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Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Storm update
The Hurricane stayed to the west out in the gulf and blew past us. Lots of rain and wind but nothing more. A neighbor threw a hurricane party and everyone danced in the rain.
But there's not a generator to be had within 100 miles.
I grew up in "hurricane country." Knowing what I know now, I would NEVER live in hurricane country and NOT have a GENERATOR!!! I was stationed in Miami when I was in the Coast Guard. We lost power ALL.THE.TIME! It was truly Third World there. A genny was one of the first things I bought there. I don't know why people over there wait until the storm is upon them to START preparing! Same goes out here in the Wild West. We live in earthquake country. This martini could be shaken... not stirred... at ANY TIME. VERY FEW are actually prepared for that, and we don't even get any warning!
...The gene pool's gotten really shallow in this country... REALLY.SHALLOW...
We had a whole house generator (17 kW) put in back in '06 (?) It runs on City Gas, so not 100% under our control, but easy to live with. Asking around before that, nobody had any bad stories about the gas going out after a storm, and it never has.
It didn't need to come on. We never had so much as a flicker. Of course, our winds never even made tropical storm level at 39, except on brief gusts.
After seeing the unmitigated hyperventilation over the non-hurricane that pissed itself away far from SoCal, I totally get the skepticism behind hurricane parties.
I'll take earthquakes. Once they happen, it's a big deal, or not, and it's too late for anyone to hype it. And the response plan for more than half the state is simply to camp in the back yard if necessary, and cook on the barbecue.
The idiots do the same thing, over the open gas lines in their condos. Which has a Darwinian elegance to it as well.
And the vultures that moved here to fuck the place up tend to decamp back east or back to the Turd World where they came from for several years afterwards, until new idiots and vultures arrive.
Most of the truest morons think power comes from the wall outlet, and would never think to obtain a generator in the first place, let alone bother. More Darwinian elegance.
Glad you are OK. I have friends that just retired to Venice, they got there just in time for the last big one so were happy this one missed them but for some rain. - Brigid
Yulee FL (just north of Jax): a couple of power flickers but that's it.
ReplyDeleteDidn't even have time to roll the generator out, hook it up, and start it... before the power came back on.
Knock on wood...
Glad to read you all are safe.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I grew up in "hurricane country." Knowing what I know now, I would NEVER live in hurricane country and NOT have a GENERATOR!!! I was stationed in Miami when I was in the Coast Guard. We lost power ALL.THE.TIME! It was truly Third World there. A genny was one of the first things I bought there. I don't know why people over there wait until the storm is upon them to START preparing! Same goes out here in the Wild West. We live in earthquake country. This martini could be shaken... not stirred... at ANY TIME. VERY FEW are actually prepared for that, and we don't even get any warning!
ReplyDelete...The gene pool's gotten really shallow in this country... REALLY.SHALLOW...
Glad you dodged this one!
I was reading that CITGO had an issue with diesel mixed into their regular gasoline a few days ago in your area.
ReplyDeleteHopefully none of you guys got any of that. A real generator killer.
Glad to know you guys are OK.
ReplyDeleteI truly do not miss all this crap.
Naturally, the Biden administration wants to ban (most) portable generators. Evil.
ReplyDeleteWe had a whole house generator (17 kW) put in back in '06 (?) It runs on City Gas, so not 100% under our control, but easy to live with. Asking around before that, nobody had any bad stories about the gas going out after a storm, and it never has.
ReplyDeleteIt didn't need to come on. We never had so much as a flicker. Of course, our winds never even made tropical storm level at 39, except on brief gusts.
Just a little bit of wind and rain in Clermont, power didn't even flicker.
ReplyDeleteSo who waits until a hurricane is bearing down to go looking to buy a generator?
ReplyDeleteAfter seeing the unmitigated hyperventilation over the non-hurricane that pissed itself away far from SoCal, I totally get the skepticism behind hurricane parties.
ReplyDeleteI'll take earthquakes.
Once they happen, it's a big deal, or not, and it's too late for anyone to hype it.
And the response plan for more than half the state is simply to camp in the back yard if necessary, and cook on the barbecue.
The idiots do the same thing, over the open gas lines in their condos.
Which has a Darwinian elegance to it as well.
And the vultures that moved here to fuck the place up tend to decamp back east or back to the Turd World where they came from for several years afterwards, until new idiots and vultures arrive.
Most of the truest morons think power comes from the wall outlet, and would never think to obtain a generator in the first place, let alone bother.
More Darwinian elegance.
Glad you are OK. I have friends that just retired to Venice, they got there just in time for the last big one so were happy this one missed them but for some rain. - Brigid
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