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Power finally back on for various relatives in GA. One location in Atlanta had to wait until late this evening.
Big sighs of relief!
Big sighs of relief!
Reports from manager at my sister's new condo community in N. Naples -- no flooding of interiors (a concern as lake levels were overflowing banks), however water intrusion thru roof vents causing dry wall damage in some 2nd floor units. I'm guessing the Cat. 3-4 hurricane winds blowing water horizontally breeched the vents which are designed for 'normal' rain events.
One of the things that I have noticed with Irma is that any coverage of Harvey has stopped... zip, nada, nothing....
I talked to a friend and asked about the flooding in his area... he said the roads are still closed and flooded... so that means the neighborhoods over there are still flooded...
It is always about timing...
When we were gone for a few weeks during winter I was worried about power outages.
I programmed a microcontroller with thermister to measure the temperature every 10 minutes and log it in flash. Had it run off a coin cell battery.
I then stuck this contraption on top of a cup of frozen water and it didn't sink, so I knew our food was ok.
I thought you or someone else said that most houses were built above the road so that in lesser rains, roads may flood but houses would stay dry. So hopefully most of those houses are no longer flooded, but that doesn't mean they are habitable.One of the things that I have noticed with Irma is that any coverage of Harvey has stopped... zip, nada, nothing....
I talked to a friend and asked about the flooding in his area... he said the roads are still closed and flooded... so that means the neighborhoods over there are still flooded...
It is always about timing...
I thought you or someone else said that most houses were built above the road so that in lesser rains, roads may flood but houses would stay dry. So hopefully most of those houses are no longer flooded, but that doesn't mean they are habitable.
Harvey's effect will linger for a long, long time, so you can't really expect it to stay on the news every night. As long as aid and relief efforts still come, I don't think it matters whether it's on the news anymore. Irma will fade in short order as well. Long term, I think Harvey will remain a bigger story as (I think) the flooding caused a lot more lasting damage.
People only want to hear about hurricanes for so long, then they want to move on. Not too many people know about what Hurricane Camille did in Nelson County, Virginia in 1969. After crushing the gulf coast, the storm came inland and then went east, and stalled in the mountains, dumping 25+" of rain in places, much of it over just 4 hours. The winds knocked down trees first, then the water dammed up and then released, causing a massive flood and mudslide that killed ~135 people, 1% of the county's population.
I'm told it was barely a blip in the national news, if mentioned at all. Part of the reason is that communication was poor to begin with in Appalachia, and the storm destroyed what little there was, so the extent of damage wasn't known for some time. But the main reason is that the national media figured their audiences were fatigued from hearing about Camille, so they weren't going to cover much more, even with the new destruction. "Roar of the Heavens" by Stefan Bechtel is a great account of Camille in both Virginia and the Gulf Coast, written years later.
Brother PaulinKeyWest texted me yesterday "I'm ok, minimal damage". Spoke to him today for 5 minutes his power is back on "house is cooling down". Cell service is limited.
Key West with the power back on already... way ahead of schedule.
Brother PaulinKeyWest texted me yesterday "I'm ok, minimal damage". Spoke to him today for 5 minutes his power is back on "house is cooling down". Cell service is limited.
Key West with the power back on already... way ahead of schedule.
I got power on early Tuesday but just a few blocks away are still with out power .Khan I also had storm stress that exhausted me for a few days .Take care of yourself and take extra naps .
We should sue CNN they helped cause the stress then we will take the money and go on a world cruise .