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<blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 3030412" data-attributes="member: 9374"><p>Spent many, many an afternoon sitting at Sunset Beach Bar watching the idiots do this (lived there for 2 years). One of my friends caught a rock on his sunglasses, which shattered under the impact - just made me think what that would have done to his eye. Saw lots of people lose their hats into the ocean and quite a few get blown across the road and knocked down the beach into the surf. It was impressive, to say the least.</p><p></p><p>At that time, I think KLM was the only airline flying the 747s out of there. Air France was flying the Airbus A320s which had a bit more thrust-to-weight ratio. But flying out could be a bit harrowing at times.</p><p></p><p></p><p><edit> Luckily this monster storm is going well north of my relatives in St. Vincent, but St. Maarten is liable to get hammered, along with Saba, St. Kitts/Nevis, St. Eustatius, Anguilla and the like. It's going to be a wild ride down there for sure.</p><p></p><p>I used to think I wanted to sit through a Cat 1 or 2 just to see what it was like. I remember waking up one morning about 0130 and looking out our big bay windows from the condo onto the lagoon that is sheltered from the sea. There was mild Tropical Storm going through. Seeing the 3-4 foot breakers inside the lagoon cured me of that really quick. That was when I realized we were living on an island surrounded by a giant raging ocean with a ferocious power that would like nothing more than to swamp us or pound the island into rubble... that was a scary feeling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tRidiot, post: 3030412, member: 9374"] Spent many, many an afternoon sitting at Sunset Beach Bar watching the idiots do this (lived there for 2 years). One of my friends caught a rock on his sunglasses, which shattered under the impact - just made me think what that would have done to his eye. Saw lots of people lose their hats into the ocean and quite a few get blown across the road and knocked down the beach into the surf. It was impressive, to say the least. At that time, I think KLM was the only airline flying the 747s out of there. Air France was flying the Airbus A320s which had a bit more thrust-to-weight ratio. But flying out could be a bit harrowing at times. <edit> Luckily this monster storm is going well north of my relatives in St. Vincent, but St. Maarten is liable to get hammered, along with Saba, St. Kitts/Nevis, St. Eustatius, Anguilla and the like. It's going to be a wild ride down there for sure. I used to think I wanted to sit through a Cat 1 or 2 just to see what it was like. I remember waking up one morning about 0130 and looking out our big bay windows from the condo onto the lagoon that is sheltered from the sea. There was mild Tropical Storm going through. Seeing the 3-4 foot breakers inside the lagoon cured me of that really quick. That was when I realized we were living on an island surrounded by a giant raging ocean with a ferocious power that would like nothing more than to swamp us or pound the island into rubble... that was a scary feeling. [/QUOTE]
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