Posted on 10/27/2012 1:15:01 PM PDT by xzins
To see the storm projections WHILE THEY ARE in motion take a radical left/west turn, Please go to: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2012/graphics/al18/loop_5NLW.shtml
I’d expect some nasty rain, nothing like storms that originate from inland. Sitting in Maryland now, though, I always got to wonder.
Has Michelle ever been anything BUT left?
You can use that to run appliances in the home? How would that work and how big a machine/powerful a machine would you need to buy?
BLS.Gov
This is just to get bengazi gate off the news as they did it even on Drudge
I was here in New orleans for Katrina that had a 175 mph winds. 41 foot storm surge. people get a grip.
http://eotstorm.blogspot.com/2005/08/katrinas-winds-now-at-175-mph.html
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Katrina's winds now at 175 mph
...POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC HURRICANE KATRINA...EVEN STRONGER...HEADED FOR THE NORTHERN GULF COAST...
At 10 AM CDT, the center of category five Hurricane Katrina was at 26.0 North 88.1 West, 225 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Maximum sustained winds are 175 mph and minimum central pressure is 907 millibars (26.78”). Hurricane force winds extend up to 105 miles from the center.
Well I got a flight out of DC to Nashville I am supposed to catch Monday night. I hope Sandy does a do si do to the east, skirting the area entirely.
For anything like a normal home refrigerator, one of those inverters, even 600 watt units that clip to the battery terminals, does not have the moxie to get the compressor started. I’ve tried it. In general those inverters do not respond well to motor loads, except very light ones like an electric fan. They can carry their rated power with totally resistive loads like incandescent lights.
You all can let the media terrorize you .But aren’t these forecasts for a “perfect storm” from noaa.GOV?Yes and doesn’t a plane from the NATIONAL hurricane center go there to make sure the winds are 75 miles per hour ,exactly just barely above hurricane status? Yes . funny how the unemployment rate was just below 8% at the exact time Obama needed that to get Romney stop talking about 8% unemployment , funny how economic growth was suddenly just 2.0% not 1.9% , the gov and media are doing an all out blitz on the sheep and all are believing it even on here and on Drudge. This is the October surprise
Once it mounts the shore to dry land, its water vapor power is taken away as well. What is the history of such middling to weak hurricanes anyhow?
If as you say, surely the October gin-up.
I will be willing to bet that this storm pushes off to the east, and three will be absolutely zero effect on the Northeast US.....Might catch the Canadian Maritimes....but IMHO it will head out to sea.
Also, if Obama is leaning on the US weather bureaus, that’s something that can’t be kept quiet for long.
If this is phony, it’s going to be a lot of folks who panic bought generators wondering why, and angry at Barack.
Thanks. That makes sense.
Switch to decaf immediatley !
We're big FReepers .. we can follow multiple stories at once .. no choice if our homes / families are in the path of this thing.
and yes the forecasts for this “perfect storm” come from NOAA . This is the October surprise.it's all fake to get Benghazi gate off of the news as they have done even on Drudge. the media goes along with this but even freepers buy it.
The NHC and NOAA are federal agencies under Obama. what about that don't you get? This is obama the government and the media attempting to destroy our freedom (and the lively hood of many ), and our country with this October surprise and you attack me for warning people about what they are doing but apologize for these evil demons . why do you trust the government and the media. you get off the decaf . see you here after the election so i can laugh at you and your “perfect storm”
But the fact remains that you're coming across as a tad hormonal (or sumpin).
With a ~1,500w PI, you can run a ‘fridge & freezer, or one of those and other smaller appliance(s). Depends upon total draw/load of appliances.
Connect to car battery - or for under 300w unit - run from cig lighter, let car idle, lock it, run extension cord into house/garage, and plug-in appliance(s).
You’ll have to balance appliance draw/load against P-Inverter size. They go up to 3600w, but also have limitations/considerations to consider. As do much more expensive generators.
This will answer some questions, and has a ‘PI sizer’ at bottom of page:
http://www.tripplite.com/en/buying-guides/technology-primers/inverter-how-it-works.cfm
It’s a short-term, but easy/quick solution to short-term power outages. Plenty of links there w/ advice & reviews.
If the storm actually hits it could be a pretty big deal.
Katrina was a small storm if I remember right. The problem during Katrina was the storm walls giving way and allowing NO to be flooded. By the time Katrina hit land the power was way down from what it had been and looking at the one graphic Katrina had hurricane force winds 105 out from the center during its strongest point at 175 in a very small center.
Sandy has hurricane force winds out at the same distance 105 but has tropical force winds 450 miles out. This is a very big storm ! Katrina was nothing like it.
During Irene last year the state of Virginia, where I live had 2 million people without power for a significant amount of time. I would say that is a big deal. Some as long as 2 weeks or more if I remember right. Then add on this time that it will turn cold due to Northern winds and there are possible millions and millions of people without heat, or electricity for heat, I should say. I live in a small city in southern Va. and last year in my little 2 block area 3 trees on 3 houses and one tree missed mine by 3 or 4 feet. When you have several big oaks right out side your window it is no fun.
Then also this strom is moving very slowly and sustained winds for 24 or more hours at tropical force and many trees ect are going to be down. Hopefully not a large loss of life, but potentially this is a very big and possible devestating storm. It will not blow houses a part but it will impact a lot of people. I’m hoping we miss out this time.
One park in Richmond had over a hundred thousand trees down during Isabelle. It looked like a war zone around here and one guy from Louisiana working the storm said he had never seen so many trees down. But 42 inches of rain in the 3 months prior to Isabelle caused that, and 75 MPH winds.
Does anyone have any concrete reasons why this storm should make a left hand turn? It’s really unusual for a hurricane to do that yet they are insistent that it will.
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