Too Early. Too Creepy.

Not one, but two hurricanes in the Eastern Pacific.
In June.
Yes, June.
Way, super early.This means I should be happy to be in SoCal.
Okay...
Happy to be in SoCal.
I'm working on that.

Flashbacks...

No I was too young in the 60's... no drug flashbacks.
Hurricane flashbacks.
This doesn't look so good.Hurricane Ick.
Really glad I am not sitting in La Paz in a slip right now.
Which brings me to where I am sitting in a slip.
Ventura.
Going to work.
Work really gets in the way of my blogging.
So behind...

A Year Ago Today... Hurricane Norbie Prep

Oh gee, what fun we had this day last year.
Yep, launch from the boatyard and Hurricane Prep Day!
Preparing for this:Well you all know it turned out ok and we are still avoiding hurricanes like the plague alive and well living the high life far, far and away from the hurricane zone.
So click on my post title above or anywhere with this color to see just how much fun we had, on this day one year ago...

After Eye Walkabout Costa Baja

After a round of Apples to Apples and two entire games of Chicken Foot Dominoes it was time to take a walk around Costa Baja.
We had a nice hurricane tie up spot in the inner harbor.Like I said before, the outer harbor was U G L Y !
The boats were rocking and rolling and slamming and lurching.
Unfortunately pictures just don't show it...Unless you are one of the owners of one of these boats.
Then you are happy the pictures don't show it.
We did learn that hurricanes make for great sunsets.That is after the eye is on the other side of you...
We still had some wind, but nothing like earlier.


Back to the boat for a nice dinner, a little vino and relaxing.
Celebrating too!
The four of us were all SO happy to have Norbie gone!

Hurricane Nordork 2:30 pm Update

Still some major gustage going on, but we are all ok here tucked in at Costa Baja.
We have had steady winds at 30-40 (and we are protected by buildings) and some gusts over 60 mph and higher.
I have a big pot of chili on the stove and Dave and Kellie just came down the dock for a visit and maybe some games.
Interesting chatter on vhf:
Boats dragging.
Some idiot in a power boat driving around telling people he was only reading 20 knots of wind.
A freighter coming in to anchor.
A big power boat in trouble out by the islands.
And a lot of opinions.
Still no electricity, so pics will follow down the road (when I can use the big computer).

Hurricane Prep Day on "Meerkat"

To make a long story short, we are on the end-tie of K Dock in the inner harbor of Marina Costa Baja.
It was kind of a cluster "you-know-what" (have to watch my language, as my Mommy reads this blog) when it came to arranging to go back into our normal slip.
We went back in the water around 4 pm (another long story that I will skip for now).
Today has been spent preparing us and the boat for Hurricane Norbert.
Scrubbing the boatyard dirt off the decks.
Groceries, extra water, cerveza.
Wrapping the mainsail.
Putting 10 docklines out.
Strapping the dinghy to the davits.
Cleaning the floor.
Doing laundry.
Etc., etc., etc.
Now we wait.
The forecast at this point shows Norbie as a category 1 as it reaches Baja's Pacific Coast to the NW of us tomorrow mid-day.
We should get a decent amount of rain and tropical storm winds manana.
Pics of the paint, proximity (and explanation), what we do when we are in the yard and Norbie to follow!

Hurricane Norbert Update or As They Say on The News with Excitement on Their Faces and Glee in Their Voices : "Hurricane Norbert Storm Watch 2008!!!"

Oh yipee crap.
Norbert is now a category 4 hurricane.
Heading to Southern Baja.Possibly hitting the West coast of Baja as a category 2.So, now if you could all join us and:
Hope for cold water.
Hope Norbert sits for days over the cold water.
Hope Norbert proves all the forecasters wrong and heads due West.

Rain at 9 pm - A Nice Change...

Amazing ~ the sound of raindrops on the deck at night.
Not one we hear often in La Paz.
Usually it is an afternoon thunderstorm.
It's cooling and nice.
Especially since both of our air conditioners have gone on vacation.

However, I cannot imagine the sounds the people in Western Cuba are hearing.
Thundering rain...
Winds stronger than any imagination could have ever prepared them for...