luck of the draw in something like this. So, it depends upon the tides and then it depends upon the currents and then it depends upon the waves and then it depends upon many different things whether even in a cabin Cruiser or camping sailboat set up for around the world ocean treks whether you would survive tying off the boat in these conditions.

What I'm saying here is that it's possible there is no way to survive the winds of (130mph to 159 miles per hour AND Storm surge of 15 to 20 feet combined with Waves caused by the sustained 159 mile per hour winds blowing on the ocean surge (even if you are in your own enclosed boat tied to a tree or house or car or truck  or piece of cement in the ground as an anchor).

But, if you are going to do this be sure to release your boat from it's trailer so it can float without the trailer (unless you want the trailer attached when you come down onto the land once again. Also, can your boat (in a storm) carry that trailer anyway? Any way, I think leaving before this storm comes might be the best way to stay alive through all this.

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