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Re: Hurricanes
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2004 Sep 24, 07:56 -0300
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2004 Sep 24, 07:56 -0300
Joel,
This weekend is the first anniversary of Hurricane Juan, the first hurricane to
hit our generation in the Canadian Maritimes. There is a lot of
psychological impact here on this first anniversary. Even with no
more than the usual autumn winds, our marina is half empty already, and it was a
very quiet summer. Juan touched most of the 300 boats in Charlottetown
harbour last year. Some are still being repaired. I have been on a
mini speaking tour with my Juan talk.
But
I can only barely imagine what this hurricane season has been like down
there. We have been watching it extremely closely, since Juan spawned due
south of Halifax, and gave us only 3 days' warning. So we are all
much more tuned in than before. And we have been getting emails from
Canadian boaters touched by the hurricanes from one end of the Caribbean to the
other in recent weeks. Some have simply lost their retirements to
wind and waves.
Our
thoughts are with you and all other boaters trying to navigate through what
appears to have been a devastating season.
Our
barbeque cover vanished in Juan. We suspect it ended up in
Newfoundland. Keep yours lashed down.
Jim
Thompson
jim2@jimthompson.net
www.jimthompson.net
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