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General Category => General => Topic started by: number six on August 27, 2019, 11:16:33 AM
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Looks pretty benign at least.. only a Tropical storm when/if it hits us
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they're predicting it hits "us" as a tropical storm. anything category 3, we basically ignore until 12 hours out. tropical storms, category 1 and category 2, we go to the beach. ;D
basically, i guess i'm saying look out nicaragua with how accurate forecasts usually are even 24 hours beforehand.
Katrina was what, a 12 hour warning?
Irma, we were told to run for our lives. "Naples? don't worry, you're good". that worked out well.
summer: we get 2 containers of gas and drinks. we don't want to be 1 of the 100,000 stuck in traffic on the highway.
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i predict a RAINY and SOGGY Atlanta weekend :)
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i predict a RAINY and SOGGY Atlanta weekend :)
Considering it won't be to Atlanta until probably Monday at the earliest, I predict a rainy and soggy weekend for YOU
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Considering it won't be to Atlanta until probably Monday at the earliest, I predict a rainy and soggy weekend for YOU
you don't know where i will be this weekend :D
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you don't know where i will be this weekend :D
Hamfest 2019 Branson Missouri?
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Hamfest 2019 Branson Missouri?
haha.. That place still exists?
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haha.. That place still exists?
Let us know when you get back.
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Hey now wait a minute. Im not ready to cover the freaking windows again. Its too much work and it makes the house like a cave.
Freakin' hurricanes, one time I bailed out and my buddy and I we went up to Georgia, then it changed direction and was gonna hit Georgia so we drove over outside of Bombingham. Then it didnt do anything to Florida so we drove back here. Ever since I just stay here. I do have to admit we have been hit twice, the first one that made me decide to drive to Georgia that time really wrecked Port Charlotte, went right up rt 17 busting up shit all the way to Sebring and beyond.
Ive been thru a blizzard in '66. we got 3 feet in a couple of days and then my high school had to cancel "winter weekend" two weeks later for lack of snow! Went right by a tornado where the sky turned Green in Illinois on my way to California in 1986 and got slapped by a small one last year. Was laying on my waterbed watching the beginning of the S.F. vs Oakland World series when a 7.1 or was it 6.1? earthquake came thru. It was called the loma prieta earthquake and it knocked down some highways up in San Fran. At my house I watched the waves in the slab moving up and down in waves. Now that I will admit scared the shit out of me.
Then I got smacked again what? two years ago with another cane that took out my only good tree.
I think its me, wherever I move be it Syracuse ,Monterey or Port Charlotte, these things follow me. T'aint no place safe. What I want to know is why Tampa ,which is about 1 inch above sea level never gets hit. How can that be?
Any of you guys old enough to be in hurricane Andrew? That was what mid sixties? I remember when it happened tho because the nightly news really covered it. That was a bad ass , terrible cane thats for sure.
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Any of you guys old enough to be in hurricane Andrew? That was what mid sixties?
That was 1992
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Yeah, for the Tampa area it looks like it'll be nothing more than a lot of rain at worst. Maybe not even that.
Definitely have to wait and see what the track is on Saturday/Sunday though and see if it has gained strength.
Even a tropical storm could do some damage in a direct hit on the west coast, but probably not too much to worry about.
I wouldn't say no to getting Tuesday off work for a hurricane day, but I'd rather go to work Tuesday than have it fuck up my Labor Day.
Power outages in August... ugh...
If a hurricane actually does come near the Tampa Bay area I've got to go pick up my parents and drive them out to my sister's place, since she lives much farther in-land.
She'll be thrilled! All the usual bitching and moaning and a hurricane on top of that!
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Any of you guys old enough to be in hurricane Andrew? That was what mid sixties?
That was 1992
ya. i drove with a friend post andrew to get "gameroom decor".
man, what a rush...
Even a tropical storm could do some damage in a direct hit on the west coast, but probably not too much to worry about.
a tropical storm is a joke. we get rain events that are stronger than any TS in history. crap, a category 2 is a f-ing joke. unless you're living in a tent.
me parked on i95 during hurrican irma warning. FTP.
(https://i.ibb.co/rQWqHjY/element-highway-hurricane-irma-2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/QJ5hMgL)
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94? really? and Andrew was the one that tore up the areas near Miami correct? Was what "Dade County codes" are based on? Maybe Im confused. I remember the terrible earthquake that hit Alaska when I was a kid, It seems to me I was like , let me think now, Im thinking early to middle 60s. . Man memory banks get rusty at times, especially about remembering things a while back that didn't impact you directly.
Its kind of embaressing guess I can't remember shit. Im off by only 30 years is all, jeeze.
Sorry about that.
BUT , I'm sure of this, Charly , the one that smashed up Port Charlotte, I didnt have window coverings, I really lucked out on that because the cane was small, strong as hell, but small. In my area trees and roofs got nailed but starting only 3 to 5 miles south of me it looked like a bomb went off. The width of damage went thru Punta Gorda and down towards Fort Myers.
I beat the odds on that one, had my roof replaced I think a month before.
You guys sure do take these things easily, I guess if you have been thru a bunch they get almost "normal" whatever normal is.
One thing I have noticed, The Weather channel really tries to scare you, I guess they think that will keep you glued on their stationed.
Yeah, hurricanes, I hate them, all they do is fuck stuff up.
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Andrew was the one that tore up the areas near Miami correct? Was what "Dade County codes" are based on? Maybe Im confused.
In 1992, Florida was operating under the South Florida Building Code. In 1994 the SFBC was significantly updated and the cover of the 1994 SFBC had on the cover the thermal imagery of Hurricane Andrew just as the eye hit Florida. New construction requirements suddenly became much more involved and insurance premiums went up tremendously.
In 2001 the SFBC turned into the Florida Building Code (FBC) and has had several revisions over the past 18 years.
In 2006 there were more changes after the devastation of Wilma throughout a large part of Florida in 2005. Insurance premiums went up and many carriers shut down or stopped writing policies in Florida.
Things are changing again due to the effects of Irma from 2017.
Basically, each time a big storm happens, there is a reactionary response in the Code and Insurance Industry. Some of the modern design criteria is pretty astounding.
For older houses, (built pre-FBC) there are also retrofit requirements when a major project is undertaken at a home (such as a roof replacement).
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Damn! They are predicting CAT 3/4 now. Don't think I've been through one of those.
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Damn! They are predicting CAT 3/4 now. Don't think I've been through one of those.
Mikes Weather Page has it making landfall around the Orlando area, but also says it could turn north and skirt up the coast.
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Damn! They are predicting CAT 3/4 now. Don't think I've been through one of those.
The Cape is now offering outside 1st class seats for $50 to watch it pass over your head and come ashore. Restraining straps, food and drinks included. 2nd class seating inside the bunkers are $500. Better hurry and reserve your seats now before they run out. I'm sure it will be a great show to watch, and you'll never forget being in the eye of one.
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Yah it may or may not be a hurricane and may or may not hit florida. Thanks weather channel.
Since I am renting this year and sold my house Im not going anywhere hurricane or not.
Ill pick up a football helmet and some beers at walmart and ride it out. :P
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latest update:
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Yeah it never surprises me how little we really know about the weather. Last hurricane that hit close they didn't know where it was going to hit even an hour before it hit. All they know is general locations and even that they won't know until about 12 hours out.
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Yeah it never surprises me how little we really know about the weather. Last hurricane that hit close they didn't know where it was going to hit even an hour before it hit. All they know is general locations and even that they won't know until about 12 hours out.
+1 to this. 12 hours before landfall, all networks are claiming on IRMA:
"you're going to die, southeast florida. run up the highways to georgia, with no gas available, to save yourselves. god is coming. god is coming."
hits naples.
jeanne is my favorite hurricane. sits in the ocean for 3 days doing loops, then goes for pt. st lucie...not 1 prediction mapped that one out even close.
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I am sick of the local news stirring panic when there is an upcoming storm. I tried to watch something last night and 1/4 of the TV was a picture of where they are tracking Dorian to hit over the weekend.
Then when it hits we will get the obligatory weathermen standing outside in the storm. This one is my favorite:
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I am sick of the local news stirring panic when there is an upcoming storm. I tried to watch something last night and 1/4 of the TV was a picture of where they are tracking Dorian to hit over the weekend.
Its working...
Im on the west coast and people are already doing the line up to buy gas thing.
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Its working...
Im on the west coast and people are already doing the line up to buy gas thing.
It's called being prepared. Don't wait until there is no gas or water to buy.
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or.....
buy gas last tuesday. $2.21 a gallon, no lines, used to the bvllsh1t of hurricane season...so now, telling wife to skip work on friday. don't waste my gas. :P
i'm working monday. :P
it's gonna rain. free water. ;D everyone treats these things like it's The End. 30 miles out of the eye, you get an afternoon shower.
yes. direct hit, get out of dodge. the rest of the state? youtube videos.
and forecasts are bvllsh!t. sadly.
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It's called being prepared. Don't wait until there is no gas or water to buy.
being "prepared" would mean already having water etc at start of hurricane season not waiting for an actual hurricane.
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being "prepared" would mean already having water etc at start of hurricane season not waiting for an actual hurricane.
I've had my shit for a month, but it is what it is.
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I don't like to keep multiple 5-gallon jugs of gas just lying around. When I know something is coming I fill them up. If I know there are going to be fuel shortages, I keep my cars topped off rather than waiting until I'm at 1/4 of a tank. So of course, the gas stations are going to be busier.
Who drinks water during a hurricane?
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latest update:
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If you are going to make fun of forecasters with a meme, at least spell forecasters correctly. Jesus F'n Christ!!!
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gang please unplug ur games. power fluxuations are going to happen. take the 5 or 10 mins to do it. if its unplugged its way harder to get zapped. even if u have a great surge protector or insurance. less time to unplug than to deal with the headache.
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that chart is For Casters...fishing joke, i guess.
in the direct line of fire bump.
out of gas in my daily driver bump.
gonna float down i95 in a pinball cabinet tuesday bump.
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gang please unplug ur games. power fluxuations are going to happen. take the 5 or 10 mins to do it. if its unplugged its way harder to get zapped. even if u have a great surge protector or insurance. less time to unplug than to deal with the headache.
thats actually a good point John. especially during lightning storms your surge protector is not going to do shit when your surrounding area gets struck by lightning and your ground becomes overwhelmingly negative and electrifies your game thru ground. turn your AC and fridge off after a power outage at the breaker, and anything else that has a compressor in yoyr home, when the power gets turned back on there is really low line voltage for a Split Second as everything's coming up at once and the amp draw on these appliances Skyrocket with the lower voltage and as compressors start drawing, sometimes blows run/start caps.
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Eric Stone said yesterday Florida would get hit. Then he stopped posting! https://www.fox4now.com/weather/hurricane-center/hurricane-dorian-continues-to-intensify
Eric, I need your insight!
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at least we'll know monday if we need to worry. but look out Orlando, this category 4 is going to hit you, according to your local news.
anyone local, you know my number for help needed. :) other than that, see ya tuesday:
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that chart is For Casters...fishing joke, i guess.
Ok, kinda good save, I guess.
There are so many constantly changing variables. I appreciate the info I get vs "Comrade, it's a small storm. Your family will be fine. Keep working".
We all know the deal. You want drama and entertainment? Go to the Weather Channel. You want objectivity? Go to NHC.NOAA.GOV.
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Hate that the track keeps shifting south, living near Tampa I dislike hurricanes in the gulf (do not want it to go under S FL and then come up). Made sure my generator runs today and that I have plenty of beer :)
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I sold my 13-year-old generator today for $600. I couldn't get a bite at $325 a year ago. The dude didn't even try to haggle. The generator only had about a weeks worth of use.
I think I'm gonna need more beer.
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i sold my kayak a week ago. now i'm sad...
another group head's up...if you have crap on eBay, take it down (or go on vacation if you have a store).
you know that guy doesn't care if you're floating west bound in an inner-tube on the Turnpike wednesday morning...."where is that tracking number for my limited edition blow-up sheep?"
good luck, south carolina.
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Shifted back to Titusville area again...I'll be fine, my lucky astrology mood watch says so.
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Most of the Spaghetti models have gone off landfall. I'll take it...
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I sold my 13-year-old generator today for $600. I couldn't get a bite at $325 a year ago. The dude didn't even try to haggle. The generator only had about a weeks worth of use.
I think I'm gonna need more beer.
Glad you're happy you dumped your generator. Still love mine ;D
With Irma about half the people I knew were without power for 48 hours or more. (never lost power myself). I'm set up to run on NG and can back-feed my panel (with appropriate interlock) and run my upstairs (1 ton) AC unit, fridge, gas stove, beer cooler and other impotant things.
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,,,and run my upstairs (1 ton) AC unit, fridge, gas stove, beer cooler and other impotant things.
lol. caught you.
ironic if this will be my last post. ;)
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Oh, I still have my new, better generator. I can run everything in the house now.
Still, need to buy more beer though....
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lol. caught you.
ironic if this will be my last post. ;)
Come on now. A meme mocking smart folks, with spelling errors. Be a good sport.
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Oh, I still have my new, better generator. I can run everything in the house now.
Still, need to buy more beer though....
How capitalistic of you comrade, perhaps there is hope for you yet ;)
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lol. caught you.
ironic if this will be my last post. ;)
;D
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This storm has been so interesting -- yet stressful and at times terrifying -- to see develop & change over the last number of days. (For reference, I'm on the Space Coast.) A few days ago, it was "pfft, it'll barely be a TS when it gets here" ... then "oh crap it might be a hurricane now and it's comin' right for us!" ... then "oh nm we'll probably be ok here, it, heading for south FL" ... then "oh crap it's comin' right for us again!!!" ... then "holy crap now Cat4??" ... now "oh look hopefully it's gonna keep moving east/north and maybe stay off land" ... but ultimately who the heck knows. Just goes to show how wildly unpredictable nature can be. The cone of uncertainty covering the entire state doesn't really help with planning on what to do.
Everyone stay safe, wherever you are.
Damn nature, you scary.
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OK you guys got a few questions here so Im gonna be serious for about the 6th time in my life.
Buddy of mine made me a couple of 220 "pigtails'.
Now is THIS correct? Speak up please so I don't electrocute these bastards coyotes that have been appearing at night around my end of the county. OK so power goes off. looks bad and I do live on the last grid in the county to get back up cause my grid is really small.
So power is of.......
!. turn off the main remembering that it is off and remember to watch my ass when I go back on line and don't catch a FPL guy off guard.
2 main off so turn off all the individual breakers in the box. So now EVERY BREAKER IS OFF, I check, double check, triple check.
3. Now I now power up the what? 5500 hundred watt generator and plug in the pig tail and run it to the dryer plug and plug it in.
4. Having thought about this I figger what do I have to have? The bedroom ,so I turn on that breaker to the main bedroom where i have already located a couple of really good fans. Plus this is where the wireless is so if thats powered up Ill have internet. this is good because the phones will be down and I actually am the last guy on earth who does not have a cell phone, so internet is really good. Also have dss number 2 in the bedroom so I got TV.
5. To help keep things sane Ill run one cord to my fridge which can be unplugged to plug in the microwave, when done cooking back to the fridge. So whatever breakers that are in the kitchen I do not have to turn on. When powering back up FIRST turn of the main, then slowly turn on the lesser breakers should be a easy draw as everything I own has been unplugged before I power back on. I have also unplugged pretty much everything in the house outside of the one bedroom so I shouldnt have much electrical draw when I go back on.
By all means tell me if this is correct or where something isn't right. I've used the generator last cane but I only used long extension cords. Ive been seeing that yeah you are NOT supposed to back feed and then read that yeah yeah its fine to back feed just remember to be careful going back on line.
So what do yall think?????
one last question for yall, WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE 18 LOVES OF BREAD, 114 CANS OF TUNA FISH IN THEIR CRIBS? Do they buy shit they don't normally buy? I mean come on, ALL the tortillas are even gone off the shelves and thats at 3:00 am. What are these idiots doing buying a thousand dollars worth of shit , you know milk only lasts so long and do you think its wise to expect NO problems regarding keeping things frozen> I am amazed, be careful, they will kill you just to steal your empty one gallon gas can, freakin people.
THank you and all comments welcomed! lets hope the damn thing just turns north and spares is all from all this bull shit.
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11 am update has the stinker not making landfall. THis is good news!
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edited. spiney norman gets credit for the reference. ;D
i think this, alone, makes florida a super state for the pinball playoffs. what other state traps the ball, and hits the carolina loop over and over again at will?
(https://i.ibb.co/8cvTfqN/mybestartworkever.jpg) (https://ibb.co/fv6Byfq)
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3. Now I now power up the what? 5500 hundred watt generator and plug in the pig tail and run it to the dryer plug and plug it in.
If you are going to go this route, I'd plug the generator cord in before you power up the generator. You don't really want to be messing around with hot exposed wires which is what that plug will be.
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How capitalistic of you comrade, perhaps there is hope for you yet ;)
It was old as hell, but not many hours on it and it was in great shape. I tossed in a 30 amp extension cord. It covered most of the cost my new generator though. No more snaking extension cords throughout the house and my wife gets her hot water and I get my heat pump. I do still need to sort out running it off of propane.
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11 am update has the stinker not making landfall. THis is good news!
I wouldnt get too overconfident.. keep in mind they said Irma would hit Tampa
I left and went east and guess what? half a day later went right over my head 90 miles east of Tampa. :P
so much for their computer models.
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never thought about walking around with that pigtail in "hot" status, so to speak.
Even tho it looks like I will not have to use it I'm glad I made this post. Next time, I shall not have to bug people with my never ending questions. I'm pretty sure there are going to be more caes. Boy I hope that thing turns early. When and IF it does trun as predicted that would be a very good thing for BEEPNUTZ and all over there on the "left" side of the state.
I like the pinball map, thats a keeeper!
Seriously good luck to all that do in fact get hit over there .
another dumbass question. I get up this morning, turn on something and the guy shows a map with the cane turning north "26" miles off the coast. 26? How can that be accurate? they know that can't be accurate, whny ya telling people this stuff? jeeze what is wrong with people? Don't be saying shit like that, people will believe you and when its not true and someone gets killed where they said the cane wasnt supposed to be, shit, thats all I gotta say bout that.
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weeze, i wouldn't plug anything into anything. i hate to think this way, but most accidents/deaths blamed on hurricanes seem to be people prepping for those hurricanes or running generators inside.
NOAA or nobody. if 26 miles would be possible to predict, they would force the eastern seaboard to evacuate to Tennessee.
prayers go out to the bahamas...they'll need our support in the next coming days.
palm beach county has mandatory evacuations for mobile homes and barrier island locations.
PBSO
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@PBCountySheriff
Replying to @PBCountySheriff
The eastern half of Palm Beach County is now under a Tropical Storm Warning due to the approach of #HurricaneDorian. Due to this, mandatory evacuations are being ordered for residential structures in Zone A and Zone B in Palm Beach County, effective at 1 P.M. Sunday, September 1.
Zone A includes mobile homes, sub-standard housing and low-lying areas prone to water intrusion.
Zone B generally includes the barrier islands, land areas north and south of the Jupiter Inlet, and other surge-vulnerable areas south along the Intracoastal Waterway to Broward.
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only close bahamas live feed i could find (marsh harbour):
edited: i removed it. asshat is fishing for, and getting donations, lives in arkansas, pretending he lives in the bahamas.
Live Feed: xxxx
this LEGIT feed (Port Nassau) appears to be about 60 miles south from the eye of Dorian:
Live Feed:
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A1A in Flagler county is going to get destroyed (again). They've got a good chunk of half of it ripped up with exposed sand.
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thats a GREAT live feed there K7, thanks for putting that up.
I trust you have a extra case of beer and plenty of doritos and are ready to hunker down if needed.
Good luck to all in the path and be safe.
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yep, that hilton is getting the worse of the backside of the storm now. Dorian is supposed to stop movement tomorrow, about 25 miles from where it is now, and hang out off our coast. :-\
then turn and move up the coast out in the water. for 12 hours tomorrow, supposed to move about 20 miles east.
watching how it's affecting the islands pretty much is how i'm planning for the day. near the eye, it's bad. 45 miles from the eye, it's tropical storm quality winds and rain.
we're on the weak side of the storm. so no beer. working tomorrow, open pinball house. ;D
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Chris stay safe brother.
I feel like deja vu all over again.
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Chris stay safe brother.
...I feel like deja vu all over again.
thanks, russ. hey, come down today. streets are empty. ;D
every year. :) and at 1 mile an hour. this could take a while.
should be easy to get my "parked on i95 every 5 years" picture tonight.
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I did that once. Had a picture once of a tow truck also towing a semi backwatds (couldn't see the tow) and the picture made it look like it was coming right at me head one! Freaked a lot of people out.
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never thought about walking around with that pigtail in "hot" status, so to speak.
Take a look at generator interlocks if you don't want to mess around with cords running all through the house. You'll spend ~$300 for everything involved, but you'll be legal and safe. Though, I have no idea what kind of generator you have.
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Take a look at generator interlocks if you don't want to mess around with cords running all through the house. You'll spend ~$300 for everything involved, but you'll be legal and safe. Though, I have no idea what kind of generator you have.
Agreed 100%. Do NOT backfeed your house through the dryer recep!! It is dangerous and could possibly burn your house down or kill you. On the same topic, do not use your propane grill or generator in your garage.
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I got tried of running cords for the generator and had been thinking about getting a transfer switch for a while and finally pulled the trigger last week. If there was more time I would have probably gone with a 10 circuit but they only carry the 6 circuit in the stores and I didn't want to wait on shipping.
What I really wanted was the basics to take the edge off of having no power so I have refrigerator, lights, TV & internet, charging devices, septic pump, etc. I have an inverter generator which doesn't put out 220 so no A/C or hot water (although I think you can run a 220 water heater with 120 but it will just take longer) Picked up a 30 amp cord to connect the generator and it works really great. For around $300 and $50 for the cable I think it was definitely worth it.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Reliance-Controls-30-Amp-250-Volt-7500-Watt-Non-Fuse-6-Circuit-Transfer-Switch-Kit-3006HDK/202213700
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Was out of town all weekend (DragonCon).. expected to be in a nasty situation on the drive back but barely saw any rain from Atlanta to Tampa today.
Glad we missed this one but man this thing must have pounded the Bahamas. It just sat there for what a day? That's insane.
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I'm kinda Surprised the Duke Outage map isn't showing anything near Melbourne. I'll keep my fingers crossed. It's finally starting to pick up here in Deland.
https://outagemap.duke-energy.com/#/current-outages/fl (https://outagemap.duke-energy.com/#/current-outages/fl)