Hurricane Isaac Preparedness
18 August 2012 | Marathon, Fl
Shirl / wet
Isaac developed from a tropical wave located east of the Lesser Antilles on August 21, strengthening into a tropical storm later that day. Isaac passed over Hispaniola and Cuba as a strong tropical storm, killing at least 34 people in Hispaniola, before it entered the Gulf of Mexico.
Preparedness is the key word here. I had double lines on Empress with chains wrapped around the post to stop the chafe. Chafe guard was on everything.
I had fuel, water and food extra. Probably could of used more batteries.
It would of been nice to have ALL the oil lamps clean and filled.
Things I DID NOT do:
Take the jib down and store it in the boat.
I wrapped the main and mizzen and wished I had also removed those sails.
I have a center post in this slip that really should have a finder board and not just two fenders.
In fact two fender boards should of been used, one for each side of the beam of the boat.
Once Isaac went into the gulf, it was forecasted to become a strong Category 2 hurricane. However, the land interaction with Hispaniola disrupted the system and prevented a solid core from developing until just before landfall. Due to its size, a high storm surge and a gigantic area of tropical storm force winds was observed. Isaac reached hurricane strength the morning of August 28.
The storm made its first U.S. landfall at 6:45 p.m. CDT that evening (2345 UTC), near the mouth of the Mississippi River. It made a second and final landfall at 2:00 a.m. CDT (0700 UTC) the next morning at Port Fourchon, Louisiana. At least 9 fatalities have been confirmed in the United States--5 in Louisiana and two each in Mississippi and Florida.[2]