Monday, October 24, 2005

My friend on a boat in Wilma's bullseye

...he's living his dream - took his boat from Toronto all the way to Jensen Beach, Florida, where he lives on it. Last year he took two direct hits from hurricanes (and somehow made it through with no damage.) His plan was to run across the state -there's a waterway that allows that - but the bridge operators had split, so he rode out one storm tied to someone's dock. The other, he left the boat in its normal berth and evacuated to a friend's house till the eye, then went back quickly to resecure everything.

So now here's Wilma - and it appears that the eye will pass darn close to Jensen Beach. I sure hope all is okay.

In this day of cameras everywhere and instant communication, it is disconcerting to lose touch with someone close who is in harm's way. Easy to understand. Hard to experience.

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