Nicole,
As far as the boat goes, we used ropes and ratchet straps to tie the boat to the lift. Then, we used ratchet straps to strap the cables to the nearest pylon so that it couldn't sway in the wind. Several broken ratchet straps, 3/8 inch rope down to "threads" but, it made it. My kids took kayaks out to the dock and checked everything out which is how I know the "post" status so well. They also removed all of the straps / ties so that once we get power and dock back together we will be able to go boating. The other boat is sitting on a trailer out of this area so it was undamaged. Of course, we can't bring it back until things are fixed too...
Moving away from the dock...
First two images below are from our garage before we started the cleanup...last one from the basement to show how high the water got...
Adjusters were here yesterday (one for wind damage and one for flood damage) so we will be spending the weekend on the few remaining cleanup items we can do along with trying to find repair people to fix / replace all the things that need it.
I spoke with a town worker yesterday and asked if they were OK after the storm. She told me that her family had been living in the Town Hall since the storm as their entire house was destroyed. They were in the process of moving to a house they had rented temporarily until they could get their house back. So, the reality is that we got more damage than some people, but in many ways we were lucky. This storm broke many records here and was the worst storm the town Mayor had ever seen in the 60 years she has been here. Hoping this once in a lifetime storm is really once in a lifetime and we won't have to worry about another !