seaventurer
August 11th, 2004, 06:23 PM
For those of you sailing this weekend on the ZUI, as I am, I have offered my unofficial yet educated perspective on the developments and potential outcome of this hurricane and how it may affect our cruise.
A.) I live in Miami - all of our news and information is focused on hurricanes when they approach.
B.) Our eastern Caribbean cruise will not be affected by the storm. FYI, Jamaica is not in the direct path of the storm (nor is it included in our itinerary) - and it will pass over Hispanola tomorrow (directly over Havana), then into the lower keys by later afternoon early evening Thursday.
C.) Charlie's path (forecaster's concensus) will take it over South Florida but from the west coast avoiding a direct hit in Miami / Ft. Lauderdale - this will occur Friday for about a 12 hour period from Friday 3AM to Friday 3PM.
D.) The largest problem I see are those of you flying to Florida on Friday. At times, airports close / airlines cancel flights during hurricane warnings/watches and remember, any storm change direction at any time (like the weather)...
CHECK YOUR FLIGHTS WITH YOUR AIRLINE IF YOU ARE FLYING IN ON FRIDAY - CALL TOMORROW OR CHECK THE WEB SITE OF THE AIRLINE.
Summary-- I suspect that by Saturday AM, the aftermath of the storm in South Florida will include some wind damage and minor flooding (for Miami/Ft. Lauderdale) - Unless the ship takes precautions and arrives late, we should be OK. Seas may be a bit choppy through the Gulf on our way to HMC.
Seas are typically FLAT after a hurricane - so as we travel further south, there should be very small seas (4-6 feet)...one last note, there are other depressions coming off the African coast but should not affect our voyage.
See you on board...
A.) I live in Miami - all of our news and information is focused on hurricanes when they approach.
B.) Our eastern Caribbean cruise will not be affected by the storm. FYI, Jamaica is not in the direct path of the storm (nor is it included in our itinerary) - and it will pass over Hispanola tomorrow (directly over Havana), then into the lower keys by later afternoon early evening Thursday.
C.) Charlie's path (forecaster's concensus) will take it over South Florida but from the west coast avoiding a direct hit in Miami / Ft. Lauderdale - this will occur Friday for about a 12 hour period from Friday 3AM to Friday 3PM.
D.) The largest problem I see are those of you flying to Florida on Friday. At times, airports close / airlines cancel flights during hurricane warnings/watches and remember, any storm change direction at any time (like the weather)...
CHECK YOUR FLIGHTS WITH YOUR AIRLINE IF YOU ARE FLYING IN ON FRIDAY - CALL TOMORROW OR CHECK THE WEB SITE OF THE AIRLINE.
Summary-- I suspect that by Saturday AM, the aftermath of the storm in South Florida will include some wind damage and minor flooding (for Miami/Ft. Lauderdale) - Unless the ship takes precautions and arrives late, we should be OK. Seas may be a bit choppy through the Gulf on our way to HMC.
Seas are typically FLAT after a hurricane - so as we travel further south, there should be very small seas (4-6 feet)...one last note, there are other depressions coming off the African coast but should not affect our voyage.
See you on board...