Andiamo!

 iro·ny
Pronunciation: ‘I-r&-nE also ‘I(-&ampr-nE

Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -nies
Etymology: Latin ironia, from Greek eirOnia, from eirOn dissembler
1 : a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other’s false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning — called also Socratic irony
2 a : the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning b : a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony c : an ironic expression or utterance
3 a (1) : incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result (2) : an event or result marked by such incongruity b : incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play — called also dramatic irony, tragic irony

So, back we are here at Key West, in order to avoid the storm that was originally thought to be going to Isla Mujeres. Instead, now it’s coming right at us. So Andiamo is docked at a marina, and we’re hunkering down for the big blow. Hopefully it will go by quickly and painlessly. We’ll let you know what happens if it does come our way. Alot can happen between now and its projected arrival time of Friday, 8AM. We’ll keep ya posted.

At least now we’ll get a firsthand look at the legendary Hurricane Parties Key West is known for.

Pronunciation: ‘I-r&-nE also ‘I(-&ampr-nE

Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -nies
Etymology: Latin ironia, from Greek eirOnia, from eirOn dissembler
1 : a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other’s false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning — called also Socratic irony
2 a : the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning b : a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony c : an ironic expression or utterance
3 a (1) : incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result (2) : an event or result marked by such incongruity b : incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play — called also dramatic irony, tragic irony

So, back we are here at Key West, in order to avoid the storm that was originally thought to be going to Isla Mujeres. Instead, now it’s coming right at us. So Andiamo is docked at a marina, and we’re hunkering down for the big blow. Hopefully it will go by quickly and painlessly. We’ll let you know what happens if it does come our way. Alot can happen between now and its projected arrival time of Friday, 8AM. We’ll keep ya posted.

At least now we’ll get a firsthand look at the legendary Hurricane Parties Key West is known for.

Comment from: Michael Greaney [Visitor]

Stay save Tony and Mahi….Have a Hurricane drink or two for us….
Mike and Kathleen

2004-08-12 @ 07:32

 Well, we TRIED to leave for Isla Mujeres yesterday. The weather was great, and the forecast was most excellent. Sure, there was a tropical depression looming over the Yucatan Peninsula, but it was sure to head north into the Gulf of Mexico and turn into Tropical Storm Bonnie and keep going north. This was good for us, and bad for Florida Panhandle and Mobile Bay residents. So off we went, with great weather, calm conditions and light winds, and off we motored towards Isla Mujeres.

We were watching the weather via our satellite phone and via a radio contact back at Key West. We noticed a new storm system forming in the Southeastern Caribbean. Within a few hours it became Tropical Storm Charley and now it was heading right to the Yucatan Channel. After some discussion between Mahi, myself and Mike, our crewmember for this trip, we decided to head back to Key West and watch the storm’s progress from there rather than go to a potential storm zone. The irony is that there’s also a good chance that Charley can just as easily hit us here in Key West. Fun, fun, fun…

Well, we TRIED to leave for Isla Mujeres yesterday. The weather was great, and the forecast was most excellent. Sure, there was a tropical depression looming over the Yucatan Peninsula, but it was sure to head north into the Gulf of Mexico and turn into Tropical Storm Bonnie and keep going north. This was good for us, and bad for Florida Panhandle and Mobile Bay residents. So off we went, with great weather, calm conditions and light winds, and off we motored towards Isla Mujeres.

We were watching the weather via our satellite phone and via a radio contact back at Key West. We noticed a new storm system forming in the Southeastern Caribbean. Within a few hours it became Tropical Storm Charley and now it was heading right to the Yucatan Channel. After some discussion between Mahi, myself and Mike, our crewmember for this trip, we decided to head back to Key West and watch the storm’s progress from there rather than go to a potential storm zone. The irony is that there’s also a good chance that Charley can just as easily hit us here in Key West. Fun, fun, fun…

 It appears our hosting server was hacked yesterday, bringing it down for most of the day. We were told that they were going to have to rebuild the entire server and then restore from backup. It’s up now, but our blog is no longer current. It looks like the most recent backup they had was more than 3 days old, so a couple of our recent postings got wiped out.

So, to summarize those postings…

We missed our weather window due to an electrical issue we needed to get resolved. It’s been resolved as of yesterday, so we’re looking at the weather again to see if we can get out of here this weekend. It looks ok, we just want to see if it will last long enough for us to make it to Mexico.

We’ll keep ya posted…

It appears our hosting server was hacked yesterday, bringing it down for most of the day. We were told that they were going to have to rebuild the entire server and then restore from backup. It’s up now, but our blog is no longer current. It looks like the most recent backup they had was more than 3 days old, so a couple of our recent postings got wiped out.

So, to summarize those postings…

We missed our weather window due to an electrical issue we needed to get resolved. It’s been resolved as of yesterday, so we’re looking at the weather again to see if we can get out of here this weekend. It looks ok, we just want to see if it will last long enough for us to make it to Mexico.

We’ll keep ya posted…

 Things are looking better weather wise, seems that Hurricane Alex off the Carolina Coast is pulling all the weather towards it due to its enormous low pressure system, so thanks, I think?! If all stays this way for the next day or so, looks like we might actually get out of here.

And pics are on the way, we’ve already uploaded them, we just need to organize them on the blog. Should be up soon.

Oh yeah, and have we got a story for you. But not right now. Stay tuned, we should be recovered soon enough to the point where we can actually write about it.