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Post by Chesapeake on Aug 23, 2011 11:10:02 GMT -5
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Post by billhammond on Aug 23, 2011 11:15:15 GMT -5
Let's be careful out there.
Times when I am glad my NC-schooled dottirs spend most of their time in stout brick buildings.
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Post by Chesapeake on Aug 23, 2011 11:35:19 GMT -5
Looks like Irene has my home state of North Carolina in her crosshairs.
Of course I was kidding about "little tornadoes," but hurricanes can cut much wider swaths of damage. When one like this threatens the Eastern seaboard, it raises the question of whether and when to evacuate. When Hurricane Floyd was approaching Cape Fear in September 1999, it triggered the biggest evacuation in U.S. history. The problem was, there was nowhere to go. I-95 became a parking lot. A good part of Eastern NC was flooded, billions in damage, and 35 fatalities.
Dan Rather once said that while growing up in Houston he was taught to fear two things: God and hurricanes.
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Post by philen on Aug 23, 2011 11:52:47 GMT -5
I'm hoping Irene spends her strength out over the water. They say it is hard for a hurricane to stay a Cat4 or Cat5 for long....something along the lines of the number of ideal conditions that are required for a storm to reach that strength and once it reaches its peak it begins to get off balance like a spinning top. Just my observations from over the years.
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Post by Supertramp78 on Aug 23, 2011 11:58:09 GMT -5
When Ike went through Houston (I think it was Ike) my aunt tried to leave town. 3 hours and 12 miles later, she turned around and went home.
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Post by billhammond on Aug 23, 2011 12:08:54 GMT -5
When Ike went through Houston (I think it was Ike) my aunt tried to leave town. 3 hours and 12 miles later, she turned around and went home. Well, that is why Ike built freeways, duh.
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Post by brucemacneill on Aug 23, 2011 12:13:45 GMT -5
The forecast has us in the middle of the path models but I bought the last available generator up in Maryland this morning and I'm hoping that will cause Irene to go out to sea. Since Mary is emergency personnel even if they evacuate the shore, she has to go to work. I'd probably take her and then stay at the hospital for the worst of it and help if needed.
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Post by sekhmet on Aug 23, 2011 13:44:18 GMT -5
You guys on the eastern seaboard take good care of yourselves. Hurricanes suck.
We had a tornado about 50 miles sw of us on Saturday. It blew in off Lake Huron and devastated one of the prettiest towns around. Blew down the entire centre of town and killed one person, injured many.
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Post by AlanC on Aug 23, 2011 15:23:15 GMT -5
The forecast has us in the middle of the path models but I bought the last available generator up in Maryland this morning and I'm hoping that will cause Irene to go out to sea. Since Mary is emergency personnel even if they evacuate the shore, she has to go to work. I'd probably take her and then stay at the hospital for the worst of it and help if needed. I bought my generator 1 day before Katrina hit. Most everyone else right after. Those who bought after were reimbursed by their homeowners insurance. (Just one of those little details you learn too late)
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Post by Chesapeake on Aug 24, 2011 10:14:13 GMT -5
Looks like now the 'cane is likely to miss D.C. If I lived in New York, I'd be stocking up on food and water.
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Post by theevan on Aug 24, 2011 11:15:58 GMT -5
<beer>
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Post by Don Clark on Aug 24, 2011 11:35:23 GMT -5
You guys on the eastern seaboard take good care of yourselves. Hurricanes suck. We had a tornado about 50 miles sw of us on Saturday. It blew in off Lake Huron and devastated one of the prettiest towns around. Blew down the entire centre of town and killed one person, injured many. I've seen photos and caught up with Michael Crocker. He has some damage to his house, but he and Tamara are OK.
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Post by brucemacneill on Aug 25, 2011 6:45:22 GMT -5
This morning's models have the thing closer to the coast, damn it. I want it to go east. We'll still supposedly be west of the eye but only by 50 miles or so.Our house is about 30 feet above mean high water but everything is down hill from here and flooding may be a real issue even if the winds don't take the trees down. I suspect that by the end of Mary's 3-11 shift Saturday I may not be able to go pick her up if she's allowed to leave at 11.
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Post by Marshall on Aug 25, 2011 7:23:39 GMT -5
You golfing on Friday, Bruce. You might get a great drive with the wind.
Be careful out there.
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Post by brucemacneill on Aug 25, 2011 7:30:17 GMT -5
You golfing on Friday, Bruce. You might get a great drive with the wind. Be careful out there. No golf planned I'm afraid. There's another storm coming through from the west tomorrow before we get to the hurricane.
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Post by philen on Aug 25, 2011 10:13:54 GMT -5
I agree with Evan on the Beer. After a hurricane beer is in short supply, if you can even get any!
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Post by billhammond on Aug 25, 2011 10:16:42 GMT -5
You guys on the eastern seaboard take good care of yourselves. Hurricanes suck. We had a tornado about 50 miles sw of us on Saturday. It blew in off Lake Huron and devastated one of the prettiest towns around. Blew down the entire centre of town and killed one person, injured many. You have it backwards, Kate. TORNADOES suck. Hurricanes BLOW.
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Post by AlanC on Aug 25, 2011 10:43:17 GMT -5
Let's see if I learned anything useful.... Bruce you got your generator. How many gas cans do you have? When the roads opened up and we could go west to Baton Rouge for gas, there was not a gas can to be had. I had to buy some outboard motor containers just to put gas in. If you are going to be out of electricity for any length of time get 8 or 10 gas cans. I unhooked my outside air conditioning compressors and wired my generator in to the house. I shut off the main breaker switch to keep it from back flowing into the grid. Some of the neighbors pulled their meter out and hooked in there (large wires going into the breaker box)but I didn't want to mess with the meter. My 550 kv (I think) generator was able to keep my refrigerator, selected lights, and even a small window unit running at night so we could sleep. Turn off all the breakers you don't need. The power company frowns on you hooking into the house so you will need to be able to unhook quickly and look innocent or they won't turn you back on. Text will work sooner than regular phone calls if the cell network goes down. Our landlines worked for a day or so till the batteries at the central office quit. You will need to make coffee like the old days. I would pour boiling water over a make shift filter. Stock up on charcoal or propane to grill outside if the juice is down (it's too hot in the house). You will also need to cook everything you can in you freezer that is defrosting. If the juice is only off for a few days, the freezer will be ok if you don't open it and stick your head in every hour or so. Some I know duct taped them shut (dunno if it helped other than keeping someone from opening them up to look). MRE's generally suck. Satellite is better than cable because you can power it with a generator and get news. We had cable and it was out for over a month. I found some rabbit ears and got them to work with some tin foil. That's all I can think of for now except that you can't have too much gas. Get all you can if it is going to be bad.
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Post by brucemacneill on Aug 25, 2011 12:29:05 GMT -5
Let's see if I learned anything useful.... Bruce you got your generator. How many gas cans do you have? When the roads opened up and we could go west to Baton Rouge for gas, there was not a gas can to be had. I had to buy some outboard motor containers just to put gas in. If you are going to be out of electricity for any length of time get 8 or 10 gas cans. I unhooked my outside air conditioning compressors and wired my generator in to the house. I shut off the main breaker switch to keep it from back flowing into the grid. Some of the neighbors pulled their meter out and hooked in there (large wires going into the breaker box)but I didn't want to mess with the meter. My 550 kv (I think) generator was able to keep my refrigerator, selected lights, and even a small window unit running at night so we could sleep. Turn off all the breakers you don't need. The power company frowns on you hooking into the house so you will need to be able to unhook quickly and look innocent or they won't turn you back on. Text will work sooner than regular phone calls if the cell network goes down. Our landlines worked for a day or so till the batteries at the central office quit. You will need to make coffee like the old days. I would pour boiling water over a make shift filter. Stock up on charcoal or propane to grill outside if the juice is down (it's too hot in the house). You will also need to cook everything you can in you freezer that is defrosting. If the juice is only off for a few days, the freezer will be ok if you don't open it and stick your head in every hour or so. Some I know duct taped them shut (dunno if it helped other than keeping someone from opening them up to look). MRE's generally suck. Satellite is better than cable because you can power it with a generator and get news. We had cable and it was out for over a month. I found some rabbit ears and got them to work with some tin foil. That's all I can think of for now except that you can't have too much gas. Get all you can if it is going to be bad. I have 18 gallons plus the tank on the generator and both cars are full. Got propane. The generator does 220 but I don't have a convenient way to hook it in to the house and I'm not messing with the meter, so there will be enough heavy-duty extension chords for the fridge and a few other things. The generator has 8 120 connections. We have DirecTV if the dish stays on the roof and the roof stays on the house. Past that, I have my fingers crossed.
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Post by billhammond on Aug 25, 2011 12:40:46 GMT -5
Let's see if I learned anything useful.... Bruce you got your generator. How many gas cans do you have? When the roads opened up and we could go west to Baton Rouge for gas, there was not a gas can to be had. I had to buy some outboard motor containers just to put gas in. If you are going to be out of electricity for any length of time get 8 or 10 gas cans. I unhooked my outside air conditioning compressors and wired my generator in to the house. I shut off the main breaker switch to keep it from back flowing into the grid. Some of the neighbors pulled their meter out and hooked in there (large wires going into the breaker box)but I didn't want to mess with the meter. My 550 kv (I think) generator was able to keep my refrigerator, selected lights, and even a small window unit running at night so we could sleep. Turn off all the breakers you don't need. The power company frowns on you hooking into the house so you will need to be able to unhook quickly and look innocent or they won't turn you back on. Text will work sooner than regular phone calls if the cell network goes down. Our landlines worked for a day or so till the batteries at the central office quit. You will need to make coffee like the old days. I would pour boiling water over a make shift filter. Stock up on charcoal or propane to grill outside if the juice is down (it's too hot in the house). You will also need to cook everything you can in you freezer that is defrosting. If the juice is only off for a few days, the freezer will be ok if you don't open it and stick your head in every hour or so. Some I know duct taped them shut (dunno if it helped other than keeping someone from opening them up to look). MRE's generally suck. Satellite is better than cable because you can power it with a generator and get news. We had cable and it was out for over a month. I found some rabbit ears and got them to work with some tin foil. That's all I can think of for now except that you can't have too much gas. Get all you can if it is going to be bad. I have 18 gallons plus the tank on the generator and both cars are full. Got propane. The generator does 220 but I don't have a convenient way to hook it in to the house and I'm not messing with the meter, so there will be enough heavy-duty extension chords for the fridge and a few other things. The generator has 8 120 connections. We have DirecTV if the dish stays on the roof and the roof stays on the house. Past that, I have my fingers crossed. Extension chord: ![](http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i24/milkman12/Chords/Picture022.jpg)
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