korpo024 Posted September 3, 2019 #926 Share Posted September 3, 2019 https://www.cruisehive.com/royal-caribbean-releases-photos-of-cococay-during-hurricane-dorian/34101 Nothing happened to Cococay 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fla gang Posted September 3, 2019 #927 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Was Merritt Island mandatory evacuations also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RG306 Posted September 3, 2019 #928 Share Posted September 3, 2019 9 hours ago, dodgestang said: At some point realization sets in right? You made your decision, there is no going back from it, and you resign yourself to either you live or you don't and there is nothing you or anyone else can do about it. I know I wouldn't trust my house enough to stay in it. My brother in law and his family opted to stay. They’ve rode out the last one without issue. Dorian is something else. They lost power around 11pm Sunday and had to be evacuated due to the water surge last night. Grand Bahama has had to evacuate some shelters as well. Talking to him, he’s cool as can be. They’re grateful to be safe and as he says it may take time but we can always rebuild. As inconvenient as this is for travellers, these are people’s homes and livelihoods. It’s terrifying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbeyg Posted September 3, 2019 #929 Share Posted September 3, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, Sea Dog said: OMG that is horrifying to watch. How he remains so calm in his narration is unbelievable. My dad kept us home in Hurricane Camille, a Cat 5. I think shock starts to set in and you just function. I was small, but remember the calm way the adults were discussing trying to swim to trees to tie us little ones into the trees if the house started to collapse. We were in the attic. I don’t think us kids spoke a word. 50 years later, I can still remember vividly. Edited September 3, 2019 by barbeyg 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted September 3, 2019 #930 Share Posted September 3, 2019 4 hours ago, fla gang said: Was Merritt Island mandatory evacuations also? I believe so, all barrier islands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted September 3, 2019 #931 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Quiet morning 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fla gang Posted September 3, 2019 #932 Share Posted September 3, 2019 50 minutes ago, John&LaLa said: I believe so, all barrier islands. We have friends on Basin St. Back behind the Publix on Courtney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAS21 Posted September 3, 2019 #933 Share Posted September 3, 2019 1 hour ago, barbeyg said: My dad kept us home in Hurricane Camille, a Cat 5. I think shock starts to set in and you just function. I was small, but remember the calm way the adults were discussing trying to swim to trees to tie us little ones into the trees if the house started to collapse. We were in the attic. I don’t think us kids spoke a word. 50 years later, I can still remember vividly. Where did you live then? I also went through Hurricane Camille when it passes through Lower Louisiana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbeyg Posted September 3, 2019 #934 Share Posted September 3, 2019 14 minutes ago, SAS21 said: Where did you live then? I also went through Hurricane Camille when it passes through Lower Louisiana. Biloxi, MS. On the Point, which is a peninsula. Water came up on all three sides. We had 4.5 ft of water in the house, and were 18-20 ft above sea level. I imagine it was pretty awful in lower Louisiana too, especially with all the marshes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAS21 Posted September 3, 2019 #935 Share Posted September 3, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, barbeyg said: Biloxi, MS. On the Point, which is a peninsula. Water came up on all three sides. We had 4.5 ft of water in the house, and were 18-20 ft above sea level. I imagine it was pretty awful in lower Louisiana too, especially with all the marshes. Yes it was awful. My parents lost everything. The house exploded from the pressure, nothing left. We weren't in the house though, thank goodness. I am very familiar with Biloxi, we have friends that live in Bay St. Louis and Pass Christian. Edited September 3, 2019 by SAS21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judyrem Posted September 3, 2019 #936 Share Posted September 3, 2019 I lived through six major hurricanes in Cape Coral and FLL and I knew this was not going to hit Florida. We only evacuated once to FLL when Charlie hit the West Coast. Wilma was the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly361 Posted September 3, 2019 #937 Share Posted September 3, 2019 (edited) Our house in Marathon after Hurricane Wilma in 2005 Sure glad I moved up here to Central Florida 😇 Edited September 3, 2019 by molly361 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milwaukee Eight Posted September 3, 2019 #938 Share Posted September 3, 2019 24 minutes ago, Judyrem said: I knew this was not going to hit Florida. How did you know this? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekathy Posted September 3, 2019 #939 Share Posted September 3, 2019 10 hours ago, John&LaLa said: Category 5 Hurricane... My hero... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crewsweeper Posted September 3, 2019 #940 Share Posted September 3, 2019 10 hours ago, John&LaLa said: Category 5 Hurricane Assuming Captain Morgan was out braving the storm? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CruisinCrow Posted September 3, 2019 #941 Share Posted September 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Milwaukee Eight said: How did you know this? Hindsight 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Lewdawg Posted September 3, 2019 #942 Share Posted September 3, 2019 35 minutes ago, CruisinCrow said: Hindsight Hindsight means realizing something in retrospect, after the fact. So you "understood the situation or event only after it happened". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTJT1 Posted September 3, 2019 #943 Share Posted September 3, 2019 RCI customer service is a joke. Does anyone have an email or a phone number for someone higher than a manager at a call center? Last night I spent over an hour on the phone regarding the switch from mariner to Harmony. I was told because we are still losing a night we would get one nights worth of onboard credit, and our prepaid gratuities refunded back to the credit card for one night. I also have that in writing from two different people. This morning we got our new reservation and it was not showing any onboard credit. So I’ve spent two hours on the phone this morning and even though I emailed them where I had it in writing they are refusing to honor it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milwaukee Eight Posted September 3, 2019 #944 Share Posted September 3, 2019 I Knew - definition Knew is defined as you were certain about something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTJT1 Posted September 3, 2019 #945 Share Posted September 3, 2019 RCI customer service is a joke. Does anyone have an email or a phone number for someone higher than a manager at a call center? Last night I spent over an hour on the phone regarding the switch from mariner to Harmony. I was told because we are still losing a night we would get one nights worth of onboard credit, and our prepaid gratuities refunded back to the credit card for one night. I also have that in writing from two different people. This morning we got our new reservation and it was not showing any onboard credit. So I’ve spent two hours on the phone this morning and even though I emailed them where I had it in writing they are refusing to honor it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MandyMooToo Posted September 3, 2019 #946 Share Posted September 3, 2019 2 minutes ago, JTJT1 said: RCI customer service is a joke. Does anyone have an email or a phone number for someone higher than a manager at a call center? Last night I spent over an hour on the phone regarding the switch from mariner to Harmony. I was told because we are still losing a night we would get one nights worth of onboard credit, and our prepaid gratuities refunded back to the credit card for one night. I also have that in writing from two different people. This morning we got our new reservation and it was not showing any onboard credit. So I’ve spent two hours on the phone this morning and even though I emailed them where I had it in writing they are refusing to honor it. If it is going back to your credit card it will likely take days before you get it back. Just a guess though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTJT1 Posted September 3, 2019 #947 Share Posted September 3, 2019 1 minute ago, MandyMooToo said: If it is going back to your credit card it will likely take days before you get it back. Just a guess though. The phone representative and the updated reservation shows that they rolled all of the prepaid grats into the cruise fare itself. I spoke with a manager over the phone and she told me we would not be getting any amount refunded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MandyMooToo Posted September 3, 2019 #948 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Just now, JTJT1 said: The phone representative and the updated reservation shows that they rolled all of the prepaid grats into the cruise fare itself. I spoke with a manager over the phone and she told me we would not be getting any amount refunded Oooh, okay, I see what you are saying now. Sorry, I misunderstood. I would try emailing up the chain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted September 3, 2019 #949 Share Posted September 3, 2019 1 hour ago, crewsweeper said: Assuming Captain Morgan was out braving the storm? My son took it a few months ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furloughedagain Posted September 3, 2019 #950 Share Posted September 3, 2019 9 hours ago, korpo024 said: https://www.cruisehive.com/royal-caribbean-releases-photos-of-cococay-during-hurricane-dorian/34101 Nothing happened to Cococay I wonder how they got those photos. Webcam? We visited Disney’s Castaway Cay after a hurricane a few years back - granted nowhere near as powerful as Dorian. They had it cleaned up quickly but many of the trees were damaged and most of the vegetation was browned by the salt water. Hopefully Royal will be able to support those employees who live on Abaco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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