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Here comes another one
Hurricane, that is.
Last September I moved airplane and family to Houston to escape hurricane Ivan. That turned out to be a good move, since the steel shelter I parked '87D under was destroyed by the storm. This time I'm staying put. The new storm is forcast to be a minimal hurricane at most, and the airplane should be fine tied down in the open (they never rebuilt the shelters). The airport is right on Mobile Bay, but it's at the north end, about 22 nm from the Gulf, so it's unlikely that any hurricane force winds will be felt there. This will not be the first minor storm that Delta has weathered at Brookley, so I'm not too worried. Sunday morning will reveal if I was right to be so sanguine about this one. -- Dan C-172RG at BFM |
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Used to work there at Brookley At Mobile Aerospace. Loved the company but my
wife hated Mobile so took a contract outside Nashville , TN and on the Myrtle Beach SC. I never really noticed much GA at Brookley, but I was always over on the MAS side. Did see some pilots set down a Boeing before they got to the runway! Those big birds sure kick up a storm of stuff when you do that!!! Good Luck with the hurricane season, Brookley can get hairy. Check out the seafood rest. on the island out from USS Alabama, they have pictures of what it looked like 22 nm inland in the bay. And the food there is dang good! Can't recall the name of the place? Patrick student SPL aircraft structural mech "Dan Luke" wrote in message ... Hurricane, that is. Last September I moved airplane and family to Houston to escape hurricane Ivan. That turned out to be a good move, since the steel shelter I parked '87D under was destroyed by the storm. This time I'm staying put. The new storm is forcast to be a minimal hurricane at most, and the airplane should be fine tied down in the open (they never rebuilt the shelters). The airport is right on Mobile Bay, but it's at the north end, about 22 nm from the Gulf, so it's unlikely that any hurricane force winds will be felt there. This will not be the first minor storm that Delta has weathered at Brookley, so I'm not too worried. Sunday morning will reveal if I was right to be so sanguine about this one. -- Dan C-172RG at BFM |
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"W P Dixon" wrote: Check out the seafood rest. on the island out from USS Alabama, What seafood restaurant on what island? they have pictures of what it looked like 22 nm inland in the bay. ?? |
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Dan Luke wrote:
Hurricane, that is. Last September I moved airplane and family to Houston to escape hurricane Ivan. That turned out to be a good move, since the steel shelter I parked '87D under was destroyed by the storm. I flew the night of Hurricane Hugo from Raleigh to Charlotte in an Apache. Since Charlotte was directly along a straight line between Raleigh (where I was) and Charleston (where the hurricane was) I flew along at Mach 3 and made the quickest time I'd ever done for that leg. Smooth air, too... until I got down to about 2000 feet on the approach into Charlotte. I went ahead and tied the aircraft down as best I could (yoke wrapped up in the seatbelt, one wing and the tail). The other wing was missing its tiedown ring so there was nothing I could do about it. Oh, well... que sera, sera. I woke up around 0400 when the power went off and my ceiling fan stopped. There was no leaving the neighborhood for the next 30 hours or so due to fallen trees but then I got out and drove to the airport. Absolutely amazing... that Apache was bulletproof. Nothing wrong with it at all. Couldn't say the same for some of the hangared aircraft; several hangars collapsed and wiped out what they were supposedly protecting. Anyway, good luck tomorrow. -- Mortimer Schnerd, RN VE |
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Hey Dan,
There is a good seafood joint going across the bridge from Mobile over to Daphne, past the USS Alabama park . It sits like on it's own little island ( if it's not an island it is just a small strip of land with the main road going over it.)before you reach the Daphne shore. They have pictures in there of the area when the last real hurricane came through and went up Mobile Bay. It makes you want to go take swimming lessons no matter how good of a swimmer you are! Sorry for the confusion... I believe the place was called Original Oyster House ,....I looked it up and it comes up as a Spanish Fort AL address at 1175 Battleship Parkway. GOOD FOOD!!! Patrick student SPL aircraft structural mech "Dan Luke" wrote in message ... "W P Dixon" wrote: Check out the seafood rest. on the island out from USS Alabama, What seafood restaurant on what island? they have pictures of what it looked like 22 nm inland in the bay. ?? |
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"W P Dixon" wrote ..I looked it up and it comes up as a Spanish Fort AL address at 1175 Battleship Parkway. GOOD FOOD!!! I second that! -- Jim in NC |
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"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote Since Charlotte was directly along a straight line between Raleigh (where I was) and Charleston (where the hurricane was) I flew along at Mach 3 and made the quickest time I'd ever done for that leg. I woke up around 0400 when the power went off and my ceiling fan stopped. There was no leaving the neighborhood for the next 30 hours or so due to fallen trees but then I got out and drove to the airport. Glad your plane turned out all right. Ahh, Hugo! Where I am in NC was in that straight line, also. We still had power and I was watching the radar on TV, and saw the eye wall approach Lenoir; then the power went out. Massive destruction, everywhere. Later, I saw a replay of the radar, and as the eye hit the mountains, it broke up the circulation. As an observer, that was exactly right. We had the building wind, the wind suddenly switched from East to North, then the wind suddenly stopped. Sitting blind, I was expecting the other side of the eye wall to hit, but it never did. For about two weeks afterwards, anytime you went outside, you could hear the sound of chainsaws running, in all directions. Life slowly returned to normal, but it was slow. The ironic thing was that lots of folks like you fled Charleston, and came to Charlotte, only to be trapped here, with nearly as much damage as Charleston. One rule of hurricanes still holds; you can't out guess them. -- Jim in NC |
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"W P Dixon" wrote: ... I believe the place was called Original Oyster House ,....I Yep. It's one of our regular lunch spots. Pretty good food. |
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"Dan Luke" wrote in message This time I'm staying put. The new storm is forcast to be a minimal hurricane at most, and the airplane should be fine tied down in the open (they never rebuilt the shelters). So have you checked to see if the neighbors tied theirs down as securely as yours? -- Jim Fisher |
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"Jim Fisher" wrote: So have you checked to see if the neighbors tied theirs down as securely as yours? Yep. I'm on the end of the line. My buddy Filipo's 182 is tied down tight in the next spot. |
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