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Posted on 5/20/24 at 5:02 pm to Mr Roboto
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I hope you never have to experience a major hurricane.
We have.
And we do—probably as often as any other Gulf Coast locale.
They’re less than ideal, for sure.
No pissing match here; I feel for anyone who has to deal with storm aftermath stuff.
Here’s hoping for a calm Hurricane season for all of us.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 5:06 pm to Mr Roboto
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You sound like a wuss. I hope you never have to experience a major hurricane. Try 4 weeks in late August/early September with no power.
Been there done that, multiple times. Most recently Harvey and Ike. Weeks without power. Born and raised on the Gulf Coast. But you’re cooler than me, Mr. Badass.
Doesn’t make it any easier each time it happens. Hope the best for the rest of you in the area.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 5:09 pm to Mr Roboto
The power is out because there was wind that was above 110 mph. Entire neighborhoods of pine trees are down. Basically hurricane level wind event. Peoples houses, garages, and cars were crushed.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 5:16 pm to Wellborn
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day 4 with no power
That sucks, cold showers and a good water hose would be helpful.
Makes one wonder how our ancestors did it, they didn’t watch Wagon Train, they lived it. We are soft, and I say we because when my lights blink I worry about losing power.
Get this, in August one year entergy decided to bring in a portable transformer station to the substation and swap everything to it while they did routine maintenance on the main substation. Peak time of usage, the portable crap crashed,, no shite?, no one knew what to do and couldn’t switch it back, dumbasses everywhere out there. Several days without power due to these smart bastards having no damn common sense.
I went out there and they literally had no idea what to do, none. They were poring through their books and diagrams with their thumbs up their asses and an oh shite look on their faces. The answer was simple, don’t do this during peak usage time, a child of 3 can tell you that crap. And yeah, I’m still pissed and concerned about it.
You can say what you want about the old dudes who worked out there all those years building that, but as they filter out the ignorant filter in. They aren’t stupid, but are ignorant to how to understand the big picture because it can’t be fully explained in real life in a book or lesson that all you have to do is make a good enough grade to pass.
Oh well, sorry for your inconvenience, I wish I could tell you it will get better.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 5:20 pm to Clark14
How's Austin and the super regional effected?
Posted on 5/20/24 at 5:26 pm to Wellborn
I hope your power gets restored soon. It's always miserable after a bad storm.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 5:30 pm to Wellborn
Only an aggie living near the coast would not have a generator.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 5:39 pm to AGGIES
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Entire neighborhoods of pine trees are down.
In our neighborhood it’s oaks.
Every third house or so—more so than during Harvey.
Absolutely nuts.
This post was edited on 5/20/24 at 5:40 pm
Posted on 5/20/24 at 5:42 pm to ColoradoAg
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Sales partners, you idiot ... I work for a major vendor in IT, and some partners are going to Corpus with us. We sell the hardware, and they sell the services to support it.
If you work for Slalom I hate you
Posted on 5/20/24 at 5:44 pm to EKG
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No pissing match here; I feel for anyone who has to deal with storm aftermath stuff.
We had a bad ice storm back in the late 90s that looked like bombs had been dropped on the trees everywhere. I think Mississippi got it worse than we did. 8 days without power and all the people coming in to help was the true definition of America. Yeah they were making money but they worked hard into the night. It was crazy watching some of those dudes walking on the lines in the air at night with spotlights and such in the alleys.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 5:55 pm to TheFourHorsemen
We have 2 portables. They’re running our refrigerators, deep freezer, and fans, but not enough juice to run the AC or pool pumps. But at least it’s something
This storm was the final decision-maker though.. we’re installing an in-home generator. I’m too old for this shite. The first Generac bid guy will be here tomorrow. If anyone has good experiences with other brands, chime in. Generac seems to hold the monopoly on things. Initial quote is $15,500, which seems pretty standard.
This storm was the final decision-maker though.. we’re installing an in-home generator. I’m too old for this shite. The first Generac bid guy will be here tomorrow. If anyone has good experiences with other brands, chime in. Generac seems to hold the monopoly on things. Initial quote is $15,500, which seems pretty standard.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 5:58 pm to Wellborn
Good luck, that shite sucks. I go without power for 1 hour and I'm like a crack head.
I have a 4k watt generator since I live in a hurricane area. But that's just going to cover the basics.
I have a 4k watt generator since I live in a hurricane area. But that's just going to cover the basics.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 5:59 pm to Wellborn
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day 4 with no power
Now you know what it was like for LSU baseball this season!
Posted on 5/20/24 at 6:00 pm to Clark14
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We had a bad ice storm back in the late 90s that looked like bombs had been dropped on the trees everywhere. I think Mississippi got it worse than we did. 8 days without power and all the people coming in to help was the true definition of America. Yeah they were making money but they worked hard into the night. It was crazy watching some of those dudes walking on the lines in the air at night with spotlights and such in the alleys.
Nashville had an ice storm like that back in 93/94 winter I think it was. People went multiple weeks without power.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 6:09 pm to 3down10
Hurricanes in Louisiana can go weeks without power
Posted on 5/20/24 at 6:11 pm to Wellborn
Live near a hospital or the police station. Highest priority for getting repaired.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 6:15 pm to Wellborn
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This storm was the final decision-maker though.
No way those transmission towers should have come down in 100 or 110 mph winds. We are in a hurricane area and towers should withstand 150mph sustained. Someone cut some corners. Investigation already underway.
F1 tornado or whatever… should not have dropped towers.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 6:38 pm to 3down10
You need 12k at least.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 7:36 pm to Tridentds
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No way those transmission towers should have come down in 100 or 110 mph winds. We are in a hurricane area and towers should withstand 150mph sustained. Someone cut some corners. Investigation already underway.
Cypress had confirmed tornado. The Houston stuff was wind gusts.
I’m not going to design and run a simulation, but I would imagine twisting/gusting winds could do more damage at lower speeds than sustained winds under the right circumstances. Myself and two of my immediate neighbors all lost mature trees 6 weeks ago during a supposedly non-severe storm. Storms do weird things.
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