HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY? (Read 15017 times)

oldfart

Re: HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY?
« Reply #20 on: July 24, 2020, 11:40:50 AM »
Need more duct tape.
Must secure dog to bamboo tree.
What, Me Worry?

ren

Re: HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY?
« Reply #21 on: July 24, 2020, 05:41:10 PM »
Need more duct tape.
Must secure dog to bamboo tree.

save it from the hurricane or your neighbors? Is it black?
Deeds Not Words

Heavies

Re: HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY?
« Reply #22 on: July 24, 2020, 06:55:02 PM »
Energy Capacity
13.5 kWh
100% depth of discharge
90% round trip efficiency

Power
7kW peak / 5kW continuous
Seamless backup transition
Pure sine wave output



Make me J.  How much $?

oldfart

Re: HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY?
« Reply #23 on: July 25, 2020, 07:22:37 AM »
save it from the hurricane or your neighbors? Is it black?
...
Too small. Him brown so they no like.
What, Me Worry?

robtmc

Re: HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY?
« Reply #24 on: July 25, 2020, 08:01:10 AM »
Ran the EU2000 generator for a while and picked up 10 gal of ethanol free gas.   Water good to go, have a purifier to use pool water if I had to.  Local GS had ammo back in stock so I picked up a bit, just for drill.

Glad we sold the boat, do not have to worry about damage to the cover or anything while at the storage yard.

Will be interesting, last few storms we hardly got any wind or rain here.

groveler

Re: HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY?
« Reply #25 on: July 25, 2020, 08:04:17 AM »
Make me J.  How much $?
Cost is TOO much.
I have priced out LiFePO4 batteries.
The biggest problem with these new batteries is the requirement
for a built in Battery Manager computer

13.7 kWh isn't much power.
That is basically two and a half hours of my
generator runtime at full load.





Rocky

Re: HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY?
« Reply #26 on: July 25, 2020, 09:28:48 AM »
Uh, you can always open a window. If you’re really worried, run a fan to help with air flow. You don’t need the windows open for a full jet stream...
Oh CRAP  :shake:
I've been using LP gas stove, dryer and water heater for 14 yrs now, I must be FUBAR.

    I think the main reason they put those notices up is so you do not have a propane container in the house.
“I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.”
                                                           Franklin D. Roosevelt

RSN172

Re: HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY?
« Reply #27 on: July 25, 2020, 09:34:56 AM »
Look like BI going dodge da bullet.  Oahu still get chance of direct hit, Kauai more so.

As far as aux power goes, I would eventually like to get one of those Honda EU7000 genset and get it to run on propane and gas.
Happily living in Puna

oldfart

Re: HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY?
« Reply #28 on: July 25, 2020, 09:36:45 AM »
Oh CRAP  :shake:
I've been using LP gas stove, dryer and water heater for 14 yrs now, I must be FUBAR.

    I think the main reason they put those notices up is so you do not have a propane container in the house.
....
Now I understand why those 9mm rounds you gave me were so f..d up.
I'll bet you don't even remember that.
What, Me Worry?

groveler

Re: HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY?
« Reply #29 on: July 25, 2020, 10:20:11 AM »
Look like BI going dodge da bullet.  Oahu still get chance of direct hit, Kauai more so.

As far as aux power goes, I would eventually like to get one of those Honda EU7000 genset and get it to run on propane and gas.
#1 never count chickens until they hatch out and then
you may end up with more roosters than hens.
It hasn't missed us yet!
I'd check on getting a Northern lights Boat gen set in Diesel.
It might be cheaper and more robust.
I have a 1985 Honda generator that died due to Democrat
Fuel and I cannot get parts to fix it.
Northern lights will make parts for you to fix their stuff.
If I get off my butt I'll  be all solar, Forklift batteries,
and no longer worry about fuel or noise.
Stay well and be careful everybody!

Rocky

Re: HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY?
« Reply #30 on: July 25, 2020, 10:32:56 AM »
....
Now I understand why those 9mm rounds you gave me were so f..d up.
I'll bet you don't even remember that.
    Those rounds were fine, the 9mm barrel was too small.  :crazy:
They worked just fine in a .40.  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
“I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.”
                                                           Franklin D. Roosevelt

RSN172

Re: HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY?
« Reply #31 on: July 25, 2020, 01:00:02 PM »
#1 never count chickens until they hatch out and then
you may end up with more roosters than hens.
It hasn't missed us yet.

At this point in time, there is no way the eye can make a sharp turn S to hit the BI.  I feel so confident I did not even build the wind screen I was planning to make this morning to protect my 3 zucchini plants.
Happily living in Puna

Rocky

Re: HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY?
« Reply #32 on: July 25, 2020, 01:34:55 PM »
At this point in time, there is no way the eye can make a sharp turn S to hit the BI.  I feel so confident I did not even build the wind screen I was planning to make this morning to protect my 3 zucchini plants.
For your sake, I hope your right.
 All (well most) forecast's say it will remain heading nnw but remember 1992 when Iniki didi a 90 degree turn north directly over Kauai.
 Me, I'm Oceanfront on the east side and  halfway boarding up 2 houses.  :grrr:
I'll wait for the 5pm NOAA report before I see if I need to finish.  :'(
“I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.”
                                                           Franklin D. Roosevelt

RSN172

Re: HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY?
« Reply #33 on: July 25, 2020, 01:50:52 PM »
I well remember Iniki.  I was living below Punchbowl at the time and a trash can I had in the yard quarter filled with green waste did not even fall over nor the lid on it fly off.  Where my house was was like an air pocket protected from strong winds.  Half mile away, two houses had their roof come off.  My house was just a Hicks Home built in 1970, so no such thing as double wall or hurricane clips.  Iniki ran into a strong steering wind that pushed in directly N.  No such conditions exist right now and the winds pushing it will continue to push it in a westerly direction. I have a wind gauge that records, so I will see what kind of wind speed I get here in the forest.
Happily living in Puna

Heavies

Re: HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY?
« Reply #34 on: July 25, 2020, 02:56:15 PM »

Flapp_Jackson

Re: HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY?
« Reply #35 on: July 25, 2020, 04:58:21 PM »
Nice site for near-real-time satellite images. 

https://zoom.earth/storms/douglas-2020/#layers=live

Looks like they're gonna need a bigger CONE!   :shake:






The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

groveler

Re: HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY?
« Reply #36 on: July 25, 2020, 05:59:56 PM »
I'm mowing my yard.
Some but not all birds are still active.
That is what I go by.

Flapp_Jackson

Re: HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY?
« Reply #37 on: July 25, 2020, 11:43:11 PM »
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

hvybarrels

Re: HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY?
« Reply #38 on: July 26, 2020, 12:55:29 AM »
Spent all day in maintenance mode, moving stuff out of the way in case the storm drain backs up. Gotta fill the cars with gas in the am and grab some more Goya in case the power goes out for an extended period. There might also be a window for a surf session, but getting to the ocean could be tricky with police locking everything down,
The F in Communism stands for Food

RSN172

Re: HURRICANE DOUGLAS IS COMING, R U READY?
« Reply #39 on: July 26, 2020, 06:10:16 AM »
As of 0600 today, my LaCrosse weather station shows 0.00 rain in past 24 hours and highest wind speed was 6 mph.  Currently reading 1 mph. NWS 0500 report said BI in the clear.  Oahu and Kauai especially going to get some really rough weather.  Go get your extra beer and poke early.  A lot of stores may close by 1200 today. 
Happily living in Puna