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Hurricane Season 2004--please read
Sorry for the cross-post, but this is not only important for travelers, it's
also on-topic. For people visiting the Caribbean this summer (my favorite time to go), talk to your travel agent about insurance policies. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting a busy hurricane season this year. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._hurricanes_dc Hurricane season is June 1 through November 30, with most gales forming mid-July through November. While this is no reason not to go or to cancel existing plans, a prudent option would be to hedge your plans with insurance. There are several different policies available and all are a lot cheaper than having to lose your $$ or your vacation. Take it from someone who has been there--we went to Anguilla in September 1998 and were there only 2 days before being chased out by Hurricane Georges. The local businesses were happy to refund the money for the unused portion of our vacation, but the airlines were a harder sell for refunding our unusable return tickets. Our one-way tickets back home cost $800 each for same day departure and we were lucky to get them! So talk to your travel agent now about trip interruption and trip cancellation insurance. You'll be glad you did. |
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Hurricane Season 2004--please read
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I have been hearing bloated hurricain reports for the 20 years I have been traveling to the Carribean. Has anyone EVER heard of a GOOD report? "Skip Elliott Bowman" wrote in message k.net... Sorry for the cross-post, but this is not only important for travelers, it's also on-topic. For people visiting the Caribbean this summer (my favorite time to go), talk to your travel agent about insurance policies. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting a busy hurricane season this year. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._hurricanes_dc Hurricane season is June 1 through November 30, with most gales forming mid-July through November. While this is no reason not to go or to cancel existing plans, a prudent option would be to hedge your plans with insurance. There are several different policies available and all are a lot cheaper than having to lose your $$ or your vacation. Take it from someone who has been there--we went to Anguilla in September 1998 and were there only 2 days before being chased out by Hurricane Georges. The local businesses were happy to refund the money for the unused portion of our vacation, but the airlines were a harder sell for refunding our unusable return tickets. Our one-way tickets back home cost $800 each for same day departure and we were lucky to get them! So talk to your travel agent now about trip interruption and trip cancellation insurance. You'll be glad you did. |
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Hurricane Season 2004--please read
"Sam" wrote in message news:N3xqc.76066$iF6.6383188@attbi_s02... -SPAM- I have been hearing bloated hurricain reports for the 20 years I have been traveling to the Carribean. Has anyone EVER heard of a GOOD report? It only takes one storm, causing wind and rain and great big waves, to happen on YOUR cruise week on YOUR itinerary to make you change your attitude. Chris |
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Hurricane Season 2004--please read
"fishman" wrote in message ... "Sam" wrote in message news:N3xqc.76066$iF6.6383188@attbi_s02... -SPAM- I have been hearing bloated hurricain reports for the 20 years I have been traveling to the Carribean. Has anyone EVER heard of a GOOD report? It only takes one storm, causing wind and rain and great big waves, to happen on YOUR cruise week on YOUR itinerary to make you change your attitude. Chris Ok, maybe I was a bit harsh, sorry. I have spent an entire two weeks in Jamaica with not one day of sun(position of planets lined up causing high waves) and been there when there was a hurricane looming a short distance away while the entire island boarded up everything in sight. The reports of predicted storms in the preseason always catches my attention so I seem to get on the defensive when every report is overblown. I guess better to be safe then sorry but I have learned to ignore them all and take my chances. Respect. Sam |
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Hurricane Season 2004--please read
"Sam" wrote in message news:Hrzqc.77183$xw3.4265808@attbi_s04...
"fishman" wrote in message ... It only takes one storm, causing wind and rain and great big waves, to happen on YOUR cruise week on YOUR itinerary to make you change your attitude. Ok, maybe I was a bit harsh, sorry. I have spent an entire two weeks in Jamaica with not one day of sun(position of planets lined up causing high waves) and been there when there was a hurricane looming a short distance away while the entire island boarded up everything in sight. The reports of predicted storms in the preseason always catches my attention so I seem to get on the defensive when every report is overblown. I guess better to be safe then sorry but I have learned to ignore them all and take my chances. Respect. Sam I have to laugh at this discussion because my family has had a summer home on the beach of Ocean Isle NC that got washed out to sea from a hurricane. I think that one was Iris but after a while, they all run together. We've also had damage to our beach house on Top Sail Island NC from hurricanes. And I'm fortunate that I was able to sail between the two hurricanes that hit Baja Mexico last year while I was there on a liveaboard. My goodness.... you complain about having a cloudy 2 weeks during vacation !! LOL |
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Hurricane Season 2004--please read
"Salty" wrote in message om... "Sam" wrote in message news:Hrzqc.77183$xw3.4265808@attbi_s04... I have to laugh at this discussion because my family has had a summer home on the beach of Ocean Isle NC that got washed out to sea from a hurricane. I think that one was Iris but after a while, they all run together. We've also had damage to our beach house on Top Sail Island NC from hurricanes. And I'm fortunate that I was able to sail between the two hurricanes that hit Baja Mexico last year while I was there on a liveaboard. My goodness.... you complain about having a cloudy 2 weeks during vacation !! LOL We rode out Andrew 20 miles inland - we might as well have been on a sailboat in the bay. I take hurricanes very seriously, except for maybe little category 1's - Irene was actually rather fun in comparison. Chris |
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Hurricane Season 2004--please read
Sam wrote:
Ok, maybe I was a bit harsh, sorry. I have spent an entire two weeks in Jamaica with not one day of sun (position of planets lined up causing high waves... Which planets? I am very skeptical of any accounts attributing wave action to the position of Mars or Venus in their orbits. Even with the non-neglible tidal pulls of the sun and moon, is there any correlation between tides and wave height? The term "tidal wave" is a misnomer for a wave caused by earthquake, I'm pretty sure. Gordon in Austin |
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Hurricane Season 2004--please read
"fishman" wrote in message
... "Sam" wrote in message news:N3xqc.76066$iF6.6383188@attbi_s02... -SPAM- I have been hearing bloated hurricain reports for the 20 years I have been traveling to the Carribean. Has anyone EVER heard of a GOOD report? It only takes one storm, causing wind and rain and great big waves, to happen on YOUR cruise week on YOUR itinerary to make you change your attitude. Chris Wind, rain, and great big waves. What an understatement! |
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Hurricane Season 2004--please read
In article , "fishman"
wrote: It only takes one storm, causing wind and rain and great big waves, to happen on YOUR cruise week on YOUR itinerary to make you change your attitude. Chris My first run to the Caribbean was in the belly of a C-130 (acutally if you have ever been in a C-130 you would know that "bowels" is probably a better word) delivering a disaster team to St. Criox after their big hurricane. (BTW: I much prefer a cruise ship). I had worked tornadoes in the past (being from the Midwest) but this was few orders of magnitude different. You get a REAL good idea of why the ships work so hard to avoid these after even one up-close experience like that. -- "No" Amy Carter when asked if she had a message for the children of America. |
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Hurricane Season 2004--please read
Specifically on cruises, remember that ship can go anywhere. They'll change
their itinerary and sail away (you hope!) from the storm. My first cruise went within 100 miles of the eye of a hurricane. What a mess! Still had fun, just not a lot of sun and missed one port. Yea, every hurricane season forecast is bad... just always a roll of the dice, especially with a 6 month hurricane season. I live on my boat on the Gulf Coast... you BET I'm always watching the weather! -- Keith __ Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy. "fishman" wrote in message ... "Sam" wrote in message news:N3xqc.76066$iF6.6383188@attbi_s02... -SPAM- I have been hearing bloated hurricain reports for the 20 years I have been traveling to the Carribean. Has anyone EVER heard of a GOOD report? It only takes one storm, causing wind and rain and great big waves, to happen on YOUR cruise week on YOUR itinerary to make you change your attitude. Chris |
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