2024 Tropical Weather Thread (7 Viewers)

[HoustonGold]

Another run has it going to Tampa GFS

 

[buzd]

Companies are ripping people off on whole home generators. My brother got one installed a year before Ida and it cost him $8,000. I called last year about getting one and the lowest estimate I got was $20,000.

Mine cost about 8K as well.

Also, New Orleans has installed high pressure gas lines since Katrina so natural gas shouldn't be an issue.

 

[TheRealJRad]

I had a bypass box thingie installed instead. I have to manually cut everything over (so SoL during storm), but it's a couple hundred bucks as opposed to a couple grand. It was kinda nice having the overhead lights and ceiling fans available while the power was out as opposed to having to move cables around.

 

[Maxp]

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[efil4stnias]

Companies are ripping people off on whole home generators. My brother got one installed a year before Ida and it cost him $8,000. I called last year about getting one and the lowest estimate I got was $20,000.

You still looking???

 

[St. Widge]

Mine cost about 8K as well.

Also, New Orleans has installed high pressure gas lines since Katrina so natural gas shouldn't be an issue.

I'm going to check it out again and see if I can get an estimate for a better number during the winter. But, in the end, I may have to just finance it and put down as much as I can. With the number of smaller storms we are getting that still knock out electricity for a few days to a week, it's almost become a necessity. Especially since they aren't really calling for evacuations anymore and businesses are staying open until the last minute making it hard to even consider evacuating. Especially for less powerful storms. My office technically never closed for Francine, we just allowed work from home on the day of the storm.

I thought about a small gas generator but then you have to either store massive amount of gas or try to get more gas after the storm has passed which is difficult at best. Not to mention the fact that they are dangerous and have to be shutdown often.

 

[St. Widge]

You still looking???

Yes.

 

[Bill]

Anywhere in that area

These storms must feel trapped once they get in the GoM. It's like a wild animal that suddenly finds itself in someone's house and can't find it's way out. It goes crazy and busts everything up trying to get out.

 

[efil4stnias]

Yes.

check pms

 

[HoustonGold]

I thought this was a joke.

FEMA accidentally declared a 'Major Disaster' for Texas over Saints' thumping of Cowboys

Folks in South Louisiana haven't always had much trust in FEMA, but they should get a laugh out of this.

www.nola.com

Today, the FEMA Press Office inadvertently sent an email to be used for training purposes only," the release said. "We apologize for any inconvenience. Please direct any questions to the FEMA Press Office."


FEMA confirmed to The Times-Picayune that the mistake was made while training new employees on how to use a program that sends out press releases.

 

[St. Widge]

check pms

Thanks.

 

[bclemms]

Anywhere in that area

NHC doubled you up.

 

[bclemms]

I went solar with battery backup. Also bought a mini-split for my office that is 25 seer. The solar currently produce about 3x more power than my house can use and I don't have enough storage. When the next generation of EV's start hitting I will buy my wife an EV that can also run the house and use it as secondary battery supply. This way I'll be good for a few days with no sun and then can run the central air at night. It's the more expensive option in the short term but my electricity bill is zero, my wife's gas usage will be zero, wont cost anything to charge the car and will have battery backup. Plus with tax incentives and backing out the $13k a home generator would have cost it suddenly wasn't that expensive. So far I've saved $6k in energy bills and haven't had to fire up a generator once.


Apparently China has figured out how to print solar panels like a newspaper which should make solar much cheaper.

 

[CajunInVA]

I went solar with battery backup. Also bought a mini-split for my office that is 25 seer. The solar currently produce about 3x more power than my house can use and I don't have enough storage. When the next generation of EV's start hitting I will buy my wife an EV that can also run the house and use it as secondary battery supply. This way I'll be good for a few days with no sun and then can run the central air at night. It's the more expensive option in the short term but my electricity bill is zero, my wife's gas usage will be zero, wont cost anything to charge the car and will have battery backup. Plus with tax incentives and backing out the $13k a home generator would have cost it suddenly wasn't that expensive. So far I've saved $6k in energy bills and haven't had to fire up a generator once.


Apparently China has figured out how to print solar panels like a newspaper which should make solar much cheaper.

I've been interested in this strategy for a while. The idea of solar with batteries in lieu of the whole home generator sounds great. And we want to go EV, or at least Plug-In hybrid with a car soon, as well. I know it's a lot more upfront, but it seems like there is a glide path towards payback.

Did you piece together a system of some sort, or did you go integrated, like a Tesla solar/wall system? Whichever you chose, how do you like it and do you have any regrets? I don't care to enrich Musk, but haven't come across any comparable systems yet. Any suggestions?

 

[HoustonGold]

NHC doubled you up.

NHC? Didn’t Bruce Katz prove them wrong? Anyway the models still don’t agree. Here is where it will start so we will just put a circle around it. I’ll wait for Katz’s model.