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Posted on 09/21/2013 2:05:19 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
I find that given ~ 8 hr of direct sun, the batteries work well without additional "management".
I live about 2 miles south of Airport Rd. My husband had just driven under the light at Airport and the Parkway when the power went out. I bought the book about it. Amazing. My daughter and her kids came down from Seattle a few weeks after that. Some high school friends lived in Jones Valley so we rode through part of that area. One of those amazing pictures I saw was of a wall of bookcases with the books still on the shelves. There is an area in NW HSV which has been hit in at least 2 tornadoes. The people get their houses rebuilt and the next storm hits that area again. The one in 1974 is the one which told the local tv stations to get their own radar and generators. We had been watching the storms develop in western AL when all 3 stations lost their power. At that tme they were all on Monte Sano. Some people complain about all the coverage but most appreciate the warnings. I find it fascinating to watch radar when the hooks form.
One factor not mentioned in the press account that often differentiates tornadoes in Mississippi and Alabama from storms in Oklahoma: many twisters in the Mid-South occur at night, after sunset, and they are often rain-wrapped, making them much more difficult to spot.
I grew up north of Memphis and lived for more than a decade in northern Mississippi. The local TV stations do yeoman work in tracking tornadoes and keeping the public informed, but one of the best investments any resident can make is a NOAA Weather Radio, along with a shelter or safe room. You can get a good weather radio for under $50 bucks, and program for the alerts you need. Those devices have saved more than a few people from tornadoes that developed late at night, after they went to bed.
Of course, I added another wrinkle to my personal preparations: if severe weather was threatening late at night, my wife or I just stayed up so one of us could monitor the weather radio and the local TV stations with their wall-to-wall coverage. If necessary, that person could wake the rest of the family and move them to shelter. I now live on the east coast, where the tornado threat is minimal. But the guy who bought my house in Mississippi retro-fitted it with a safe room. Smart move.
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Yes it seems they stay on the air from the time they are in Mississippi until they cross over into GA. Now that we have cable and more channels I don’t mind so much. Didn’t really mind before. My husband would get irritated but hey those people need to hear it too. Nothing worse, than when kids were especially little, before I had a cell phone, go in closet, turn up the tv really loud, take cordless phone . . .and they’d be asking “why are we in the closet Momma” about 2 and 5 at the time . . . worst feeling in the world . .. then the power would go out and quiet. Hate feeling so helpless against Mother Nature. :(
When the power comes from above the obstruction, it regenerates the ground-level winds once beyond the obstruction - walking in front of a fan doesn't disrupt the fan, it disrupts the air flow beyond it. Needs to be high enough to disrupt the cell to squash the effects.
Weather events are a good reason to prep.
Yep....as the epic 2009 flood proved.
Let’s talk about tornado warning sirens. My town has to be number one in the whole country for sounding warnings. If a cloud appears on the horizon, a volunteer fire man feels compelled to blow the damn’d thing, as a result, people completely ignore them.
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