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On 09/11/2018 06:48 AM, Kenneth wrote:
> "Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscape net> wrote:
>
> I'm worried about flooding-- not from the ocean swells etc, as there are beach
> sand berms between me and the water-- but from a fresh water lake only a few
> blocks away. *That* flooded my area a couple of years ago, just from a really
> bad days-long storm (a "nor'easter"). My house escaped that flood by a hair; I
> may not be so lucky this time :-/
Pfft! We lost power for 17 days after Sandy. Couldn't leave the
neighborhood for 4 days. I was prepared, neighbors were not. I have an
elder with "needs" so I had the whole house running on an 8500 watt
generator. (Now everybody has one).
I set up a table with extension cord and coffee pot. Charge your phone
and have a cuppa. The neighbors were impressed/annoyed to learn that
the generator lugged down at 6am when I turned on the hot water heater
for showers. I thought I was so clever, then I realized that at $50 a
day in gasoline, that's $1500 a month in energy cost.
I was surprised to learn that clocks still use the wall 60Hz for a
clock. Every clock ran 8 minutes a day fast. Even my coffee pot. I
figured it's a computer, it has a crystal.
>
> The expected track for the hurricane's landfall keeps inching its way
> northward-- bringing the bull's eye closer! Egads.
It's looking like an odd duck too. They're talking it makes landfall
and then parks 20 miles inland for 3-4 days and dumps 30-40 inches of rain.
Better you than me. :) :(
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dik
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