Matthew the "Second"??

[Uncleromulus]

port is open and DREAM arrived at the DCL terminal a couple of hours ago and it is 'business as usual'

FISHLIPS lost the second deck awning, and GRILLS had some unexpected visitors at the tiki bar





two commercial vessels improperly secured broke free and drifted into GRILLS

There are some localized power outages yet but "they" say all should be resolved by Sunday evening .... I never lost power.

Latest NOAA forecast sees the storm turning on the previously forecast south loop then dissipating b4 it gets near land again

"Since Matthew is already embedded in the mid-latitude westerly flow
and the steering pattern is forecast to persist for the next day or
two, the NHC forecast moves the cyclone eastward or east-
southeastward until it becomes absorbed."

in other words the track here does not display beyond Monday as the storm is expected to be a memory by day 3 .....

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btw wrt "except for Fishlips who took a bit of a beating it seems with part of the roof lying in the parking area."

As I recall that was a backdrop (looks like a wave) for picture taking on a surfboard ..... SHAME SHAME for who ever owns it leaving it outside and not tied down. If the PREDIDICTED winds had happened (thank goodness for a last minute 20 mile east jog) THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE as it flew ......

Amazing the difference one day makes--they were all so sure it was going to loop back to Florida. Question now is--is THIS track correct??
I hope so!!!

 

[Capt_BJ]

no, track has changed ... now expected to continue straight east and fade away

 

[Uncleromulus]

We'll see---

 

[phinz]

we're on Monday's Dream departure so watching this closely. From what we've heard, we'll be able to get out of the port and more than likely head west ... but if it comes back around we may be stuck in the gulf.

You're on the cruise with two of our friends, who are doing a B2B. If you see Richard and Sandra (they're in the DC cruise group) tell them Phinz said howdy.