hurricane dorian edc

[jbmonkey]

Guess I was a bit optimistic on the power outage issue. It happens here, but generally not for days. We had a tornado within a mile of the house, actually twice, and I was expecting the power to be out for days.... it was back on before I got back from filling up gas cans for my generator. I felt a little foolish with 5 or 6 5-gallon cans of gas. That was before I had the house wired to plug a generator into the house wiring.

Knives and other tools, I tend to be prepared. I keep a couple 48 ct cases of bottled water all the time.

seen folks who were off many weeks on charlie.

 

[blame it on god]

Just 2 years ago Irma left many of us in Miami without power for 2 weeks or more.

I'm waiting for this turn they seem awful sure about.

 

[not2sharp]

...I'm waiting for this turn they seem awful sure about.

We all are. Just be grateful that we are not in the Northern Bahamas, sitting under this thing for days.

Also, I am under the impression that Florida imports some power from neighboring states; so a major outage there can trip the system across a wide area.

n2s

 

[Tjstampa]

Guess I was a bit optimistic on the power outage issue. It happens here, but generally not for days. We had a tornado within a mile of the house, actually twice, and I was expecting the power to be out for days.... it was back on before I got back from filling up gas cans for my generator. I felt a little foolish with 5 or 6 5-gallon cans of gas. That was before I had the house wired to plug a generator into the house wiring.

Knives and other tools, I tend to be prepared. I keep a couple 48 ct cases of bottled water all the time.

Just imagine an ef 3 or higher 90 miles wide and on the ground for several hundred miles. If I was in southeast Florida I do not think I would be sleeping

 

[GIRLYmann]

this is one instance where a
becker bk2 might proof its worth.
a weighty heavy duty fixed blade
for hacking and prying, might
be the order of the day.

 

[22-rimfire]

Just 2 years ago Irma left many of us in Miami without power for 2 weeks or more.

I'm waiting for this turn they seem awful sure about.

Dorian seemed to have made a bit of a bump northward at the moment but still traveling westward at the fast pace of 1 mph. This slow movement would be really awful to go through as it would take many hours (easier measured in days) for the hurricane to move past you. Nobody needs to tell me how serious this is.

I can see why folks in FL need a generator. Frankly, it would be one of the more essential emergency items that I would have obtained after moving into a house if I lived along the coast. Most people don't own a powerful generator that they can run their HVAC. They could probably run a small 110v unit and in fact buying a small 110v AC unit would not be a bad thing. They have the ones for smaller rooms now that you can buy at the home centers or online (not real cheap). It is mostly for essentials like the refrigerator, a few lights, fans, and so forth.

 

[Peter Hartwig]

Also, I am under the impression that Florida imports some power from neighboring states; so a major outage there can trip the system across a wide area.

n2s

They now have the smart grid technology and can localize the damage to that specific area. It can't fix broken poles and downed wires though.
still(potentially) could be over a million without power at some time.
Hopefully it will make the turn as expected. This is the storm that just won't go away. Every day they move the timetable back. This started as a last Friday US landfall in my area and is still in my area.