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Forecasting can be a real joke at times.. Two stories come to mind.
One fishing BI from the beach and we were at sandy point...I swear the wind was blowing 40+...it was a friggen sandstorm out there. We are huddled in the truck looking into the darkness and I turn on the radio, the coastal weather..."wind NE tonight 10-15"...My buddy says 10-15..that is nothing, opens the door and it rips it out of his hands and nearly snapped it off! SOunded like a rocket blast. We were shot-peened with sand all night.
The other is offshore..."1-3' seas" on the radio..these are more like 4-8 with the a cresting soaker now and then. We take green water over the bow and it washes my buddy's tackle box down the full length of the boat and slams into the stern busting it open....No problem I say...only 1-3 today. It is days like that it feels good to be back in the harbor looking out.
You gotta love these guys who make forcasts from inner city office buildings. I would rather hear reoprts from guys out there anyday.
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