YAHT (Hurricane) Ike

[Eli]

Originally posted by: dbk

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: hellokeith
Geraldo said he's lost his 9th Blackberry. Bet the producers love him.

Haha.. That's funny.

He looks like he's about to get blown away.

How exactly are they going to get away? Hopefully they're monitoring the roads?

 

[imported_weadjust]

We can only hope that the hot air coming from Geraldo will dramatically weaken Ike.

 

[AnthroAndStargate]

I'm in NW Houston. Really windy but no flickers or anything yet. I'm wondering how long the power + internet will hold out (I have Comcast)

 

[ElFenix]

just saw a transformer go off in the distance out west. had a good flicker, street light went out for a little bit.



UT Medical Branch in galveston is getting flooded

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: weadjust
We can only hope that the hot air coming from Geraldo will dramatically weaken Ike.

that's what the black holes form the LHC are for

 

[BUTCH1]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
just saw a transformer go off in the distance out west. had a good flicker, street light went out for a little bit.


You WILL lose power, do have a generator??

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: BUTCH1

Originally posted by: ElFenix
just saw a transformer go off in the distance out west. had a good flicker, street light went out for a little bit.

You WILL lose power, do have a generator??

nope 🙁

 

[Eli]

Damnit, I wanna go through a natural disaster. I'll be the only one on the block with power and if I'm lucky, internet.

33W of solar panels, UPS and generator FTW.

I need more panels. 🙁

 

[Mermaidman]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: hellokeith
Geraldo said he's lost his 9th Blackberry. Bet the producers love him.

Haha.. That's funny.

What can we glean from a lost Geraldo BB?

 

[dmcowen674]

Bullseye Landfall Galveston Bay

Wow

 

[AnthroAndStargate]

Do you guys really think the power will be out for 2 weeks? It even says that on Centerpoint Energy's site.

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
just saw a transformer go off in the distance out west. had a good flicker, street light went out for a little bit.



UT Medical Branch in galveston is getting flooded

Isnt UT Medical Branch in a higher area, than say A&M Galveston. If UT Medical Branch is flooding, everything is flooding.

 

[BUTCH1]

Originally posted by: Eli
Damnit, I wanna go through a natural disaster. I'll be the only one on the block with power and if I'm lucky, internet.

33W of solar panels, UPS and generator FTW.

I need more panels. 🙁

Curiosity got the better of me during Charley so I went out on the back porch, brilliant flashes all over as the power grid went down. Then a 90 plus MPH gust bent a pine tree over like a match stick and I scurried back inside. Sucks like hell being without power in the south in the summer months, impossible to sleep in a 86 degree house with 90 percent humidity..

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: AnthroAndStargate
Do you guys really think the power will be out for 2 weeks? It even says that on Centerpoint Energy's site.

Some people may be, but the majority of people will not have to wait that long. Power that will be out for 2 weeks or more will be due to downed trees and other kinds of damage.

 

[AnthroAndStargate]

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: AnthroAndStargate
Do you guys really think the power will be out for 2 weeks? It even says that on Centerpoint Energy's site.

Some people may be, but the majority of people will not have to wait that long. Power that will be out for 2 weeks or more will be due to downed trees and other kinds of damage.

Am I dreaming to think that by tomorrow night power will start coming back on for the less damaged areas?

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Wreckem

Originally posted by: ElFenix
just saw a transformer go off in the distance out west. had a good flicker, street light went out for a little bit.



UT Medical Branch in galveston is getting flooded

Isnt UT Medical Branch in a higher area, than say A&M Galveston. If UT Medical Branch is flooding, everything is flooding.

a&m galveston is over on pelican island and is definitely low. UT may be a little higher but nothing on galveston is high. the san luis resort is probably the highest point, but then again it's literally built on an old coastal defense battery.



centerpoint says 725,000 customers without power, entergy says 62,000 of their customers without power.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: ElFenix
250,000 customers without electricity


forecasting up to 1 million without electricity. glad i have 4 UPSes and two batteries for my computer

Switch to a laptop if you can.

Also, throttle down your core clock. It helps power consumption a lot.

Put your router and cable modem on a UPS. You may get lucky and still be able to get the internet. I have lost power several times, but still been able to get online with this setup.

That is what I do. Use the UPS just for the router and modem and use the laptop to conserve power.

 

[Wreckem]

Looks like Galveston might get lucky and miss the highest storm surge, but as Dave said it looks to be a direct hit on the Bay.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: AnthroAndStargate

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: AnthroAndStargate
Do you guys really think the power will be out for 2 weeks? It even says that on Centerpoint Energy's site.

Some people may be, but the majority of people will not have to wait that long. Power that will be out for 2 weeks or more will be due to downed trees and other kinds of damage.

Am I dreaming to think that by tomorrow night power will start coming back on for the less damaged areas?

No idea. Where exactly are you?

 

[dbk]

CNN just said people are calling local enforcement to come rescue them from Galveston... 🙁

Terrible

 

[AnthroAndStargate]

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: AnthroAndStargate

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: AnthroAndStargate
Do you guys really think the power will be out for 2 weeks? It even says that on Centerpoint Energy's site.

Some people may be, but the majority of people will not have to wait that long. Power that will be out for 2 weeks or more will be due to downed trees and other kinds of damage.

Am I dreaming to think that by tomorrow night power will start coming back on for the less damaged areas?

No idea. Where exactly are you?

North West Houston

 

[hdeck]

some restaurant in downtown houston caught fire apparently. they said it was 2 alarm.

 

[BUTCH1]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Wreckem

Originally posted by: ElFenix
just saw a transformer go off in the distance out west. had a good flicker, street light went out for a little bit.



UT Medical Branch in galveston is getting flooded

Isnt UT Medical Branch in a higher area, than say A&M Galveston. If UT Medical Branch is flooding, everything is flooding.

a&m galveston is over on pelican island and is definitely low. UT may be a little higher but nothing on galveston is high. the san luis resort is probably the highest point, but then again it's literally built on an old coastal defense battery.



centerpoint says 725,000 customers without power, entergy says 62,000 of their customers without power.

A gas grill is your friend, do you have one??

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: ElFenix
250,000 customers without electricity


forecasting up to 1 million without electricity. glad i have 4 UPSes and two batteries for my computer

Switch to a laptop if you can.

Also, throttle down your core clock. It helps power consumption a lot.

Put your router and cable modem on a UPS. You may get lucky and still be able to get the internet. I have lost power several times, but still been able to get online with this setup.

That is why I do. Use the UPS just for the router and modem and use the laptop to conserve power.

It would technically be better to have the laptop always plugged into the UPS when its on. If you have to charge the laptop with the UPS, you introduce more efficiency loss.

Throttle the core down, turn the LCD brightness down and make sure not to use any CPU intense applications.

With my modified UPS, I can get up to 35hrs of runtime, powering my laptop, router and cable modem.

If I had sun, that could be doubled with input from the panels.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: hdeck
some restaurant in downtown houston caught fire apparently. they said it was 2 alarm.

OMG it was Brennan's.

No turtle soup for you!