Hypatia's Protege
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Hurricane Harvey
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Hypatia's Protege
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Will it float?
1504 amps....
Maybe after today I can poll my neighbors and see if they're willing to pitch in for a whole-street power backup.
Bacon will keep. Eat all of the ice cream before it melts!
Hypatia's Protege
- Joined Mar 1, 2015
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Oops! Ya got me there!
I don't fancy your chances
Alas! Most people are interested in 'emergency measures' only while facing an emergency -- à la fire extinguishers, fallout shelters or indeed, along somewhat similar 'lines', 'eclipse glasses'TTFN
HP
Hypatia's Protege
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Seriously though, best wishes on a happy outcome! -- FWIW We have our share of 'severe weather' also but then it's generally past within the hour following issuance of warnings -- I can only imagine what it must be like to anticipate and 'sweat it out' for days -- Please take care!
With sincere concern
HP
-- Please take care!With sincere concern
HP
We had 6 tornado warnings last night and a tornado went through an RV park <2mi from my house. We lost power for a couple of hours but the linemen braved the storm and got our power back. Flooding wasn't as bad as expected and winds were not that bad. All said, not that bad. But not out of the woods yet.
I like compromise but yuck!Yes, make a beer ice cream float with a BLT.
The correct name for RV park is "tornado magnet".
I had the pleasure to spend some time in PA not long ago and I've been wondering how they're doing.
Here's a cool site that maps all kinds of atmospheric data to the planet. Drag and zoom to see Harvey (and other stuff). Click on 'earth' in the left corner to bring up a menu that allows selection of wind altitudes, temperatures etc. At the upper levels you can see the air masses that are pushing Harvey's course over TX.
https://earth.nullschool.net/
https://earth.nullschool.net/
@nsaspook Thanks for posting that; forgive me for not giving it a "like."
A friend of mine posted some pictures from Port Aransas. I was going to post them here, but after seeing the videos, there's no need. The point is made. Those coastal communities are absolutely destroyed. I'm very glad that it did not land further up the coast, or else my house would be one of those you see with no roof.
A friend of mine posted some pictures from Port Aransas. I was going to post them here, but after seeing the videos, there's no need. The point is made. Those coastal communities are absolutely destroyed. I'm very glad that it did not land further up the coast, or else my house would be one of those you see with no roof.
As I sit here toiling away in my rainy day projects, I ponder the enormous amount of energy it takes for the storm to do what it does. It moves the ocean in toward the land. A storm surge over 8ft I think it was. I bet if all the world's ships gathered in the waters off of Corpus Christi, and when all ahead flank all at the same time, they couldn't even produce a measurable storm surge. And then it sits there in the sky and pumps billions, maybe even trillions of gallons of water from the sea to 100 miles inland. I doubt humans will ever be able to replicate that with any kind of Technology. And the whole thing is powered by what? High pressure and low pressure zones? It's mind-boggling.
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I've seen some pictures from the barrier island there on facebook and I also read where the Coast Guard rescued 15 people.
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