Hambone Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 And it was not a tropical storm. The ship's anemometer was showing 95-105knots for two hours and 80-90 knots for several hours more. Force 12 winds. Seas were running 15-20 ft and we were in a forward facing suite with large deck looking over the bow of the ship, into the teeth of the storm. I've been through a few hurricanes in my time, but nothing compares to being out in the open ocean. My wife has dodgy knees and had a very hard time negotiating the room. Major rocking and rolling even in a 1000 ft long ship. Once on island there was significant damage. Large portions were without power for several days and there were many trees down and limbs damaged. Roofs were ripped off of buildings. Public transport was suspended. Speaking to several several Bermudians, the highest winds reported on island were 103 mph.... They all referred back to Fabian... now it looks like they've gone from bad to worse. Wonderful people, I hope they make it through all right. We're headed back (by air this time) in May.... I hope.IMG_1280.MOV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 And it was not a tropical storm. Ther ship's anemometer was showing 95-105knots for two hours and 80-90 knots for several hours more. Force 12 winds. Seas were running 15-20 ft and we were in a forward facing suite with large deck looking over the bow of the ship, into the teeth of the storm. I've been through a few hurricanes in my time, but nothing compares to being out in the open ocean. My wife has a couple of dodgy knees and had a very hard time negotiating the room. Major rocking and rolling even in a 1000 ft long ship. Once on island there was significant damage. Large portions of the island were without power for several days and there were many trees down and limbs damaged. Speaking to several several Bermuians, the highest winds reported on island were 103 mph.... They all referred back to Fabian... now it looks like they've gone from bad to worse. Wonderful people, I hope they make it through all right. We're headed back (by air this time) in May.... I hope. IMG_1280.MOVwow,great stuff up close and personal, the ships report a should go to NWS for the reanalysis stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Wow. That must've been intense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Funny story. I went on the Norwegian Dawn in 2004 out of new York, and the ship was delayed two days because it was hit by a huge rogue wave. Ship has taken a beating apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 can you upload to you tube, .mov not working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambone Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 I'm surprised they didn't try to charge us more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 My cousin was leaving today from Boston to Bermuda for a cruise. Wonder how that will go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8611Blizz Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 My cousin was leaving today from Boston to Bermuda for a cruise. Wonder how that will go. Diverted to Bahamas according to Channel 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambone Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 As we departed The Dawn yesterday they told us it was diverting to Nassau for this trip. Early reports from Bermuda sound somewhat encouraging. Power is out to the entire island, unlike Fay which only knocked out about half of the island, but no reports of deaths or serious injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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