08-29-2012, 06:31 AM
Ugh, that darned thin is slowly moving further west, now the eye could cross my home, or worse the eastern wall could. I'll be fine no matter what it does, but if the eye or eastern wall hits me, I'll be offline a lot longer than if it doesn't. 12-24 hours vs 2-3 days.
As for the rest. My house was designed to handle an f2 tornado so I'm not worried there. I have a generator if my wind and solar system is not enough or is damaged. The propane I use for cooking is in an underground tank so, it's safe.
Lessons learned living through the quakes in California, tornadoes, Irene and Katrina here and, my desire to be self sufficient and capable of going 100% off grid in a matter of minutes. This one is 1/4 the force Katrina was, still bad but nothing like what we've already been through here.
60 mph straight line winds are not unusual here during severe storms, Isaac is topping out at sustained 70 and gusts to 102 so, not a major worry. My home can take up to 150 MPH winds without significant damage (the chimney to my fireplace may collapse but that's about all.)
As for the rest. My house was designed to handle an f2 tornado so I'm not worried there. I have a generator if my wind and solar system is not enough or is damaged. The propane I use for cooking is in an underground tank so, it's safe.
Lessons learned living through the quakes in California, tornadoes, Irene and Katrina here and, my desire to be self sufficient and capable of going 100% off grid in a matter of minutes. This one is 1/4 the force Katrina was, still bad but nothing like what we've already been through here.
60 mph straight line winds are not unusual here during severe storms, Isaac is topping out at sustained 70 and gusts to 102 so, not a major worry. My home can take up to 150 MPH winds without significant damage (the chimney to my fireplace may collapse but that's about all.)
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