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| Jekyll before the storm |
Last weekend I took a trip down to Jekyll Island and enjoyed
the beach until the rain came (see the photo taken from the north end of the
island). Lately, it is not a question of
if it will rain but when. Sailing was
cancelled on Saturday Every day it rains and the humidity stays up high on both
sides of the storms. For a week, we
watched the storm Erika with concern that it might become a major hurricane,
but thankfully it fell apart. It would a
disaster if it, or another storm, hits.
The ground is so saturated that I’m afraid many trees wouldn’t stand.
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| The storm coming in at the north inlet |
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| Norfolk Southern Rail Yard at the Savannah Ports |
Recently I had an opportunity for a tour of the container yard at the Georgia State Port at Savannah. The Savannah Port is the fourth largest in the country and contains the largest single container yard. Other parts of the port deals in bulk products, automobiles and heavy equipment. One of the advantages of the port is having two Class 1 railroads (Norfolk Southern and CSX) with yards within the port. Unlike ports in the northeast, many whose rail lines have height restrictions and can double stack boxes, all the trains leaving the ports (40 plus a week to Atlanta alone) are double-stacked. The place runs like a clock with everything computer controlled that runs jockeying trucks, cranes and lifts around with precision. The port can handle up to nine ships at a time and handles 4 million container units (A container unit is a 20 foot box so a 40 or 45 foot box is counted as two containers).
In other news, what about the Pirates. Yes, they lost yesterday, but they have been
playing incredible ball this year and have picked up a few games on the
Cardinals who are first place in the National League Central Division. They should, at least, receive a wildcard bid
into the play-offs. Amazingly, the top
three teams in the Central Division (Cardinals, Pirates and Cubs) would be in
first place if they were in any other division in the league.
Lovely beach! Sorry you're having so many storms
ReplyDeleteOn the good side, so far we've not received as much rain as they had forecasted for this week.
Deletewe're hoping for some rain here. Our creek is virtually dry, with only one small puddle left and it's full of dead fish.
ReplyDeleteIt seems some areas of the country are soaked and others dry... How has the humid been in NOLA?
DeleteIt must be fun to visit all the different islands near you.
ReplyDeleteIt is fun to visit places, period! :)
DeleteIt's like that here with the rain too, but of course I live in FL and a lot of storms are creeping in close. Jekyll looks like a great beach.
ReplyDeleteThe problem with beaches in Georgia is that so many rivers enter the ocean here that the water is always murky and never very clear--but they are nice beaches and so much of our coast is not developed as I have tried to explore in a kayak.
DeleteTon blog est bien fait et très intéressant. Il est ouvert sur la nature et sur l'humanité. Tout ce que j'aime. Bravo.
ReplyDeleteAmitiés venues de France.
Roger
Thanks for the compliment!
DeletePirates fan? Oh, brother...love love love.
ReplyDeletetranslate? Is it a good thing to be a Pirate fan?
DeleteSo glad Erika fell apart and didn't do us much damage.
ReplyDeleteIt was a blessing!
DeleteWhenever I see those containers I think of those that migrate in them, some dying in transit. I suspect you can now see how it's possible for once filled and closed they really aren't handled by direct human hands. The nearest being the crane operator lifting them on and off of those ugly giant ships.
ReplyDeleteI for the live of me can't figure out why you were there. It can't have been in an official capacity. :-)
I was invited by one of the managers to take a tour and I jumped at it!
DeleteActually going to try and slip down to the coast the weekend after Labor Day. Wife wants me to get our daughter out of the house. She's been playing on the computer a little too much and my lovely spouse wants her to get some fresh air.
ReplyDeleteThe beach is a great place for her!
DeleteSorry for the Pirates, and Erika. Another friend, who lives in Florida, posted a headliner typo about Erika: "Cone of Erika Shits East." Oops. Hope you all have very sturdy umbrellas and oxygen tanks.
ReplyDeleteWhat a typo! Yes, send oxygen tanks!
DeleteI love seeing the pictures of the places you go to. I don't get out much and I don't really like to travel but I love reading about others adventures.
ReplyDeleteYou should get out and explore the desert around Vegas, Mary!
DeleteWe though Erika would hit us, too.
ReplyDeleteNo, I didn't do the reading for my anthology short story.
I was curious for if you were reading it, it would go up on my list of things to listen to!
DeleteYou have the best fun wandering about on land and water and it's so enjoyable for me to read about them, especially see the photos, it's like nearly being there too!
ReplyDeleteThanks, life is a joy!
DeleteI love the water posts.
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