It's kinda cold here- probably be a bit chilly tomorrow night at Haunted House.
It's kinda cold here- probably be a bit chilly tomorrow night at Haunted House.
rode the k1200s into work today...it was chilly and damp on the way home, but that's about it.
JThw8 wrote:poopshovel wrote:Eh, Im not too worried about it personally, as you noted life goes on without electricity and I can always just go into the office which has a huge backup generator. And as noted I can always hack something together out of the parts I have here. Capitalism is a fine thing, taking advantage of people in an emergency situation is not. Personally I'd rather not see most of the folks out there with a generator anyway since most of these idiots will try to backfeed their system through the dryer line and burn down their houses.MrJoshua wrote: In reply to JThw8: Copy down all the information and buy yourself a cheap generator in a few weeks if the storm misses.Pretty much. It's called capitalism, and I berkeleying love it. You can be the guy who buys low and sells high, or the guy who mortgages his house to buy some dumb E36 M3 he doesn't need at the peak of demand. I know it sucks to be without electricity. I've been there. But people lived without it for thousands of years. Be thankful you're not in Florida in August with no AC and no way to keep food cool. Buy up a bunch of cheap generators after the storm, and be "that guy" next time one rolls around....or c'mon down to GA, and I'll feed ya, getcha drunk, and send you home with a truckload of firewood!
Or run them indoors..
Temps around here next week are supposed to be in the upper 30s to mid 40s, yet our local weatherguy had to say that, "If it were a bit colder during the storm, we could be looking at 2-3 feet of snow."
Now all the morons here are clamoring about the impending killstorm headed our way.
Put new batteries in the flashlights and brought in the ;awn furnature. So far depending on where the three weather systems meet we've been told to expect between 20 and 100 inches of rain or snow and wind up to 100 mph. So far at wrk we have no plans to start moving people around and shutting down like we did for Irene, but I packed extra clothes incase they change their mind and I get stuck there for three days again.
We'll suffer through. 
This went on the grill at 4:30.
It's raining and we're going to be getting gusts into the 40s, but we're prepared.
I just wanted to remind anybody new to the party that back in June we had a discussion with lots of good ideas for hurricane preparedness
(giggles again at no longer being stuck in hurricane hype country)
We have some clouds and wind gusting to ~15 mph, might get a little rain. Next week we are supposed to see our first overnight lows in the 30's.
I actually bought one of those water purifier bags and an inverter generator after the derecho this summer. berkeley it. I'm not going to sweat my family's survival. By day three I was thinking that having a handgun would make me much more comfortable, as the tension in the DC area was palpable. Just as a friendly deterrent.
Today, it's stock up on beer and gas. And maybe buy that .40 SPG XD.
Nothing yet in my neck of NY. Cant be worse than anything we have had in the past 2 years.
I got a kick out of the NWS report. The guy said, [paraphrased] "we're not trying to sensationalize this or make people panic, but there may be deadly, sustained winds of up to 40 mph with gusts to 60."
Seriously? deadly 40mph winds? Let me get my kite.
I'm ready. We filled a bunch of jugs with water in case we lose power and my well pump doesn't work. That's it. That is all we've done. I do have a little generator I can use to plug in the fridge and freezer if a power outage lasts for long. We have plenty of candles and an old-school furnace with a pilot light and a mechanical thermostat.
In short, I refuse to subscribe to fear. Bring on the rain.
I just find it funny how all the folks who don't need a generator (they are young, wealthy, with lots of resources) are the first to buy them.
If the power went out, even for a few days, I don't think it would really impact me all that much. I might not open the fridge very often, and I may go to bed early. Oh, and I'd get some reading done.
we are looking at 2 days of gale force winds and rain... oh my.... it's like a noreaster.. but a little bit worse..
mad_machine wrote: we are looking at 2 days of gale force winds and rain... oh my.... it's like a noreaster.. but a little bit worse..
New Sandy! It's a hurricane and a Nor'easter!
Good luck, y'all. I know it's not pleasant.
Sister and Bro -n-law are in Virginia Beach. Apparently, some of the flood gates are already closed. they're bunkering up. Bro-in-law is on standby to fly the birds to safety if the Navy evacs aircraft (C-2 Aircrewman @VRC-40).
My shopping list after work today,
50 12ga 7 1/2 birdshot
Mixed 24 pack of heineken's
Tp
Fuel up the RX-8 and park it in the open
Fill the saab with 1/2 tank and park directly under an old tree
So im ready for anything here in baltimore (always keep the Apt ready for crap like this, you city people don't know!!!) just a matter of chilling and waiting for stormapolclypse to end.
If you draw a line between the predicted center as of 2pm Monday and 2pm Tuesday, it goes directly through my house.
As I was driving west on the Ohio Turnpike this morning, I was amazed at the convoys of service trucks headed east. You would see fleets of like 9 electrical company boom trucks. They would be followed by 7 and 8 truck fleets of more various electric company and tree company trucks.
I'll bet that in the one hour I spent on the Turnpike that I saw 75-100 of these style trucks.
Good luck to all but it looks like the reinforcements are on their way.
Duke wrote: If you draw a line between the predicted center as of 2pm Monday and 2pm Tuesday, it goes directly through my house.
We're just the other side of Erie Pa, a little north of where that point juts out in lake Erie. Probably only going to get some heavy rain, and ( they're calling for) 100 km/hr winds, but I'm getting the generators ready.
I still think I shall go to the parts yard monday. I need lug nuts.
My parents are at the ft lauderdale boat show this week, texted my mom to ask how is the weather, and she responded, kinda cold and windy, high surf, and and the seas report says waves 32ft in the gulf stream (!). Almost always these things are made up to be more than reality, but I'm sure it'll be a crappy couple days coming up for you guys in the path.
JThw8 wrote:poopshovel wrote:Eh, Im not too worried about it personally, as you noted life goes on without electricity and I can always just go into the office which has a huge backup generator. And as noted I can always hack something together out of the parts I have here. Capitalism is a fine thing, taking advantage of stupid people that should be prepared in an emergency situation is better. Personally I'd rather...see most of the folks out there with a generator anyway since most of these idiots will try to backfeed their system through the dryer line and burn down their houses.MrJoshua wrote: In reply to JThw8: Copy down all the information and buy yourself a cheap generator in a few weeks if the storm misses.Pretty much. It's called capitalism, and I berkeleying love it. You can be the guy who buys low and sells high, or the guy who mortgages his house to buy some dumb E36 M3 he doesn't need at the peak of demand. I know it sucks to be without electricity. I've been there. But people lived without it for thousands of years. Be thankful you're not in Florida in August with no AC and no way to keep food cool. Buy up a bunch of cheap generators after the storm, and be "that guy" next time one rolls around....or c'mon down to GA, and I'll feed ya, getcha drunk, and send you home with a truckload of firewood!
you mistyped- i fixed it.
JohnRW1621 wrote: As I was driving west on the Ohio Turnpike this morning, I was amazed at the convoys of service trucks headed east. You would see fleets of like 9 electrical company boom trucks. They would be followed by 7 and 8 truck fleets of more various electric company and tree company trucks. I'll bet that in the one hour I spent on the Turnpike that I saw 75-100 of these style trucks. Good luck to all but it looks like the reinforcements are on their way.
We saw a bunch of trucks heading north on I-95 here in Florida this morning.
We've been on the receiving end of those convoys, and I have to admit that it's nice seeing people coming to help.
I know everyone thinks this is no big deal, but having just stood in lower manhattan a few weeks ago, there's not a whole hell of a lot of elevation between the ocean and the entrance to the subways. You start pouring sea water down those tubes and there's going to be some serious issues. It's not so much the wind, or the rain, it's the water that's worrying here. Sort of like when NO got all sloshy, but different. People don't actually live where the water is likely to go, but every service that makes that island livable is down there.
Duke wrote:
I would try to late-apex off the coast of VA and get on the gas early east of DE.
SE Virginia - It has been raining here for about 30 hours straight and I don't think we're halfway done yet. It is also (ahem) 'breezy'. That said, it will miss me by 300 miles.
Stay safe, Yankees.
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