High Tide

John, if you need any help let me know I am free all day. We can sandbag your basement.
 
High tide tonight is set for 9:39 pm and tomorrow 9:47 am. Storm tides generally top off an hour after set times. Good luck and I am also available for anyone who needs a hand.

Billy 10K.
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Thanks Dave. I don't really expect a problem from this one, I was okay last week and looks like the winds are supposed to begin to diminish after midnight. Tide is still fairly low. I'll keep an eye on it though!
 
The tide is higher then normal, but not too bad. The wind is supposed to shift around to the northwest for the next few days, so that should help.

Billy 10K.
 
It came over the dock again across the canal from me but not on my side. Think it's peaked now, should be fine by next high tide since the wind is supposed to shift like Billy said.
 
It's gotta be a little nerve racking to know you are one storm away from flooding on the south shore. I spoke with someone yesterday who lives in Babylon and can't use his lower level, basically still living on second floor. Seems a lot of people are leaving and not coming back and then there are some that are having their homes raised higher with blow out walls. I was wondering how high you can go before town says its too high.

I was thinking it would be cool to have a house on like airshocks. Push a button and the whole house floats up. Probably not as hard to accomplish as you think. Good business idea.

I have always wanted to live on the water but I think a boat is as close as I am going get for now.
 
Well this was pretty bad this morning. I am now a believer in the inlet theory and sign me up as a climate change believer too. Been on this canal over 35yrs and never have seen what we have experienced in last 2 months. December 92 nor easter was bad but we just had essentially 2 of them in last week.

I raised my house 2yrs ago and height wasn't really issue. In Islip the top of your house can be 35 feet above crown of street. I am 5ft above ground w 2 full stories and my attic has 9ft ceiling at peak. I think my roof line came in at 3e or 33ft.
 
Well this was pretty bad this morning. I am now a believer in the inlet theory and sign me up as a climate change believer too. Been on this canal over 35yrs and never have seen what we have experienced in last 2 months. December 92 nor easter was bad but we just had essentially 2 of them in last week.

I raised my house 2yrs ago and height wasn't really issue. In Islip the top of your house can be 35 feet above crown of street. I am 5ft above ground w 2 full stories and my attic has 9ft ceiling at peak. I think my roof line came in at 3e or 33ft.
 
Actually not a bad idea too. So the house has a complete boat like skirt made out of fiberglass and going up about 5 feet on the sides. It is built on special jacks that can slide up like a floating dock. As water rises. The house starts to float up on the jacks and water never penetrates the living area. The electric, plumbing and other items are all contained inside flexible tubing that unravels as it floats up. Wen water recedes it comes back down. Actually not a bad idea for boats too, jack stands that can move with boat as it floats up. Secure to the boat and to the ground and keep plug in boat!

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December 92 nor easter was bad but we just had essentially 2 of them in last week.
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December 92 noreaster was much worse than this, I had water in my house that time and if I remember correctly the high tide came up over the dock for 2-3 days straight. Having said that, I don't remember ever having 2 storms in a week that flooded shore road across from me. Both were strong storms but really didn't last that long. I think the inlet has something to do with it.
 
Last summer my wife and I noticed how many houses there were for sale south of Merrick Road/Montauk Highway last (2012) summer. We attributed it to the Hurricane the summer (2011) before.
I wonder how many more there will be next summer.
I'm sure this is just a rough patch that will work itself out once the dunes are back in place and the inlets are back to normal, but I can also see where people will get frustrated and throw in the towel.
 
A guy down the street from me is done. he took a hit with Irene and Sandy really did a number on him. he gutted and says he is never coming back. For sale sign has been up for a few weeks now. It'll never sell though as you cant get a traditional mortgage with a gutted house. His ad says it must be a cash deal , I just don't see that happening with the price he is asking.
 
What is he asking?
Gotta imagine alot of the waterfront lots may turn into lots with no homes and dock space.
Issue is removing the home.
 
The guy across the street from me said he had enough also but I haven't seen a for sale sign yet. I imagine anyone rushing to sell isn't going to get a good price. The people actually on the canals who get the benefit of the dock space and living on the water are probably not going to go anywhere. But there are all those houses south of Montauk Hwy that aren't on the water that got flooded just as bad, I can a lot of those people ready to leave. They have the risk without the benefit.

Then again I still think you shouldn't rush to any decisions based on the past 2 years. We got flooded in 1991 and 1992 and were wondering then what was going on, and it didn't happen again for another 19 years. I'm hoping we got the latest 2 year pattern out of the way and will be good for a while :)
 
Wow, look at the taxes!
Not such a great house but a nice dock!
 
BTW, as a boat owner I'm as happy as ever having the house on the water even with the flooding. After seeing what happened at all the marinas, I'd rather deal with the minor issues I had at the house then have to try to replace my boat after all the work I've done to it over the years! I only saw one boat damaged on my canal, and a little preparation could have prevented that. Sandy convinced me there's no place better to have your boat during a storm then down a canal.
 
I agree 100%. Once the boat is tied off correctly, in the water is the best place. Especially on the south shore. North shore may be different.
 
I remember the storms of the ninety's, and Gloria, they were nowhere near as devastating as Sandy.
I was thinking if your house was already financially under water and know it's physically under, why would you rebuild or stay? Some people will wait just long enough to get whatever FEMA or insurance money they can get and their gone. Even if your house wasn't under before it may be now.
I have been working around the shoreline the last two months and there are people who haven't even ripped out the sheet rock or appliances. There are going to be some tragic endings.

Billy 10K.
 
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