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 https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5529369 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 https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5531895 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5536297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5538244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 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 https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5538630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Not sure if I'm going to get any rain in my area of Southwest Arkansas Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5538815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5539284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 🚨#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 https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5539296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 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 https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5539315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 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. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5539342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 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 https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5539434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 I survived. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5539547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TheBF Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 I was thinking you would be getting some wind about now Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5539549 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 🚨 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 https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5539550 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 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 https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5539559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 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. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5539595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Generator is up. Both of my land-line ISPs are down, and my AT&T backup is acting squirrelly. My home office firewall took a shit, again, so I had to bring up my back-up unit. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5539763 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 18 hours ago, OLD CS1 said: I just ordered a GenerLink which should be here in a couple of weeks. Hope all is well. I’m going to look into this. 👍 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5539796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DuaneAL Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 21 hours ago, OLD CS1 said: Worst I saw here was a 25mph gust, and a short period of sustained winds in the teens I live in Indiana (700 miles from landfall) and we've had sustained 40 to 50 mph winds from this storm. Had a bunch of rain too. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5540129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 34 minutes ago, DuaneAL said: I live in Indiana (700 miles from landfall) and we've had sustained 40 to 50 mph winds from this storm. Had a bunch of rain too. Yeah, she is a big girl, for sure. Hanging around Tennessee right now. Some lessons learned this time around, in preparation for having a whole-house connection to my existing generator: 1) Set UPSes to "poor" power quality or "low" sensitivity. Otherwise, some interesting things result. 2) Newer model APCs (C and S models with LCDs, made by Schneider,) do not like the generator and do not want to charge batteries. 3) Non-ethanol gas at 93/94 octane runs the generator much, much better than 87 "low grade." More run-time and higher frequency even under load -- 64Hz!! None of the UPSes do like that at all. Power came back on around 7pm. Ran on generator for a couple of hours to run out the tank and to make sure power was stable before disconnecting. During a previous hurricane, we got power back after a couple of days, I took down the generator and power went out for another day. Not playing that game, again! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5540148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOME AUTOMATION Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 2 hours ago, OLD CS1 said: More run-time and higher frequency even under load -- 64Hz!! None of the UPSes do like that at all. There's usually a throttle screw, somewhere... I managed to get my finger up against the throttle-plate linkage, and rev. it up and down... the self-excitation field, collapses below 60vac, and again above 180vac. I defused the good stuff first, but still managed to blow a filament in a long fluorescent tube... have to fool with the switch to get it to come on now! VROOM! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5540169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 1 hour ago, HOME AUTOMATION said: There's usually a throttle screw, somewhere... Oh, yeah. I had it adjusted before. When I got it, it was set to run at 62Hz. I had it tuned to between 59.8Hz under load, and 60.9Hz under low load. I have a feeling I am going to have to adjust it more once I put more load on it. I would love an automated control. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5540186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOME AUTOMATION Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 When I got a glimpse of the throttle regulator on my unit... it seems to use a fan that blows against a flap that is linked to the throttle plate so as to decelerate the engine. Perhaps a secondary fan that blows in the opposite direction would allow for a comparation window? Than again, maybe not. The word is obsolete. Perhaps the idea blows too. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5540193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 4 hours ago, OLD CS1 said: 3) Non-ethanol gas at 93/94 octane runs the generator much, much better than 87 "low grade." More run-time and higher frequency even under load -- 64Hz!! None of the UPSes do like that at all. Good thing about Canada we rarely have to worry about power outages, and for me the condo building has their own nice generator and the one time power went out last winter it was only for an hour, and the building generated to like my smart UPS ok. But when I lived in Dominican Republic, we all are equipped for power outages, not just for storms but for regular scheduled rolling blackouts by the power company themselves. So for my generator I found it more reliable to switch it over to running on a propane tank like from a large BBQ, the power was more steady than a gasoline mixture as the propane flow is regulator and it lasts a lot longer as well. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5540200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOME AUTOMATION Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 I'm thinking because the fan need be compact, providing weak air flow. The linkage(often another spring) to the throttle plate needs to be quite sensitive ...not sure why all those springs... maybe to deal with widely varying air densities??? I recall my old Ford van, had a vacuum timing advance, to compensate for fuel burn time Vs. engine speed. Not sure if that applies here though, as engine speed is constant. I often rely on experimentation, to figure out these unknowns. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/335887-weather-thread/page/9/#findComment-5540209 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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