Hurricane Milton Thread

[SeabeeRon]

Yea.....Electric restored at 1:00am Friday, 18.5 hrs hurricane outage..🎉🍷🍷🎉

Was it restored by guys in blue trucks? PG&E, the company I retired from sent something like 400 personal and 300 trucks to Florida as part of the Mutual Aid package. Glad you are back in power Marty!

 

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[Treasure_Hunter]

45Was it restored by guys in blue trucks? PG&E, the company I retired from sent something like 400 personal and 300 trucks to Florida as part of the Mutual Aid package. Glad you are back in power Marty!

No clue, there were crews from multiple states here.

I had turned off both generators after cooling freezer and fridges back to normal temperature. I went to bed about 12:45am, was almost asleep when suddenly the room lights, and aquarium filters, air pumps and lights go on, startled me for a second as I was just falling asleep.

 

[newnan man]

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He is a character & one of Florida's best sheriffs.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

He is a character & one of Florida's best sheriffs.

100% agree. 👍

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

I'd hate to be in an EV trying to evacuate.

No reason to be an Uneasy Rider....

Just go as far as you can, and when you stop the car
It will be right in front of this little bar
Kind of a redneck-lookin' joint called the Dew Drop Inn ...

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[Tpmetal]

We are still with out power, 17 hrs now. Have enough fuel for gen to make it about another 16 hrs or so. Tried to buy some this aftetnoon, but gave up after trying 8 stations. I will try Sams tomorrow, at least I have generators.

Lucked out and found someone who will fix soffit for $100, he originally quoted $150 but after sending pictures he said it was less work than description over phone sounded like so it would be $100, not $150.

Finding anyone willing to show up for a job less than a few hundred for anything is impressive. If he does ok work keep that guys number.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Finding anyone willing to show up for a job less than a few hundred for anything is impressive. If he does ok work keep that guys number.

Yes sir, he just left, $100 out the door and he did a great job.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Lieutenant Dan is riding out the storm in a sailboat.
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This LT dan?

Lt. Dan became a sensation riding out Milton. Then his criminal past came to light

Joseph Malinkowski became a ‘cult hero’ overnight for his defiant stand in the face of Hurricane Milton. Mike Bedigan and Kelly Rissman delve into his sprawling criminal history that rocked the boat and social media

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

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[SeabeeRon]

This LT dan?

Lt. Dan became a sensation riding out Milton. Then his criminal past came to light

Joseph Malinkowski became a ‘cult hero’ overnight for his defiant stand in the face of Hurricane Milton. Mike Bedigan and Kelly Rissman delve into his sprawling criminal history that rocked the boat and social media

www.independent.co.uk

I like the third picture from the righton the bottom row! Looks like someone caught up with this scammer!

 

[pepperj]

This LT dan?

Lt. Dan became a sensation riding out Milton. Then his criminal past came to light

Joseph Malinkowski became a ‘cult hero’ overnight for his defiant stand in the face of Hurricane Milton. Mike Bedigan and Kelly Rissman delve into his sprawling criminal history that rocked the boat and social media

www.independent.co.uk

Dan better move his boat probably. 😂

 

[pepperj]

Time-lapse of Ft Meyers.
Bloody scary if one was anywhere near there.
Building meets the Gulf's waters.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Yes, living on or near a beach is great, except for the hurricanes.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Oh my...that seems devastating.

 

[releventchair]

Time-lapse of Ft Meyers.
Bloody scary if one was anywhere near there.
Building meets the Gulf's waters.
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Dayuum. Hydraulics at work.

Shows a bit of palm trees design working. One with only a couple fronds left but enough to grab some sunlight again perhaps.
Absent full fronds = less wind resistance.

Wind reversed at end of video.

 

[pepperj]

Dayuum. Hydraulics at work.

Shows a bit of palm trees design working. One with only a couple fronds left but enough to grab some sunlight again perhaps.
Absent full fronds = less wind resistance.

Wind reversed at end of video.

So building a palm tree house fairs better than a brick one?
Trees still standing-the house is well away from where it started.
Proof of not have enough anchor bolts or the sill plate is sitting back at the pad. (something that I wouldn't discount)

 

[releventchair]

So building a palm tree house fairs better than a brick one?
Trees still standing-the house is well away from where it started.
Proof of not have enough anchor bolts or the sill plate is sitting back at the pad. (something that I wouldn't discount)

A lot of surface resistance.
tree trunk is round. Like a teepee on the plains in the wind. Or a lighthouse on a coast.
All with smaller surface mass catching the wind and water.

Moving water though...Doesn't take much to erode a foundation.
I've run a water hose under trees during drought before with around 50 pounds well pressure and it is surprising how fast the hose /water cuts along. Resistance of sand or soil is futile.

Ya I'd guess sill through bolts sheared or the material around them stripped/pulled out.
Didn't see studs standing or flopping like wall top plates pulled loose instead.

Here's less water but same hydraulic force principle.
Yes we have to watch an annoying add first to view it. (How to buy a most expensive fuel mix.)

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/video/dangerous-north-carolina-flood-sweeps-homes-off-foundations

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Look at height of palms where the trunk meets the fronds, and the picket fence at the very start of video and then when building starts moving, that gives you an idea of water depth, the energy in the waves and swells have to be experienced to understand the waters force. Mother nature can be a real ____h if she wants.

Seen typhoon waves in Guam and Okinawa break over tops of 100 foot cliffs. Any navy vets with sea deployments under their belt can attest to the height of ocean waves in hurricanes. Typhoons and nor-easterns.

Been in and seen snow storms and blizzards that leave 20-30+foot snow drifts, lost my car in an apartment parking lot after blizzar one year, not only could I not see my car, I couldn't see the antenn either, in fact not a single vehicle was visible in parking lot. Been in several "Blizzard of Century" as the news channels called them.

Once in middle Nebraska saw what they call "sister tornadoes," one cloud with twin dancing funnels.

Woke up one morning about 4 am in Phillipines wondering what the heck was going on, then I realized the bed was bouncing across the floor. It was a 4.1 earthquake.

Want to see something strange, hook a water hose to a faucet in a house and run it outside and turn on hose when its -20 to -30 below, watch it snow, throw a pail of water up in the air and watch the snow fall.

Coldest I have experienced was -46 F in North Dakota, and hottest 125°F in Death Valley. Word of advice, speaking from experience, don't drive through Death Valley in July with a hangover.

 

[robertk]

Word of advice, speaking from experience, don't drive through Death Valley in July with a hangover.

That's good advice, even without the hangover.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

DV is well worth seeing, better in winter. Been through DV 3 times. Once I made the mistake of going through DV in July after a night of pitchers of margaritas at a good Mexican restaurant n Phoenix.