Yesterday’s weather was exciting. Top wind speed was 48 knots (55 mph), which classifies it as a Storm on the Beaufort Scale. I couldn’t walk against it. The weather station recorded it as the highest for the year and gave a wind warning and told us to hold onto our hats. It was so loud [...]
Posts Tagged ‘beaufort scale’
Hold onto your hat
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beaufort scale, caretaking, clouds, lighthouse on October 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Batten down the hatches
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beaufort scale, caretaker, lighthouse on October 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The third nor’easter of our stay is passing by today. A gale with wind and rain. It’s not raining yet but there’s a fresh breeze from the north. We took advantage of fair weather yesterday to board up the keeper’s house and other buildngs in preparation for our departure this weekend. Now we look though [...]
Revised Beaufort Scale
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beaufort scale, sailing with cats on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well we’ve been in Edgartown for a week but for several days we didn’t leave the cabin except to check mooring lines. The run of bad weather has past and we are taking off today and will be working our way back to NY. We are in the process of buying a house in [...]
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