Yes. Took direct hits from Laura and Delta back in 2020. Things look like they're creeping East of me, but still....
I'm about 30 minutes North of Lake Charles. That far north should be ok from big storm damage, but the grid already goes down for no reason here. I am offgrid, but lots of family will show up here if they lose power for an extended time. They're showing up already for an unexpected funeral. This is going to be a S-show.
Hope things work out for y’all in the path of this and we still need to remember Hurricane season has at least two more months.
For us in along the TX coastal areas, we can thank this nice cool front that came through for saving us this headache. Hope those in LA are already prepared or quickly doing so. It’s a bad trajectory pushing all that water into the New Iberia and Morgan City areas.
Seems like it’s going to wave at us as it flies by, but I never feel comfortable trusting the models. Does seem like they almost always end up further East along the coast than the original prediction. Whenever they say a storm is gonna hit South Texas, that’s when I start preparing for a direct Houston hit.
Yeah I mean, this is the concern. The wind and rain is doable but Centercock energy doing whatever they can to ensure half the city needs a generator.
Looks like Lake Charles is going to be fine. It shifted east and might go right through Baton Rouge. Last time BR got a near direct hit, they lost power for two weeks. Hope that's not the case this time.
Centerdouche energy raised the delivery charge rate, be ready for a nice surprise on your next billing cycle, my delivery charged doubled
I Is this to cover the 800M for mobile generators they purchased after Uri that were essentially worthless for Beryl?
I think it's safe to say that this thing isn't going to take a 90 degree turn (except now it might since I said it). That said, the early models were still wrong and it went way east. Stay vigilant!
it’s to recooperate costs associated with them having to work after beryl. so you know, all the remediation “efforts”. Trimming trees and replacing rotted wood power lines. Why make real infrastructure improvements when that’s just too easy (and cheap), and they can just lobby the Texas utility commission to raise rates anyway?
Hurricanes hit within the cone of uncertainty something like 90% of the time at 48 hours now...it was less than 50% even just a few years ago. I'm pretty sure its in the cone from 48 hours ago, but I'd have to go back and look. Edit: I went and looked at the model run on SUNDAY, and it looks like Francine is going to be on the East side, but well INSIDE the cone from the 72 hour run. that's pretty darn good
Hobby that got serious after those 2020 hurricanes I mentioned. My grandmother had an oxygen concentration machine and medications that needed refrigeration/power, and keeping everything going on a gas generator was a nightmare. The big thing was just how long the power was out... I can't recall exactly now, but it was many weeks of driving long distances to get dangerous amounts of fuel. I said 'never again' and have been slowly building out solar and diy'ed it. I got a 500 gallon propane tank for the generator, but if running everything, that is just over two weeks of fuel. As backup to my solar setup, it is years worth of fuel. The short answer to how is: lots of panels, lots of digging to run service wire, batteries and hybrid inverters. The newer hybrid inverters can do it all... they'll power you off grid, they'll work with the grid if your batteries get low, they can send power back to the grid if your batteries are full and the grid operator allows. You can feed them with a generator instead of the grid. So, it's main purpose is to backup the locally unreliable utilities.... but most of the time it is saving me $. I would be nearing my break even point, 4 years in.... but I keep screwing with things and upgraded batteries recently. I suggest Will Prowse and David Poz Youtube channels for specificity. Between the two, they've covered about every relevant topic. Signature Solar in Dallas is the place to get most of the hardware.... no need to buy used panels like i did, prices are very low these days... 10,000 watts of panels costs like $2600 before tax/shipping.
