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Ok, getting ready to head to work just as winds are picking up here. Work in the hospital's boiler room which includes the emergency generators. Am also the first responder to non-medical emergencies like people trapped in elevators (like during a power outage). Only some of our 14 elevators are on emergency power and if we have a power blink while an elevator is moving, it could cause it to fail and not run until the contractor comes to jump out circuits to get it moving again. Have a bag packed incase I can't come home in the morning. Wife and dog are staying with her 93 year old godmother in an old brick home. Not too worried about this storm. With heavy rains, our sewage drains can get backed up because the sewage treatment plant drains into a nearby canal that's long overdue for dredging. We have city water supply so we're good there. Roads to our home flood but our home is dry. Utility company is very good at getting power back up. I'll know if there's no power by calling my house to see if the answering machine picks up. Our home also has double windows for added protection. Hospital also has double insulated windows hurricane rated.
For winds, I agree. However, it's the rains and flooding that's the danger. We've had weeks of steady rain. Our soil is completely saturated. Add more rain and tropical force winds and trees will come down on people's homes as well as power lines coming down.
For winds, I agree. However, it's the rains and flooding that's the danger. We've had weeks of steady rain. Our soil is completely saturated. Add more rain and tropical force winds and trees will come down on people's homes as well as power lines coming down.
Lived through three tropical storms over the last two years that will likely produce more rain then this thing will. That tropical storm that sat on the coast for a week drenched us for a week straight, think we had 20 plus inches of rain.
I just don't think its a big deal. I'll pay attention to Cat 2's or above, Cat 3 really gets my attention, even on the rain totals.
Ok, getting ready to head to work just as winds are picking up here. Work in the hospital's boiler room which includes the emergency generators. Am also the first responder to non-medical emergencies like people trapped in elevators (like during a power outage). Only some of our 14 elevators are on emergency power and if we have a power blink while an elevator is moving, it could cause it to fail and not run until the contractor comes to jump out circuits to get it moving again. Have a bag packed incase I can't come home in the morning. Wife and dog are staying with her 93 year old godmother in an old brick home. Not too worried about this storm. With heavy rains, our sewage drains can get backed up because the sewage treatment plant drains into a nearby canal that's long overdue for dredging. We have city water supply so we're good there. Roads to our home flood but our home is dry. Utility company is very good at getting power back up. I'll know if there's no power by calling my house to see if the answering machine picks up. Our home also has double windows for added protection. Hospital also has double insulated windows hurricane rated.
Hang tough, Dave. The Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams will be on the way shortly to help with feeding, chain-saw, flooded housing mud-out, child care and a host of other things.
For winds, I agree. However, it's the rains and flooding that's the danger. We've had weeks of steady rain. Our soil is completely saturated. Add more rain and tropical force winds and trees will come down on people's homes as well as power lines coming down.
You ain't kiddin', there are parts of my yard too squishy to drive the lawn tractor.
There's nowhere for 20 inches of rain to go. I hope my big pines remain erect.
For winds, I agree. However, it's the rains and flooding that's the danger. We've had weeks of steady rain. Our soil is completely saturated. Add more rain and tropical force winds and trees will come down on people's homes as well as power lines coming down.
And it's a slow storm - meaning more and more rain.
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