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westynova Samba Member
Joined: December 14, 2008 Posts: 209 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:47 pm Post subject: My Westy Survived Hurricane Earl |
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Well when it hit Halifax, NS, it was down graded to a Tropical Storm (60-75 mph winds). Took my Westy for a drive down to the ocean to watch the waves. The wind did not knock her over even when hit with a 60 mph side gust. The roof rack held the Yakima cargo box and Solar Panel on just fine.
My buddy taking a photo of Halifax Harbour
Hard to see the 10 foot waves in behind the Break Water
_________________ 84 Westy
2010 VW Golf TDI Wagon
2009 Jeep Rubicon Unlimited, Lifted and Locked |
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DAIZEE Samba Member
Joined: January 26, 2010 Posts: 7552 Location: Greater Toronto Area Ontario West Side
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Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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Well I'm glad its gone thru. One down, might be a busy season!! _________________ '09 2.5L Jetta 5 cylinder, 5 spd, super turbo, see thread in H2O Cooled Jetta, etc...
83.5 Vanagon L Riviera Model with 98 1.9L TD AAZ 4 speed Daily Driver 3 out of 4 seasons (sold)
84 Vanagon GL Wolfsburg Westy WBX 4 speed (sold) |
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dokarex Samba Member
Joined: January 13, 2007 Posts: 251 Location: SHELBURNE NS
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 5:14 am Post subject: |
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Hey Westnova
We got very lucky down here in Shelburne just a little wind, no worse than a noreaster with a bit of rain.
Glad to see you and your Westy didn't suffer any damage.
How are they making out with the power outages? _________________ 1987 Doka 1.9TD from Germany gasser DU tranny, fuel turned up, 1.6 LDA pin, boost at 15 psi,egt and boost gauges,stock diesel tach,air filter behind passenger tail light, IC to come
2006 Jetta Wagen 1.9TDI
B6200 Kubota Diesel
16ft Freestyle catamaran
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bjrogers86auto Samba Member
Joined: March 26, 2009 Posts: 1375 Location: Halifax, N.S.
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 6:02 am Post subject: Earl |
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I mentioned on another post...we had 21 calls in 24 hrs at my station. Two car accidents, 2 house fires and the rest alarms and trees arcing on wires. It was the busiest day I have had in 19 plus years.
The Westy was parked behind the station safely away from trees. We weren't so lucky at my house during Juan so I wanted the van-o-rama in a good spot. Parts for Golf's are easy to get....hehehe.
We had power back on in Fall River before 11 P.M. Saturday. Not sure about the rest.
It's always sunny in Shelburne...isn't it?
Brian. _________________ 86 Vanagon GL Westfalia 2.1
18 Nissan Frontier Pro 4X
19 Honda Civic Hatchback
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day. Calvin and Hobbes. |
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andy syncro-nutz Samba Member
Joined: August 22, 2010 Posts: 539 Location: Upper Ottawa Valley
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 6:11 am Post subject: |
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Spoke to friend there yesterday said all was fine, Those type of winds are quite noramal here and scare the shhh outta me on the motorway |
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Timwhy Samba Member
Joined: January 01, 2009 Posts: 3997 Location: Maine
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 3:56 am Post subject: |
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We to had a run in with Earl. A bunch of us went to Mt Dessert Isand
for the weekend.
Earl showed up late Friday night while we were having dinner around
the fire. Someone says what's that noise? Sounds like a Train! It's
RAIN,RUN!! Talk about holy downpours. Everything got soaked, water
in the butter bowls for the steamers, fire was extinguished, every chair
was completely soaked.
It didn't last long, we all came back out of hiding to finish eating and
got the fire going again. It rained off and on during the night and really
opened up on us Sat. by midday the rain and Earl were gone and the
Sun came out. It turned out to be a nice weekend after all.
Happy to report that my GW Wasser Stopper did what it's suppose to and
kept my westy nice and dry. I didn't dare to put up my BD awning as
the forecasts were for high winds and I didn't want to see that sail away. _________________ '15 Audi A3 Quattro
'09 VW Tiguan (dead)
'87 VW Westy
'91 Tin Top
'90 Cabby
What the Westy wants the Westy GETS
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GMByers Samba Member
Joined: December 07, 2008 Posts: 642 Location: Retired in NW PA
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 4:31 am Post subject: Re: My Westy Survived Hurricane Earl |
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Westynova,
You wrote "Took my Westy for a drive down to the ocean to watch the waves...The wind did not knock her over even when hit with a 60 mph side gust...Hard to see the 10 foot waves in behind the Break Water."
Call me a skeptic, but I don't count driving to the ocean during a Hurricane or Tropical Storm to watch the waves as qualification for "My Westy Survived Hurricane Earl."
Nice pics though.
Gary _________________ And then there were two...downsized to 83 Doka &
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DAIZEE Samba Member
Joined: January 26, 2010 Posts: 7552 Location: Greater Toronto Area Ontario West Side
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 5:35 am Post subject: |
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I think it was said tongue in cheek. Ever since Juan maritimers feel great relief at getting off easy. None the less they lost trees and power and there is some confusion if it was a Tropical Storm or a low Hurricane when it touched land. I think that there was humor that you might not have picked up on. None the less that's closer than I'd like it. _________________ '09 2.5L Jetta 5 cylinder, 5 spd, super turbo, see thread in H2O Cooled Jetta, etc...
83.5 Vanagon L Riviera Model with 98 1.9L TD AAZ 4 speed Daily Driver 3 out of 4 seasons (sold)
84 Vanagon GL Wolfsburg Westy WBX 4 speed (sold) |
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msinabottle Samba Member
Joined: September 20, 2005 Posts: 3492 Location: Denver Area, Colorado
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:53 pm Post subject: We're Off to See the Wizard! |
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Okay, who does the first Westy/Cow/Cyclone montage?
We have tornadoes, here. The traditional response if you can't get to serious safety is to sing, 'We're Off to See the Wizard!' That, and praying a lot.
Best! _________________ 'Winston,' '84 1.9 WBX Westy
Vanagon Poet Laureate: "I have suffered in
many ways, but never, never, never in silence." |
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DAIZEE Samba Member
Joined: January 26, 2010 Posts: 7552 Location: Greater Toronto Area Ontario West Side
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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DAIZEE wrote: |
I think it was said tongue in cheek. Ever since Juan maritimers feel great relief at getting off easy. None the less they lost trees and power and there is some confusion if it was a Tropical Storm or a low Hurricane when it touched land. I think that there was humor that you might not have picked up on. None the less that's closer than I'd like it. |
He also said in his post that it had been down graded to a tropical storm. Humour. _________________ '09 2.5L Jetta 5 cylinder, 5 spd, super turbo, see thread in H2O Cooled Jetta, etc...
83.5 Vanagon L Riviera Model with 98 1.9L TD AAZ 4 speed Daily Driver 3 out of 4 seasons (sold)
84 Vanagon GL Wolfsburg Westy WBX 4 speed (sold) |
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