Eye of the Storm

[Jeff_S]

So, this system never progressed to be more than Invest 93 but it's still pretty wild to be sitting right in the eye of this big low pressure on the NE coast of Florida. My poor Mooney is tied up outside but I battened it down earlier tonight. It's just getting a good bath to wash off the two weeks of salty air!

Check out the wind barbs between St. Augustine and Fernandina Beach. The eye is right over us at the blue dot. Pretty cool.

 

[ArtVandelay]

Im curious, are you outside by choice or there is no hangars available?

[Jeff_S]

We only come down here for a week or two at a time so I don't bother with a hangar. The FBO has no hangar space for transients, although there is a new maintenance shop that's opened up that purportedly has some. Generally speaking I don't worry about a few weeks outside as long as there's no hail in the forecast. Like I said, I just got a free wash last night!

[DAVIDWH]

A friend of mine used to tie his plane down with rotten ropes when in the eye of a storm.

He would say "Every one likes an early Christmas."

[Jeff_S]

Actually, it turned into a named Tropical Storm (Julia) while it was sitting on top of us. Pretty wild...apparently that was the first time since they've been keeping records that a system turned into a tropical storm while over land. I guess that shows you how hot Florida was this year...ha!

Checked the plane out today...all is well. And clean and shiny.