We have been watching the swell from Irma since it came off Africa as a wave. Surfline predicted it to the minute. It's astounding the accuracy of the wave reports. A three thousand mile long wave has a lot of power by the time it crashes on Folly Beach in SC. Before the wind kicked up on Friday there were big, clean seven foot faces. It was quite a bit of fun as it was the highest waves I have ever ridden. Yesterday and today it became a big mess, but they are already talking about the swell caused by Jose right behind it.
For two weeks we had the bullseye painted on us as all the models showed the east coast of Florida getting whacked then up to us as a still major storm. It has been an incredibly stressful last week or so. We have 20 retail locations, 80 employees, a warehouse, an ether mine, millions on the line and we were forecast with up to 25 feet storm surge as late as Friday morning, when it all began to shift westward. Last night we went out and I got fairly drunk and mighty stoned on my Tangie, as the stress melted and the feeling of relief shuddered through my old bones.
I know exactly the feeling of inevitability that these poor bastards in Florida are going through. You just do your preps, execute your plan, batten down and ride it out or leave. That's all you can do. The rest is out of our hands.
Good luck to everyone in Irma's path.
I live on a tidal creek. At today's high tide the water came within inches of the road outside my neighborhood. That's with a two foot tide surge. We are supposed to get 3-6 feet at tonight's and tomorrow's high tide. Think about that. The storm is on the west side of Florida and Charleston will get 6 feet. Crazy. Fucking ocean. Big juju.
