Atlantic Hurricane Season: Milton Edition

[CoffeeHorse]

Gulf Coast Allsparkers, how are we holding up?

My area isn't in the cone last I looked, but I got an official alert that they're handing out sandbags tomorrow.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

My power went out twice today and we're not even getting any real wind from this thing. Just rain, and only in short bursts.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Lost power again this morning. It's not even raining.

 

[Zamuel]

Holding up fine here but I think the worst is supposed to be this evening. Rain...but not as much as I was expecting. The humidity made work fairly unpleasant, though.

 

[wonko the sane?]

My power went out twice today and we're not even getting any real wind from this thing. Just rain, and only in short bursts.

If your power is supplied through the area that IS affected, power'll go out cause the feeder lines are shot. Those big ol' electrical towers have tolerances that were written back in the 1940's, and no one's given 'em a second look since.

Look up the 1998 quebec ice storm, and you'll know how I know.

 

[Dekafox]

Jack Daniel (often offline) (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image This image is absolutely terrifying. Be safe y'all. GTFO if you are in the path.

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Just saw this posted today - not a good sign for those in the path.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Power is partially back. I can run lights and a fan but most appliances aren't receiving enough to turn on.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

I was able to charge my phone and my laptop so that's good. I actually have enough power to use my desktop computer but only if I run absolutely nothing else, and I need a fan more right now.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Full power won't be restored for who knows how long. Power company says my equipment is damaged, and it's my problem and there is nothing they can do about it. Even though they agree it could have been caused by this morning's storm related outage, my equipment is my problem.

At least I have lights and fans but I have none of my big appliances. No AC. No fridge. No oven. No washer or dryer. And it's not a matter of waiting for the power company to flip a switch.

 

[Zamuel]

Wish I could donate some of our infrastructure. Been raining non stop but holding up fine so far here.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

You'd think we'd have this down by now, but no. We're not even close.

 

[Zamuel]

Helene has passed. The main city area seems mostly fine but I don't know about surrounding towns or the mountains (which is where it tracked).

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Well I managed to get an electrician over here. The good news is he says there doesn't appear to be anything wrong with any of my equipment after all. It has to be the power company's equipment, so they need to come fix it.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Good luck with that man. The local providers will fight tooth and nail to avoid sending out manpower and actually doing the job, can't imagine what an american firm would be like when demanding service.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

I didn't ask for the power company to come back, but there's a fleet of trucks here all of a sudden.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Welp, so long as it gets fixed I guess.

 

[Steevy Maximus]

Just a heads up for other Florida/Southeastern peeps:
US GFS has a disturbance in the western Caribbean, just south of the Gulf of Mexico, which some models are forecasting to become a viable tropical system. Said models have theoretical “System Kirk” following nearly the same path Helene trekked. Early versions had a potential tropical system hitting south and through the Florida peninsula, but more recent versions have it tracking almost identically to Helene.

Even if it doesn’t become a full tropical system, it could still deliver more rain to Florida areas already saturated by Helene. Assuming it becomes a system, land impacts would be next weekend. By Wednesday, it should be clear if the system will develop into a significant concern.

 

[Zamuel]

Things were fine Thursday night and I was bracing for Helene. Things were fine Friday morning. Friday afternoon after Helene had passed I lost power and still don't have power. And weirdly, it's just my street as opposed to the whole neighborhood. Otherwise, I'm fine.

 

[Zamuel]

Power's back and watching the news. Several highways in the western Carolinas have parts that are underwater. A lot of towns are inaccessible and don't have phone service. At least one highway in Tennessee was washed out. Stay safe out there.

 

[Dekafox]

Probably going to be a chip shortage in the near future:

Two mines in North Carolina are the world's only producer of the quartz necessary for semiconductor manufacturing

Spruce Pine is a small town about two hours drive northwest of Charlotte, NC. You can get to the general area via a number of ways, depending...

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