Ferries were running again Saturday morning after a prolonged gale battered Martha’s Vineyard for three straight days. Ferry service to the Island was suspended all day Thursday and Friday.
Ferries were running again Saturday morning after a prolonged gale battered Martha’s Vineyard for three straight days.
The Steamship Authority suspended all ferry service to the Island all day Thursday and Friday, stranding travelers on both sides of the Sound at the start of the Columbus Day weekend.
The storm began whipping up high winds and heavy seas around the Island beginning Wednesday.
Gale-force winds out of the northeast pounded the shoreline and sent waves crashing over seawalls and breakwaters in Oak Bluffs, Vineyard Haven and Menemsha.
There was some beach erosion and flooding in low-lying areas.
On Chappaquiddick an unoccupied sailboat was driven ashore from the outer harbor.
Leaves flew off trees and Islanders hunkered down.
On Friday the National Weather Service said the weather system had become a named sub-tropical storm, Melissa. The storm had begun to move out to sea by Saturday.
The state Division of Marine Fisheries announced mandatory shellfish closures Friday due to heavy rainfall.
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As always thanks for keeping
Bob Abooey EdgartownAs always thanks for keeping us here on the island current on the weather!Rain,sleet or snow the island is still the place to go.Blow as you will wind,the Vineyard Gazette shall see us through.
ta ta toothie I wish I was on
rob the roofer new jerseyta ta toothie I wish I was on the island with you
Gary, where are you?
Eric MAGary, where are you?
E Andrews, is that you?
Garri Saganenko MV Think TankE Andrews, is that you?
heavy weather, it is.
bigfoot newport, vtheavy weather, it is.
The weather related dispatch
Ted Stanley West TisburyThe weather related dispatch problems of MV Island Home and MV Nantucket persist. The Gazette reported on it more than 6 years ago.
https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2013/03/21/winter-winds-prompted-more-…
I like the old Islander. That
Skate Sharpener EdgartownI like the old Islander. That ship was worth its weight in gold. Very reliable.
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