The above two maps show the point of landfall of hurricanes for the past 173 years. They do not show the areas where storms caused death and destruction after coming ashore. Of particular interest in the top one is the coast between Cape Hatteras and Long Island where only one hurricane made landfall. Hatteras sticks out a long way and that stretch of coast is in its lee and by the time storms reach that latitude they tend to be curving east out to sea.
Only six or seven storms have come ashore at or near Hilton Head. Either Four in 1894 or Two in 1898 killed most of the people then living on the island.
As you can see during the past few weeks most of the small power boats near GANNET have left. Only the one in slip 1 remains. GANNET is in slip 5 and the next boat is the sailboat in slip 8. The absence of people has made this part of the marina more attractive to egrets and herons. Fortunately thus far they have not come on board GANNET, perhaps in consideration of her fellow birdness. However each time I go down I have to hose down the dock around her.
Visiting catamarans are usually positioned on side ties on the outer side of A Dock. This is the graphic on the bow of the boat on the left side of the previous photo. I like it and would like to know its origin, but the owners haven't been around to ask.
This is this morning's Earth Wind Map. The Southern Ocean is busy.
A poem by Martin Niemoller.
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