PC Open???

[Wayward Son]

Are plans to hold to current schedule for next weekend, or is an alternate date being considered?

Wondering if we'll have any viz at all by friday if this thing does what they're predicting. Current NOAA forecast for the panhandle:

SATURDAY

EAST WIND 20 TO 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO 25 TO 30
KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET BUILDING TO 7 TO 9 FEET. PROTECTED WATERS
VERY ROUGH. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.



SATURDAY NIGHT

NORTHEAST WIND 30 TO 40 KNOTS INCREASING TO 45 TO
55 KNOTS LATE. SEAS 12 TO 15 FEET BUILDING TO 18 TO 23 LATE.
PROTECTED WATERS EXTREMELY ROUGH. GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE POSSIBLE IN NUMEROUS SQUALLS.

SUNDAY

HURRICANE CONDITIONS WITH EAST WIND 65 TO 75 KNOTS. GUSTS
TO 100 KNOTS POSSIBLE. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 40 TO 50 KNOTS
LATE. SEAS 24 TO 28 FEET SUBSIDING TO 12 TO 15 FEET LATE. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN FREQUENT SQUALLS.

MONDAY
SOUTHWEST WIND DECREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS. SEAS 10 TO 13
FEET...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 8 FEET. PROTECTED WATERS ROUGH. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

TUESDAY
WEST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. PROTECTED
WATERS A LIGHT TO MODERATE CHOP. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

[PatMyGreen]

I'd guess we're on a "wait and see" approach to it. Once it gets closer and we have a better idea of how bad and where, the Tyndall guys can make a call. It just too early yet. At least Jim Cantore is in Pensacola and not here, its never a good sign when that dude shows up outside your window.

[bartender13]

We are still on for now, I spoke with the Marina club manger today and he said there is a chance that we can reschedule if necessary. But again for now we are on!!!

Lee Weinberg
Tyndall Dive Club President

[hornypiranha]

Thanks for the update...hope everyone is ok, keep us posted.

[bartender13]

The Tyndall marina took some pretty heavy damage, the public launch is gone again just like Ivan. All of the new finger piers on the right side were destroyed the left side every other one is gone. I went into our dive locker which is located about 30-40 yards from the basin and the water had rose to at least 15 inches in there. Pretty heavy storm surge! I will speak to the manager in the morning, I think rescheduling for August would be a good idea.
I took a bunch of pictures, if someone lets me know how to post them i will.


Lee Weinberg

[hornypiranha]

I'm going to go ahead and cancel motel reservations...we were planning on diving out of Carrabelle area and as seen in other posts this area got hit hard...large portions of US 98 are closed...Indian Pass is shut down...

Thanks again for the updates, let us know if we can try again in August.

(PMG, every cloud has a silver lining?)

[Wayward Son]

I have camping reservation on ST George Island, no idea if the park is or will be open, or if we can even get to it. So far all I get is a busy signal, the phone lines may be down. Or they're just tying up the line dealing with their problems, dunno.

I'm willing to go & dive anyway, without the tourney. But questions remain on whether the park will be open, if Grayson will be able to dive, and so on. Gonna need some of those answers pretty soon so we can make decisions.

Hope no one got hurt down there. Property damage can always be fixed, people sometimes not.

[Wayward Son]

Looks like I'm SOL. St George Island state park (where we were going to camp) is closed until 12/01/2005.

[era3]

Did not think I was going to be able to dive in this one but my ear should be healed up by mid August! At least something good might come from this storm for me.

[bartender13]

The tournament has been rescheduled for 1-4 Sep 2005. ! sep safety meeting, 2-4 tournament

Thanks for your patientence
Lee