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[wader]

pretty well prepared - beer, whiskey, generator, food

Should be fine. I've rode these out before here. It's all uphill from the Chesapeake to get to my block. Talking to a neighbor across the street several years ago when I first bought I asked her about flooding. Said she has lived on the block in her home most of her life (she's around 78) & said never had any flooding here. Last bad hurricane to hit was in 1938 & it did flood downtown but never made it anywhere near my block.

I expect to lose the power - that seems to happen whenever a squirrel runs across the lines between telephone poles.


Now if I was living where Capt13 bought I might be thinking to evacuate to my house.

 

[Capt13]

I'm not the evacuating type . Yes, its low where I am ....... but I have a boat.

 

[CELLFISH]

overhead clouds and light NE winds are from Dorian, btw is Dorian a girl or boy... ??? cellie...

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[CELLFISH]

TWC has a storm chaser standing out inda rain hardly able to stand, WTF... cellie...

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[wader]

lotta nothin'

 

[JoeBfishing]

Dang, you ain’t even getting the rain!!?

 

[wader]

Dang, you ain’t even getting the rain!!?

I mean I'm grateful but the build up...............................

Believe we got maybe an inch or two of rain (which we needed - hasn't really rained steady since June).
Some dandy wind gusts that caused the lights to flicker a few times & I lost my internet & phones for about an hour.

Winds are still blowing pretty hard if you at the shore. Especially at Mack's place - very exposed. Don't worry Mack it's still standing. Will PM you a few pictures of your canal.

That's causing a lot of tidal flooding as we approach high tide.

This best shot I could get of Mallard 's Waterfront Restaurant , This was taken about 4:30, High tide is at 7. So there's another 2.5 to 3 hours of incoming water to go. Outside dining & bar area has about 2 feet of water over it.

Capt13's favorite Happy Hour Place the Island House in Wachapreague on the Ocean Side is unapproachable. This was the best I could do. Pictures are of Main Street which the Island House is on. I couldn't get close enough to get a picture of the Island House. Pictures taken around 3:30. It was just about high tide there - had about another 1/2 hour to go.

Yes.
Under that water is Main Street.

 

[george]

You might want to try throwing a few swimming plugs there on the outgoing

 

[JoeBfishing]

Bummer, going to be some water damage for sure to those establishments.?

 

[wader]

Bummer, going to be some water damage for sure to those establishments.?

The Island House is way up on stilts - like 10 foot pilings. It's very low in that area & it floods easily & frequently.

Mallard's down at the wharf faces the same issue - though it's not raised up. As a matter of fact on the way into the dining room there's a mark on the wall about chest high showing the high tide mark from the 1938 hurricane. Mallard's (that building anyway) has been there in one form or another since the 1842. It's weathered a LOT of this. The building is actually owned & maintained by the Eastern Shore Historical Society.

The Onancock Historic District and Town Wharf has been coined the "Gem of the Eastern Shore". Explored by Captain John Smith in 1607 and chartered in 1680, Onancock is one of King James' original 12 royal ports in Colonies. Blessed with deep water access to the Chesapeake Bay and offering a natural safe haven from stormy weather, Onancock was for over 250 years the trade center of the Eastern Shore, closely tied in maritime commerce to Baltimore and Norfolk. Onancock today remains a working port for watermen and waterborne commerce while offering recreational boaters a unique port of call.

The Town Wharf is also home to the Hopkins Brothers Store, a National Register site owned and maintained by the Eastern Shore Historical Society as a museum. This 1842 building was the center of waterborne trade for the Shore, the local bank, and the Post Office for the community. Today the Hopkins Brothers Store serves as the town's Gateway information center where the visitor can view displays about the history of the town and gain information on local events and historic sites to see. There is also a waterfront restaurant on site that is open daily.

 

[wader]

You might want to try throwing a few swimming plugs there on the outgoing

funny you should say that George.....................

While I was taking the pictures of the Island House - or trying to - seagulls began dive bombing the water covering Main Street & coming away with small fish.

 

[Fishinguy81]

 

[Fishinguy81]

The sound is angry right now

 

[CELLFISH]

The sound is angry right now

Nice . Hey frank how ya get ya vid on the site...cellie...

 

[Fishinguy81]

Same way as pictures....just use this button here. (See red arrow)

 

[Capt13]

The sound is angry right now

 

[Fishinguy81]

Sweet someone caught that reference lol

 

[JoeBfishing]

I’m going to try and load a video...

 

[JoeBfishing]

The weather was nice last month on the Cape. This was my only cloudy day out on the JustRight

 

[JackPrintMD]

Wow, what a great Vid.

V cool JB