Tursi Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 And it's still 30c out here on the prairies. But I should probably get my winter tires on... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 Got to watch out for those icebergs breaking off due to climate change, we had a Titanic moment recently... https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/carnival-cruise-ship-collides-with-iceberg-1.7034009 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted Tuesday at 11:26 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:26 PM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted Wednesday at 04:03 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:03 PM The best part about a looming hurricane, besides the uncertainty, is being prepared in advanced and just sitting and waiting. Life is put on hold around me as people who are not prepared are running around like chickens with their heads cut off, some people are just topping off for the just-in-case (like I topped off my 3/4 tank of gas last night,) schools and offices are half-day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted Wednesday at 08:28 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:28 PM Not sure if I'm going to get any rain in my area of Southwest Arkansas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gary from OPA Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago 🚨#BREAKING: We are live on the scene as The Waffle House, along with numerous other businesses, are boarded up while Hurricane Helene strengthens into a major hurricane, with catastrophic storm surge and winds expected to hit the Gulf Coast later this evening a8P9No12drvKULg8.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago This is one of the largest roads in Tampa. Completely underwater. 7 foot swells. And the storm is not there yet… 👀 Dun9o19OwzrSjYoV.mp4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted 11 hours ago Share Posted 11 hours ago 40 minutes ago, Gary from OPA said: This is one of the largest roads in Tampa. Completely underwater. 7 foot swells. And the storm is not there yet… 👀 Dun9o19OwzrSjYoV.mp4 Yeh... our friend @OLD CS1 can tell you all about it as he's in that area of Florida. We're waiting for it to into South Georgia. I can't say that I'm ready as I can't get my Generator to run, as it sat up with bad gas, as I was healing from the arm injury I sustained last year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 1 hour ago, RickyDean said: Yeh... our friend @OLD CS1 can tell you all about it as he's in that area of Florida. We're waiting for it to into South Georgia. I can't say that I'm ready as I can't get my Generator to run, as it sat up with bad gas, as I was healing from the arm injury I sustained last year. Storm surge is often worse than actual wind and rain in some areas. Right now, the waiting is the hardest part. I have been ready since about Saturday. I have done a little bit here and there to retain a readiness level (topping off a few gallons of gas every so often, grabbing replacement UPS batteries, &c,) even went up to the data center to replace a switch with a bad fan. But pretty much everything is closed today, so there is no shopping (I did not pick up anything to drink!) I was surprised, and happy, to find Battery Source was open today, as was my tech vendor, so I was able to grab a few SLAs for a colleague's UPS and my replacement firewall. That sucks about the generator. That is the one investment I made several years back which has made the biggest impact on our livability during storm recovery. I just ordered a GenerLink which should be here in a couple of weeks. I have about 15 gallons of marine gas (93 octane ethanol-free) on reserve, 8 1/2 gallons in the tank, and three 20# propane tanks. Now, the wait. We were expecting to have winds by now, and nothing. Click here to see local Tallahassee weather stations (you have to select "Temp/Wind" in the Weather Station layers... I could not find the variable to put it in the link.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago I survived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TheBF Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago I was thinking you would be getting some wind about now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago 🚨 FORT MYERS, FLORIDA IS UNDER WATER This video released by the Lee County Sheriff is terrifying. Storm surge is DECIMATING Lee County, and Hurricane Helene hasn’t even made landfall yet. PRAY FOR FLORIDA! ZawkGmWPy6xG0UvN.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago 20 minutes ago, TheBF said: I was thinking you would be getting some wind about now We started getting winds about an hour ago, with the first gust of 24mph. 19 minutes ago, Gary from OPA said: 🚨 FORT MYERS, FLORIDA IS UNDER WATER This video released by the Lee County Sheriff is terrifying. Storm surge is DECIMATING Lee County, and Hurricane Helene hasn’t even made landfall yet. PRAY FOR FLORIDA! ZawkGmWPy6xG0UvN.mp4 Much of the damage from hurricanes in Florida is storm surge. It precedes the storms and can wreak havoc on areas not in the storm path. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago We finally lost power about an hour ago. I heard a big buzz off in the distance which tells me some phases shorted and never cleared (fallen lines, perhaps.) Watching some videos until the UPSes on the entertainment stand go out (about another 10 minutes or so) then heading to bed. If power is not up by morning I will set up the generator. Worst I saw here was a 25mph gust, and a short period of sustained winds in the teens. Neighbor's privacy fence fell over into his yard, a large branch which was hanging way up in the trees from the last hurricane fell in my yard, I think a squirrel nest in my tree out front got blown away. It made landfall off to the east of us, which the weather radar models showed it would do and is the extreme eastern edge of NHC's uncertainty cone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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