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- A non event
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- By Eleanor Mikula <keyscouple at bellsouth.net>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:46:34 -0700 (PDT)
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Thankfully, Bonnie did not develop into a threat. At the present time, the wind is light out of the northwest, the sun is trying to break through and we have not had rain since early this morning. Miami and the mainland received the brunt of the rain early and is heading across the state into the gulf. We had more wind yesterday, with gusts up to 20 knots rocking the boat. We are not even moving today! The weather for the rest of the weekend looks good, so come on down to the Keys and help our economy!
Now its time to fix lunch and then put everything back before cocktail time ( it's 5 o'clock somewhere!)
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- TD3/Bonnie
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- By Eleanor Mikula <keyscouple at bellsouth.net>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:30:09 -0700 (PDT)
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Well, I guess it is that time of year again; our first storm to visit the Florida Keys. It has been windy all day with partly cloudy skies and you just get that "tropical storm" feeling in the air. Living on a boat ( in a marina) adds a little extra preparation but we have been through this exercise many times. We should start getting the outerbands later tonight, with the storm moving in between 2pm and 8pm Friday. I don't mind the storms when they come through during the day but when it is dark and the middle of the night it gets scary. We had a 55' trawler break loose during Katrina and it missed us by inches as it was blown into the mangroves. I will post an update tomorrow. Have a wonderful evening!
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- Oil Storm
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- By Papp Scott <jspcon at comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:33:14 -0400
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I believe the quote below came from an article in the New York Times. We here in the Keys anxiously await developments in the Gulf, and feel terrible for our neighbors to the north already impacted by this horrible turn of events. A friend wondered aloud the other day about the impact of a hurricane on this and we considered the possibility of wind-blown oil raining down as a storm makes landfall. Let us pray...
There is no oil here in the Keys, the reefs, beaches and water are fine if anybody asks.
Our weather has been hot, 95F, with some rain mostly on the mainland. The diving and fishing has been superb, little wind and current, eighty to ninety feet of viz. The Rox'sea Music has been tugging at her docklines... paradise calls!
Scott Adams "They asked for and received permission from federal regulators to exempt the drilling project from federal law that requires a rigorous type of environmental review, internal documents and federal records indicate...
On the Deepwater Horizon, for example, the minerals agency approved a drilling plan for BP that cited the “worst case” for a blowout as one that might produce 250,000 barrels of oil per day, federal records show. But the agency did not require the rig to create a response plan for such a situation."
“Sometimes I wonder, whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.” Scott Papp 53 East Beach Rd Tavernier, FL 33070 203 561 0962
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- We're not talking about the weather!
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- By Papp Scott <largocee at comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 16:59:06 -0400
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With hurricane season fast approaching, this island is not talking about the weather right now. After an unusually cold and windy winter our conversation is all about BP painting the Gulf of Mexico new shades of shimmering hydrocarbons. This correspondent spent much of this afternoon in the Monroe County Government Center at a well attended workshop/information meeting on the oil spill. Sponsored by the County Commissioners the meeting included representatives from the Coast Guard, NOAA, DEP, emergency response personnel, tourist development, et al and one brave soul from BP. We had to leave early but I am confident he made it out alive...
The good news, we hear, is that the slick remains some 450 miles away from us (bad news of course for our friends in Louisiana, Alabama and the Florida panhandle (for whom our hearts sincerely and truly go out). The bad news, and isn't this always the way, is that the slick may be moving closer to what is called the Loop Current which brings Gulf waters southward to the Keys and on into the Atlantic, up the East Coast etc. etc. Extensive contingency plans are in place and the meeting room was packed with volunteers and interested, concerned citizens.
We have been told that there is no way of knowing, at this time, what direction this will take and it is quite possible we will be spared. Unfortunately this uncertainty is already impacting travel and tourism to Florida and the Conch Republic, with anecdotal evidence of cancellations and a fall off of vacation inquiries.
Our beaches, reefs and waters of this area remain clean and beautiful as always. Ther is no scent of oil in the air. The turtles, jacks, groupers, morays and blennies are still ambulating under their own power and the eagles, osprey, grackles and turkey vultures continue to play chicken with the cars on the Overseas Highway.
And of course, and most sadly, there is still no progress in stanching the flow into the Gulf... they say this has the potential damage of a hurricane that never leaves.
For further info or details feel free to email or call me, or turn to http://www.keysspill.com/ for onsite coverage and volunteer information. Todays quote (source?):
"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."
Scott Papp 53 East Beach Rd Tavernier, FL 33070 203 561 0962
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