Ernesto Prologue

Things are back to normal for us now. Here are some pictures of the storm. The ones of our dock from the beach were taken about 4:00PM and the water is already high. The others are in the morning after the water had started to recede. The most amazing thing to me is how far off the weather forecast was . Even during the height of the storm the NWS site was predicting 20 knot winds. This while the wind was blowing 50 knots! There was never any talk of a storm surge until the water had already started rising. Despite this being such a populated region, there is very poor electric service here, and it took over 24 hours to get power back. Nevertheless, our damage was very light compared to some of our neighbors who left boats in the water and other property unsecured because of the light forecast. Next time, you can bet we'll be much better prepared when a tropical storm starts up the Bay. -S