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By the time Earl arrives in these parts, it may be nothing more than a lot of sound and not much fury, signifying nothing. But if there's one place even a watered-down storm can cause damage, it's on the water.
"I've grown up here, and seen what storms can do," Gary Arcamone of All Seasons Marine Works in Rowayton said as Augustine Joseph tightened lines on the docks. "The ones that always seem to do the most damage are the ones no one talks about ahead of time," he said citing the spring storm as an example.
"The problem is that hurricanes tend to come at the end of the boating season, when everything's had a summer of wear and tear on it," he continued. "If something's weak and ready to go, a storm could be what does it."
Only a small percentage of All Seasons' customers have open-water moorings, said Arcamone. "We leave the decision up to them. If they want us to bring their boats into the harbor, we'll do it. But they've got to tell us before the storm arrives, not when the wind and waves are raging. It's too dangerous then."
Arcamone said he was planning to bring about half a dozen craft in today, most of them smaller vessels. "I think for the most part people just need to make sure everything on their boat is secure, all the lines tied tight, and we should be OK."
Of course, he warned everyone, sailors and landlubbers alike, not to get complacent in light of reports Earl would generally miss the area. "We're dealing with Mother Nature here," he said. "She can change her plans like that."
