Hurricane headed our way and now the unprepared are in panic
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power's been out for about 24 hrs so far. Large areas are in the same situation. Some without water.
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power's been out for about 24 hrs so far. Large areas are in the same situation. Some without water.
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"How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual; as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded over, controlled, supervised, and taken care of." - Dr. Suzanna Gratia Hupp
"How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual; as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded over, controlled, supervised, and taken care of." - Dr. Suzanna Gratia Hupp
Lost power at 4am. Several trees down, but only minor damage. About to shut the generator off for the night to conserve gas. Had to clear 4 roads with chainsaw to get to my mother's house 10 miles away. Several power lines down on roads.
There's nothing like a massive power outage. You can barely recognize your own neighborhood.
There's nothing like a massive power outage. You can barely recognize your own neighborhood.
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I don't have a generator, just using my phone. There are some gas stations open and they're restoring power in some areas, they say it may be weeks before it's restored. Only 2 people I know have power most live south of I-10. There are definitely some things I'll be doing differently next time.
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When I can get the map to load, I'll save a copy and repost it to show the power outages in Houston.
A few grocery stores opened yesterday, they were a packed but no crazy. One gas station that I know of being open was swamped by shady people(it's in a not so nice neighborhood)
For the most part people have been really polite. I don't know how long it will last since power is supposedly not going to be restored for another 2-3 weeks.
A few grocery stores opened yesterday, they were a packed but no crazy. One gas station that I know of being open was swamped by shady people(it's in a not so nice neighborhood)
For the most part people have been really polite. I don't know how long it will last since power is supposedly not going to be restored for another 2-3 weeks.
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"How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual; as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded over, controlled, supervised, and taken care of." - Dr. Suzanna Gratia Hupp
"How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual; as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded over, controlled, supervised, and taken care of." - Dr. Suzanna Gratia Hupp
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Fortunately campus and the medical center have power and, the weather has been fairly mild.
ETA: I'm on campus to try and get work done/charge various electronics.
The map:
White represents their "territory" not necessarily areas that have people using their power. lots of the outer white area is very sparsely populated.
full pdf:
http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~bbgrandy/im ... outage.pdf
ETA: I'm on campus to try and get work done/charge various electronics.
The map:
White represents their "territory" not necessarily areas that have people using their power. lots of the outer white area is very sparsely populated.
full pdf:
http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~bbgrandy/im ... outage.pdf
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"How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual; as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded over, controlled, supervised, and taken care of." - Dr. Suzanna Gratia Hupp
"How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual; as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded over, controlled, supervised, and taken care of." - Dr. Suzanna Gratia Hupp
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cell coverage has been on and off, i've been able to make calls, sometimes it takes a few tries to go through but they do eventually. text messages go through easily.GlockandRoll wrote:Good info... thanks.
It makes me wonder, actually, how many people on or near the gulf will be getting satellite phones now.
I would... damned Skippy I would.
I really am wanting a small generator, 2kW or so just to power electronics to survive. 3kW might actually be perfect.
I've been looking at them online, but they're all out of stock locally so it won't do any good.
Today they only restored power to an additional 4%, which gives me little hope on power being restored soon.
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I am alive and so is my house. My house was the only one in the neighborhood not to have any damage from the hurricane (tree or home). seems to help to have 30 year shingles and only one major tree (the others were removed for the pool).
No power still (I'm at work), no cell service, no Internet. I have modified my plan for the next one, I'm going to have a big friggin gen that runs on natural gas installed that will run the complete house.
Really makes you see how accustomed we have become to technology and if there is ever TEOTWAWKI then we are screwed big time. Every morning the people line up at ever gas station with power and wait for the fuel truck to show to fill the station. Since I have no gen and I have a full tank of gas I just look and shake my head. People bitching that the government is not giving them enough s--t to survive on need to be dropped in the middle of the woods for a few weeks to fend for themselves.
We are very lucky this time in the weather is no texas like at all, temps in the high 50s or low 60s at night make it easy to sleep even with the neighbors running those small assed gens. Hopefully I'll have power soon since they did get the nearest major road to me fixed up with power again.
No power still (I'm at work), no cell service, no Internet. I have modified my plan for the next one, I'm going to have a big friggin gen that runs on natural gas installed that will run the complete house.
Really makes you see how accustomed we have become to technology and if there is ever TEOTWAWKI then we are screwed big time. Every morning the people line up at ever gas station with power and wait for the fuel truck to show to fill the station. Since I have no gen and I have a full tank of gas I just look and shake my head. People bitching that the government is not giving them enough s--t to survive on need to be dropped in the middle of the woods for a few weeks to fend for themselves.
We are very lucky this time in the weather is no texas like at all, temps in the high 50s or low 60s at night make it easy to sleep even with the neighbors running those small assed gens. Hopefully I'll have power soon since they did get the nearest major road to me fixed up with power again.
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Yeah, my best friend was in Katrina and he had no power for 2 weeks and it was 100 degrees at night inside his house with 100% humidity.Mongo wrote:I am alive and so is my house. My house was the only one in the neighborhood not to have any damage from the hurricane (tree or home). seems to help to have 30 year shingles and only one major tree (the others were removed for the pool).
No power still (I'm at work), no cell service, no Internet. I have modified my plan for the next one, I'm going to have a big friggin gen that runs on natural gas installed that will run the complete house.
Really makes you see how accustomed we have become to technology and if there is ever TEOTWAWKI then we are screwed big time. Every morning the people line up at ever gas station with power and wait for the fuel truck to show to fill the station. Since I have no gen and I have a full tank of gas I just look and shake my head. People bitching that the government is not giving them enough s--t to survive on need to be dropped in the middle of the woods for a few weeks to fend for themselves.
We are very lucky this time in the weather is no texas like at all, temps in the high 50s or low 60s at night make it easy to sleep even with the neighbors running those small assed gens. Hopefully I'll have power soon since they did get the nearest major road to me fixed up with power again.
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Got power back yesterday, no internet. I am going to buy a generator fairly soon, hopefully there will be a really cheap used market soon.
Downside is I hear stories about people in Apts having to run off people trying to steal em. One guy just sat around his Apt with his Romak ready to go cause it happened so often.
There were less stories of looting than I expected.
Downside is I hear stories about people in Apts having to run off people trying to steal em. One guy just sat around his Apt with his Romak ready to go cause it happened so often.
There were less stories of looting than I expected.
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"How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual; as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded over, controlled, supervised, and taken care of." - Dr. Suzanna Gratia Hupp
"How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual; as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded over, controlled, supervised, and taken care of." - Dr. Suzanna Gratia Hupp