Posted by Francis Kent on October 30, 2012, 3:08 pm
Ron and others in the storm's path: I hope you've survived the wind and the flooding without too much damage. Mother Nature can be hard on us. -- Fran
Re: Storm Sandy
Posted by Ron Carlson on October 31, 2012, 8:09 am, in reply to "Storm Sandy"
Thanks for your concern, Fran.
To my surprise, Sandy turned out to be something of a non-event for me and my family here in a Washington, DC suburb. Lots of rain, lots of wind but no damage to our house or cars. For a time late Monday I had genuine concerns about whether the large trees in our back yard would remain standing. I was actually thankful for nightfall when I could no longer see how badly the trees were being whipped around. Daybreak found a few limbs on the ground but nothing worse. We lost electrical power for about 18 hours and my office closed down for two days. We were lucky. New Jersey and New York City took the worst of it by far.
I spent part of the day Saturday aboard SS JOHN W BROWN in Baltimore, helping to put out steel cable mooring lines, lowering one anchor, and removing or tying down anything blow-able on deck. The center of Sandy ended up passing just north of Baltimore but I'm confident the ship handled the situation just fine. The ship survived Hurricane Irene a year ago while on the blocks in drydock so hurricanes are old hat for her by now.
My daughter, attending college in Norfolk, saw much more rain and much higher winds than we did, but rode it out safe and sound in her sturdy dormitory. The college never lost electrical power. At the naval base not far from the college, the fleet put to sea in advance of the hurricane.
Thanks again for checking.
Ron Carlson, Webmaster
Re: Storm Sandy
Posted by John Haynes on October 31, 2012, 8:48 am, in reply to "Re: Storm Sandy"
Happy to hear that you, your family and JOHN W. BROWN survived SANDY without damage. I have friends in MD and family in the Lancaster, PA area and they also faired well. God Bless all of you. John Haynes
Re: Storm Sandy
Posted by Francis Kent on October 31, 2012, 5:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Storm Sandy"
John: Would you let me have your e-mail address? I rhink we may have a common antecedent. I'm at fkent12252@yahoo.com.
Re: Storm Sandy
Posted by Al Burnham on November 1, 2012, 12:29 pm, in reply to "Re: Storm Sandy"
Ron, glad to hear that you and your family are ok. I also have relatives in that whole area. Most of them in Maine. Except for losing power and a lot of wind and rain they made it ok. Glad to hear the SS John W Brown is ok. As I remember being secured at a dock was not the safest place during a hurricane. Take care Al
Re: Storm Sandy
Posted by Harvel Arnold on October 31, 2012, 8:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Storm Sandy"
Good to hear that all of you are ok. I have a friend , an old shipmate who has 2 homes one in Clinton, Md the other is in Salem, WV. He was in Md. when the storm hit no damage there. Tried to go to W V. yesterday but found I-68 in Frostburg, Md. was closed going west. Had 2 feet of snow.