10-10-2024, 07:35 PM | #2801 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
|
Wife has been in and out of the house checking here in KY. We've got some low level stuff, not as good yet as a couple of months ago.
__________________
M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete." |
10-10-2024, 07:53 PM | #2802 |
Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
|
Been keeping an eye out here in Jersey. Heard you can see them in a town a bit north
|
10-10-2024, 09:05 PM | #2803 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Newburgh, NY
|
Nothing at the college or home, but people a little north are seeing the light.
__________________
To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers |
10-10-2024, 09:53 PM | #2804 |
Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
|
I was able to see them through the camera on my phone and get some pretty cool pictures.
|
10-11-2024, 10:57 PM | #2805 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
|
Just checking in!
We lost power for about 40 hours starting late Wednesday night until this afternoon. So many tales and experiences. My general takeways. 1. In times of crisis, the vast majority of the people in our subdivision really pulled together to get each other's houses and property cleaned up. 2. I suspect the office that issues the permits to cut down will be very busy of the next three to six months. Whoever polices tree cutting without a permit is also going to be busy. Most of the damage I have seen in my travels have been from trees falling on structures. 3. A lot of people had their hurricane cherries popped this week. Many families either couldn't prepare properly or chose not to prepare properly and it showed especially in the aftermath. Hopefully, lessons have been learned. 4. The privilege, the narcissism, the victim mentality have been all on display. I can only assume the people that were exhibiting this behavior were experiencing their first "big" storm and folks had what to expect but Helene was just a few days ago. How are people shocked that gas stations might have no gas the day after a storm passes through or that power hasn't been restored within 24 hours of the storm leaving the area?! Oh, and did you know that everyone gets $2400 from FEMA if they had to go 24 hours without power? I learned that on Ring Neighbors comment area.
__________________
"The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946 |
10-11-2024, 11:25 PM | #2806 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
|
re #4 - gas ... I'll be honest (and you know I don't give too much benefit of the doubt in general), I can see where a hurricane virgin might not have caught the gas shortage thing the first time around. If they didn't need gas during Helene, with all else that goes on around a storm, that feels like a not huge stretch to be caught unaware by.
Now if they're surprised next time, I'll be at the head of the line to call them fn stupid.
__________________
"I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis |
10-12-2024, 04:36 AM | #2807 | |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2005
|
Quote:
Interested in learning more. Besides food, water & flashlights what would you say are the top 3 preps that someone riding out a hurricane should have? |
|
10-12-2024, 06:37 AM | #2808 |
World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
|
I picked up one of those power banks that connect to a solar panel. It has two AC plugs and several USB ports. I didn't end up using it, but I did see a guy that is surviving cut off in NC that was using those and he said they are fantastic. He also had a battery powered cooler that would be fantastic to have. He actually had two, and one would actually get cold enough to freeze. He said he would charge them every couple of days, either with his car or his gas generator.
Sent from my SM-S916U using Tapatalk |
10-12-2024, 09:41 AM | #2809 | ||
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
|
Quote:
Quote:
Before I go in further detail, I want to make sure everyone knows I am not talking about people with a resource issue. Unless they are living the doublest of double lives, they have the resources. In the mythical Hurricane Prep 101 handbook, it would tell you that if you have a vehicle or vehicles make sure the vehicles are filled with gas. You fill your gas tank not just because of the high probability that it will take a few days to get gas trucks filled to restock the gas stations but because EVERYONE is going to fill all of their vehicles before the storm many stations have already tapped into any local reserves they may have. So many people putting gas in only their vehicles, waiting an hour in line to put gas in their vehicle and/or looking for gas stations with gas to put gas in their vehicles starting at midday on Thursday for a storm that made landfall at 9pm on Wednesday. The thing is all summer long any possibility of any storm coming in the Gulf resulted in a rush to the gas stations. Also in the handbook, It would say you should have at least a week's worth of supplies. But if you have filled the fridge with food supplies, I don't think it is unreasonable to expect that you would have a way of making sure that the refrigerator stays on to preserve your supplies i.e have a generator that at the very least can keep your fridge on. Also the gas necessary to keep the generator running to preserve your supplies. Again, from what I can tell lights in the area began going out around 10pm Wednesday night at the earliest. Power was restored for most by 6pm yesterday. People were looking for gas for their generators by Thursday afternoon. If the plan is to cook, have enough propane gas for your gas grill or make sure you have a charcoal grill. You could always get a case of canned meats and not have to worry about any of that. I don't count food or water as should haves myself. I always have food and water in the fridge and in the pantry. If I am riding out a hurricane, I don't see why I need to remind myself to have those things. I just to make sure I have to make sure I have enough for my self and my family. I have a top four. My top four would be at least one generator (with enough gas to have to run for 24 hours a day for seven days) powerful to enough to keep the fridge on, flashlights both battery powered and rechargeable batteries(Ryobi, DeWalt etc), portable fans with rechargeable batteries, and a battery powered radio. That last one might seem out of place in 2024 but with everyone's WIFI out, you found out rather quickly how inadequate that one cell phone tower in between the two or three subdivisions in your area actually is when you are trying to anything on your phone including listening to the radio.
__________________
"The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946 |
||
10-12-2024, 10:45 AM | #2810 | |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2005
|
Quote:
Thanks. |
|
10-12-2024, 03:00 PM | #2811 | ||
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2005
|
Interesting article on Hurricane "resistant" subdivision. Pretty neat
Helene and Milton put this net-zero, hurricane-proof community to the test. The lights stayed on as everything else went dark | CNN Quote:
Quote:
|
||
10-12-2024, 03:36 PM | #2812 | |
Head Coach
Join Date: Dec 2009
|
Quote:
That's really cool. But then the eartquakes and fire come... |
|
10-12-2024, 04:28 PM | #2813 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
|
Given the discussions around Tropicana Field and putting power lines underground, I must ask. Six months from now, are people going to be willing to pay the extra half mil to get the resistant features or will they choose to get the other new homes and save the money. Hell since it's South Florida, will the other guys who begin to build their own version of these community cut costs in the building of said community.
__________________
"The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946 |
10-12-2024, 04:36 PM | #2814 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2005
|
Don’t know the answer to your question. I did google on the homes and they start at $1.5M.
Sustainable Living Homes for Sale near Anna Maria Island, FL I do wonder if new multi-story apartments, condos can be built this way. Assume that’ll be more cost efficient (cost spread out over numerous units), will reduce insurance coverage, reduce HOA fees etc. |
10-12-2024, 06:30 PM | #2815 | ||
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
|
Quote:
From the article Quote:
__________________
"The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946 |
||
10-15-2024, 11:58 AM | #2816 |
College Prospect
Join Date: Oct 2020
|
So evidently with i-40 and i-26 not being fully operational in North Carolina is causing the surrounding interstates to overflow with traffic. The complaints are growing here about driving times on i-85 doubling in the past 2 weeks. Taking our daughter to swim was generally 30-40 minutes at 5:30 PM. It's since been an hour to 1:20. Thankfully coming home isn't a problem by the time we come back, but over heard AM rush hour is almost 3x as long.
|
10-15-2024, 12:26 PM | #2817 | |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
|
Quote:
I just got a call from a friend of mine who lives in Delaware but has a home in Brandon that he rents out. Milton uprooted a tree in the yard and it fell on the two story house. His property manager emailed him to let him know that a company they asked to give them a quote to have the tree removed said it would cost $25,000. I paid two different companies to cut down a tree of similar height cut down AND had the sidewalk repaired that the roots of said tree had broken earlier this year. It cost me $3,110 total.
__________________
"The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946 |
|
10-15-2024, 03:10 PM | #2818 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2005
|
FWIW I took down a couple big trees, cost $1,200 each. But to be fair, those down trees are on a house so figure its much more complicated (but prob not $25K complicated).
Won't home owners insurance take care of that? |
Today, 05:20 AM | #2819 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2005
|
All the talk about generators got me researching to buy a solar generator. I've found the below YT reviewer pretty helpful.
The Solar Lab - YouTube Looking for a portable system with solar panels to charge up phones, laptop, hotplate, maybe a small space heater, a portable cooler/fridge etc. I'll be on the lookout for Anker C800X or Jackery 1000 Plus this shopping season. |
Today, 07:09 AM | #2820 | |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Winnipeg, MB
|
Quote:
A solar generator without an additional fuel option doesn't seem very useful. In a scenario like a hurricane or storm its likely going to be rainy or cloudy and your generator is then just another soon-to-be-dead battery pack. Even for camping you would have to be a fair-weather camper (which is perhaps fine) and also stay at a site that has some un-shaded area to place the generator and panels. And hopefully you aren't planning to power that space heater at night because it will drain the battery in about an hour.
__________________
"Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime." |
|
Today, 10:04 AM | #2821 | |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
|
Quote:
Must be geographic. I haven't gotten a quote under $5k for a single tree removal in nearly a decade. Average here seems to be around $8k for a medium and $15k and up for what I'd consider a "big" tree.
__________________
"I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis |
|
Today, 02:27 PM | #2822 | |
World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
|
Quote:
|
|
Today, 02:31 PM | #2823 |
World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
|
Geographic and situational. The tree removal and clean up business in Florida is probably many times in Florida what it is in Delaware. For instance, to have house tented for dry wood termites is a tenth of what it cost in Florida as it does in Georgia. Not a native species here, so there are only like 3 companies equipped to do that here, but almost every pest company probably has to do it in Florida.
Last edited by GrantDawg : Today at 02:31 PM. |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 7 (0 members and 7 guests) | |
Thread Tools | |
|
|