mo&fran

Bob's home is on the east coast, close to Jacksonville, not where the hurricane is.

The life guards are there for the people in the pool. They could care less about the chairs,

Wish I had been there.

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When we have a hurricane bearing down on us, everybody panics, and go off yo get gas and go to Publix to get water. The news media runs out to Publix, and publishes a picture of the shelves where water would be, and says the shelves are empty, implying there is no water left. What they don't show, pallets near the entrance stacked with water. Plenty of water, just not on shelves. On the subject of gasoline, a number of years ago, while was living in Ct, there was a hurricane strike this area, with wide spread power outages. Gas stations had gas, but it was in the ground, and no power to pump it. As a result, they were ordered to install emergency generators. I have no idea how they process payments.

Earlier this year, some fellow was afraid somebody would steal his chairs, so he threaded a cable, like the one you would use to secure a bicycle, through several chairs and around the railing. There was a picture here on CC. I understand security saw it, and cut the cable, freeing the chairs.

The latest prediction on Ian has it tracking farther to the west, which has been the trend. Here in south Florida, we are now out of the cone of uncertainty. PC is still on the edge, but if it continues the trend, it could become clear also. It looks like any western cruise routes may be affected.

I have never seen the barges being used in Port Everglades. I have seen them in St Martin, and they were there for most of the port call, certainly more than 4 hours. I do see tanker trucks connected in PEV, but I wonder if they are loading fuel. or unloading waste that cannot be discharged ay sea.

Launch news https://www.wptv.com/news/space/nasa-delays-moon-rocket-launch-due-to-potential-hurricane

Seems like there are always 2 tankers in port.

Port Everglades seems like it is the major port is south Florida for fuel. Tons of storage tanks.

And she has departed.

If they expect really bad weather, they will move it back to the Vehicle Assembly Building. That takes time.

I se Harmony of the Seas docked in FLL this morning. Looks like she may have a fuel barge next to her. Original schedule had her in St Martin this week, but she went west. Most of the ships that I have been on refuel in St Martin.

The dock workers have blanks that they will print the room number and put them on the bags.

Both of our cars have heated seats. It shuts off when you turn the car off. If you want heat, you need to turn it on. Same for rear window and rear view mirrors.

I believe the company that has rentals for a cruise ship can provide scooters that will fit inside a standard cabin. It can be a problem with where to put it while inside and still be able to move around.

Spoken from over 20 years of living there.

Thanks for the pier pictures. Looking at PTZTV , you don't think a lot is happening. Things are a lot different from my pictures from a year ago. I saw a least two cargo ships docked there that brought all of the containers and other supplies.

I'm sitting at 90 again. Our weather guys say we have broken the record for consecutive 90 degree or higher days in a row. Humidity at 74%.

We will be going on the Allure for a B3B on 10/1.

Hope you will be on for more than one cruise. 5 days is too short for traveling that far.

I've never developed a taste for coffee. Listening to you guys makes me happy I didn't. My FIL used to visit , and he started a pot every morning, and it did smell good. Not enough to try it. I did develop a taste for liquor.

Spoken like a true New Englander.

This is a photo I took last October from Odyssey. And this I tried to zoom in, but I don't how to save it.