Oh, no! Lucy, I am so sorry about your wharf! There are so many idiots out there that shouldn't be allowed to own boats. What is your address? We were looking at Gulf Breeze on Google maps wondering where exactly your wharf was. I'm glad you all didn't get pummeled yourselves.
Katherine
On Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 5:15 PM Lucy & Bob Email via groups.io <RobertADuncan= <bellsouth.net...> wrote:
> We are being pummeled by the hurricane now. A huge sailboat (not ours) has > hit our wharf and has demolished it. The boat is currently getting battered > against our bulkhead. Nobody was on the boat, and nobody with brains would > have anchored where it and 8 other huge boats did. > Lucy > > On Friday, October 9, 2026 at 03:30:42 PM CDT, Katherine Clemo via > groups.io <kclemo54...> wrote: > > > That is VERY interesting, Bob. Hope you and Lucy and family are doing > well. We missed our annual fall trip to DI and AOS meeting due to a > planned trip that got cancelled. Hope to see you all in the Spring. Stay > safe through Isaias! > > Katherine > > -- > Lucy and Bob Duncan > Gulf Breeze, Florida > > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2026, 10:34 PM Lucy & Bob Email via groups.io > <RobertADuncan...> wrote: > > Hi all, > > This morning Jeff Madsen, an experienced birder who lives about 10 miles > east of the tip of our 20 mile long peninsula of Gulf Breze watched about > 100 - 200 warblers fly EAST against a moderate ENE wind. Normally, birds in > Fall migration are seen moving west in a circum-Gulf movement or a later > trans-Gulf migration. The exception would be those headed for the West > Indies. I rather doubt that a movement that large would be West > Indian-bound birds this late in the season. Is it possible these birds > "sensed" future worsening conditions to the west of their intended > movement and it caused them to avoid further movement west? The hurricane > at that point in time was still in the S. Gulf. That's mind boggling! > > This phenomenon occurred years ago when a hurricane was headed for > landfall to our west but was still well to the south of the coast. Lucy and > I witnessed a steady progression of Black Terns from our home as they flew > east most of the day against a stiff east wind. That's what's great about > birding. Questions, questions, questions. > > Bob Duncan > Gulf Breeze, Fl > > > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > Virus-free.www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > <#m_8888597877678261110_m_-6287489669628355109_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > -- > Lucy and Bob Duncan > Gulf Breeze, Florida > > > >
