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Sal A posted 08-17-2008 07:06 PM ET (US)
Barnegat Bay. Summer 2008 wild weather.
Approaching.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o295/TheMaryAlice/Summer%202008/ Beach.jpg

Rare waterspout at Tices Shoal.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o295/TheMaryAlice/Summer%202008/ ticestornado.jpg

Aftermath.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o295/TheMaryAlice/Summer%202008/ IMG_0133.jpg

elaelap posted 08-17-2008 07:23 PM ET (US)
YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great photos, Sal, and I used the word "great" with purpose and meaning. What a fine photo montage or triptych those striking shots would make mounted/framed together.
Better you than me to even be in the same state as that stuff, let alone in a boat in the middle of that ugliness. Brrrrr...
Tony
Sheila posted 08-17-2008 08:01 PM ET (US)
Sal,
Thanks for sharing those. What a display!
The title of your thread would be good life advice. Are you thinking of starting a talk show? :)
Sal A posted 08-17-2008 08:36 PM ET (US)
Thanks guys.
And Tony thank you for your trip narrative and photos. I aspire to do that kind of trip one day.
Kingsteven18 posted 08-17-2008 09:18 PM ET (US)
I had a waterspout like that come at me out of nowhere in Islamorada in the Florida Keys. I was in the OCEAN in a Grumman square stern canoe with a 5hp motor on the back! I though I was history but fortunately the thing dissipated at the last minute as quickly as it had formed.
contender posted 08-17-2008 09:29 PM ET (US)
I was down in the keys (Long Key State Park) at the end of July 08, saw a water spout come down, big cone (like the one in Sal's picture) then 1/2 way down the spout divided itself into three tails, happened on the bay side, I have never seen this before (have the pictures)...be safe
Kingsteven18 posted 08-17-2008 10:14 PM ET (US)
here's a cute one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spamforsam/513339303/sizes/o/
HuronBob posted 08-17-2008 11:08 PM ET (US)
Sal, great photos, thanks..
Chuck Tribolet posted 08-17-2008 11:27 PM ET (US)
What surprises me is the anchored boats. I'd be setting a
record for how fast I could pull the hook and get the heck
outta there.

Chuck
erik selis posted 08-18-2008 06:55 AM ET (US)
Nice pictures Sal. That must be scary though. I wouldn't want to be out on the water with one of those around. I think I would beat Chucks record getting that anchor out.
Erik
tombro posted 08-18-2008 07:57 AM ET (US)
Sal, thanks for the fantastic shots! It has been one wild and wooly ride on the bay this summer, hasn't it?
I have never seen such dramatic storms and so much wind and hail in any summer I can remember, and I've weathered 53 of 'em in the shadow of Barnegat Lighthouse.
After all the troughy weather this season, and weeks of howling south wind and the associated cold and dirty water, we are now settling down to the sweetest time in the bay. Mild cold fronts from Canada, followed by bluebird days. The bay is warm enough to swim (I did the past two days-79 degrees) and full of fish. Those weaks are in the same places you got 'em last year-in droves. The peanut bunker are in the lagoons, the snapper blues are growing by an inch a week, and the bottom is paved with kingfish, blowfish and assorted tropicals, too. And don't forget those hickory shad-aka Jersey Tarpon!
Tom
WT posted 08-18-2008 11:07 AM ET (US)
WOW.
That's a mean looking waterspout.
Warren
Whalerdog posted 08-18-2008 01:00 PM ET (US)
The only thing that would make me nervous is the waterspout. I would have pulled anchor forsure!
Tohsgib posted 08-18-2008 01:29 PM ET (US)
You don't have time to pull an anchor with waterspouts. They come and go in a matter of seconds sometimes.
kwik_wurk posted 08-18-2008 02:01 PM ET (US)
Nice pics, here in the PNW they (water spouts) are rare so we live through you guys on the other corner of the country.
Questions: If you don't have time to pull the hook, what do you do? Tie off the bitter end (of the anchor) to a bumper/buoy, mark the GPS and scoot out. Or do you sit it out with lifejackets and pray that the canvas doesn't turn you into a sailboat.
Tohsgib posted 08-18-2008 02:04 PM ET (US)
Dropping the bimini would be a prudent move.
Brian7son posted 08-18-2008 05:01 PM ET (US)
this is when it's a good idea to drop the bimini
http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?zoommode=pan& prevzoom=zoom&num=6&frame=0&delay=15&scale=1.000&noclutter=0&ID=AMX& type=N0R&showstorms=0&lat=0&lon=0&label=you&map.x=400&map.y=240&scale=1. 000¢erx=400¢ery=240&showlabels=1&rainsnow=0&lightning=0& lerror=20&num_stns_min=2&num_stns_max=9999&avg_off=9999&smooth=0

Fay, Fay, go away!!!!!!!
Bella con23 posted 08-18-2008 08:35 PM ET (US)
Beautiful pictures Sal. I'm happy to say that the Raritan has been spared from these monstes so far.
There were several water spouts to the North of us in Long Island Sound, and to the South in your neck of the waters.
Glad you were safe and sound.
Joe

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Author	Topic: Storms may be rough to weather, but they always end.
Sal A	posted 08-17-2008 07:06 PM ET (US) Barnegat Bay. Summer 2008 wild weather. Approaching. http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o295/TheMaryAlice/Summer%202008/ Beach.jpg Rare waterspout at Tices Shoal. http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o295/TheMaryAlice/Summer%202008/ ticestornado.jpg Aftermath. http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o295/TheMaryAlice/Summer%202008/ IMG_0133.jpg
elaelap	posted 08-17-2008 07:23 PM ET (US) YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great photos, Sal, and I used the word "great" with purpose and meaning. What a fine photo montage or triptych those striking shots would make mounted/framed together. Better you than me to even be in the same state as that stuff, let alone in a boat in the middle of that ugliness. Brrrrr... Tony
Sheila	posted 08-17-2008 08:01 PM ET (US) Sal, Thanks for sharing those. What a display! The title of your thread would be good life advice. Are you thinking of starting a talk show? :)
Sal A	posted 08-17-2008 08:36 PM ET (US) Thanks guys. And Tony thank you for your trip narrative and photos. I aspire to do that kind of trip one day.
Kingsteven18	posted 08-17-2008 09:18 PM ET (US) I had a waterspout like that come at me out of nowhere in Islamorada in the Florida Keys. I was in the OCEAN in a Grumman square stern canoe with a 5hp motor on the back! I though I was history but fortunately the thing dissipated at the last minute as quickly as it had formed.
contender	posted 08-17-2008 09:29 PM ET (US) I was down in the keys (Long Key State Park) at the end of July 08, saw a water spout come down, big cone (like the one in Sal's picture) then 1/2 way down the spout divided itself into three tails, happened on the bay side, I have never seen this before (have the pictures)...be safe
Kingsteven18	posted 08-17-2008 10:14 PM ET (US) here's a cute one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spamforsam/513339303/sizes/o/
HuronBob	posted 08-17-2008 11:08 PM ET (US) Sal, great photos, thanks..
Chuck Tribolet	posted 08-17-2008 11:27 PM ET (US) What surprises me is the anchored boats. I'd be setting a record for how fast I could pull the hook and get the heck outta there. Chuck
erik selis	posted 08-18-2008 06:55 AM ET (US) Nice pictures Sal. That must be scary though. I wouldn't want to be out on the water with one of those around. I think I would beat Chucks record getting that anchor out. Erik
tombro	posted 08-18-2008 07:57 AM ET (US) Sal, thanks for the fantastic shots! It has been one wild and wooly ride on the bay this summer, hasn't it? I have never seen such dramatic storms and so much wind and hail in any summer I can remember, and I've weathered 53 of 'em in the shadow of Barnegat Lighthouse. After all the troughy weather this season, and weeks of howling south wind and the associated cold and dirty water, we are now settling down to the sweetest time in the bay. Mild cold fronts from Canada, followed by bluebird days. The bay is warm enough to swim (I did the past two days-79 degrees) and full of fish. Those weaks are in the same places you got 'em last year-in droves. The peanut bunker are in the lagoons, the snapper blues are growing by an inch a week, and the bottom is paved with kingfish, blowfish and assorted tropicals, too. And don't forget those hickory shad-aka Jersey Tarpon! Tom
WT	posted 08-18-2008 11:07 AM ET (US) WOW. That's a mean looking waterspout. Warren
Whalerdog	posted 08-18-2008 01:00 PM ET (US) The only thing that would make me nervous is the waterspout. I would have pulled anchor forsure!
Tohsgib	posted 08-18-2008 01:29 PM ET (US) You don't have time to pull an anchor with waterspouts. They come and go in a matter of seconds sometimes.
kwik_wurk	posted 08-18-2008 02:01 PM ET (US) Nice pics, here in the PNW they (water spouts) are rare so we live through you guys on the other corner of the country. Questions: If you don't have time to pull the hook, what do you do? Tie off the bitter end (of the anchor) to a bumper/buoy, mark the GPS and scoot out. Or do you sit it out with lifejackets and pray that the canvas doesn't turn you into a sailboat.
Tohsgib	posted 08-18-2008 02:04 PM ET (US) Dropping the bimini would be a prudent move.
Brian7son	posted 08-18-2008 05:01 PM ET (US) this is when it's a good idea to drop the bimini http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?zoommode=pan& prevzoom=zoom&num=6&frame=0&delay=15&scale=1.000&noclutter=0&ID=AMX& type=N0R&showstorms=0&lat=0&lon=0&label=you&map.x=400&map.y=240&scale=1. 000¢erx=400¢ery=240&showlabels=1&rainsnow=0&lightning=0& lerror=20&num_stns_min=2&num_stns_max=9999&avg_off=9999&smooth=0 Fay, Fay, go away!!!!!!!
Bella con23	posted 08-18-2008 08:35 PM ET (US) Beautiful pictures Sal. I'm happy to say that the Raritan has been spared from these monstes so far. There were several water spouts to the North of us in Long Island Sound, and to the South in your neck of the waters. Glad you were safe and sound. Joe