Just one year ago one of the most devastating hurricanes ever hit the East Coast of the United States. Lots of my friends lost their homes at least temporarily, many went without power for weeks. The destruction of property was at a scale nobody ever imagined. Sandy was a monster storm, a 1000 miles wide. Thanks to very accurate forecasting by the weather service, only few lives were lost at sea though. Sadly, the captain of the Bounty, a historic 3 mast square rigged replica of the original Bounty, made the fatal mistake of sailing right into the jaws of this monster storm. He thought he could outrun the hurricane and weather the storm out at sea. The boat was lost at sea off Cape Hatteras after being battered for days. The captain and 1 crew died in the disaster, the remaining 14 crew were saved by a heroic Coast Guard rescue effort. The detailed and gripping story has been posted
here (Tampa Bay Times). Absolutely worth reading.
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| The Bounty sinking during Hurricane Sandy |
