I live out in the woods, trees all around the house and on the vast
estate and neighboring properties. The scariest part is listening to
the wind howl and rain pour down in the night with no power and hearing
trees crashing down in the woods and hoping none of them fall on the
house. The first time it was marginally terrifying. So far here I have
only experienced a weak CAT2 (maybe) and CAT1s or just TSs on the other
ones. I'm not even sure I would evacuate for anything below a CAT4
although being on the marsh on a tidal creek I would worry about
flooding, but that is going to happen whether I am here or not and might
not be too bad as far as I am from the ocean. My concern if I leave
would be getting back, I'm at the end of a 2-lane road that has tree
canopy for about 12miles. It might take weeks to get roads open. I'd
rather stay and take care of any damage to the house or whatever than
having it sit for a long time. I can stock up on food and fuel and
whatnot so that wouldn't really be a big problem, but if anything really
bad were to happen, getting out would be the issue, although a boat
would work I suppose, just bypass the roads.
--FT
On 7/31/20 8:33 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
It’s unlikely we’ll even know it’s in the neighborhood the way things are
looking. We’ll get some rain bands (30 minutes of rain, then sunshine for an
hour, lather, rinse, repeat) if anything. We’re in our summer weather cycle of
late afternoon pop-up thunderstorms, so we’re good for rain these days.
Agreed - the big threat is loose stuff flying around and trees coming down. I
have an arborist who takes care of our trees. Not cheap, but he keeps them
trimmed in a manner that’s appropriate and it lessens the likelihood of limbs
coming down or off during a storm. For that matter, they actually provide a bit
of a buffer in high winds as well. I’m convinced the 65 acres of tall oaks
behind my former house were the main reason we saw almost nothing in the way of
damage when Irma blew through here.
I’ve got a 6.5 kW portable generator with about 10 hours on it. Now that I’ve
got a whole house standby set I may very well sell the portable when the next
hurricane comes through and demand exceed supply. Heck, I might make my money
back on it.
-D
On Jul 31, 2020, at 7:33 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
The storms themselves are kinda interesting. I have ridden my bike down to the
beach during the last few in the daytime. That’s kinda fun.
The problems come from stuff that blows around and falling trees. The aftermath
is usually the problem if power is out for some extended time. A generator (and
plenty of fuel) to plug in the fridge and some lights and the modem is a huge
help.
Looks like with this one we’ll get some good rain (which we need)and minimal
wind.
--FT
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On Jul 30, 2020, at 7:03 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Asking for a friend.
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