Hurricane Irma

Meckmeister said:
This track is on a few sites .... this one Weather Underground. (Tropical Storm now in Georgia)
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2pm Tuesday is almost exactly where I'll be 2pm Wednesday.

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Cowboy said:
Forget? I'm going to be replaying it over and over again watching my Mountaineers thump those purple butt pirates. I'm betting Grier puts up 400+ on ECU.
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I hate WV. Even had I not graduated from ECU I'd still hate WV.

Back to the storm... yeah, the triangle ain't getting squat...
 
For those that have done it before, what are a couple options for containers to fill water and freeze it in, assuming I don't have any gallon water jugs?

Anything cheap I could look for in Walmart that wouldn't be sold out? I'm assuming some of the plastic storage containers would bust.

Gallon freezer bags really the best (and most obvious) solution? If so...leave air in them? Fill them 90% and remove the air?

Mainly looking to have big blocks to keep fridge stuff cool if power goes out.
 
noway2 said:
I'm an electrical eningeer. I was showing an ME some signals on an oscilloscope and telling him that they were switching in nanoseconds and operating at 1.8 volts. He asked, How does thst blow the carbon off the contacts? In an IC chip o_O ...
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You missed an opportunity.

You shoulda told him you were running 18:1 electron compression through a quantum power converter and tunneling that through a gold-palladium high-speed flip-flop over-right oscillator in order to induce a Brownian hyper-tertiary field-effect on the contact surfaces which prevent carbon adhesion and extent contact life.
 
BigWaylon said:
For those that have done it before, what are a couple options for containers to fill water and freeze it in, assuming I don't have any gallon water jugs?

Anything cheap I could look for in Walmart that wouldn't be sold out? I'm assuming some of the plastic storage containers would bust.

Gallon freezer bags really the best (and most obvious) solution? If so...leave air in them? Fill them 90% and remove the air?

Mainly looking to have big blocks to keep fridge stuff cool if power goes out.
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Literally anything, honestly, so long as it isn't previously contaminated with something so that the water will be drinkable afterwards.

Mason jars (NOT FOR FREEZING), milk jugs, cardboard milk containers, soda bottles, pots and pans, five gallon jugs, which you can line with plastic trash bags if necessary, new plastic gas cans which have never been used for anything else, ZipLock freezer baggies of any and all sizes.

This is for freezing or not.

For space considerations, evacuate as much air out of the bags as you can. Doesn't matter on the quality of the water, just for space.

In terms of long lasting ice, the bigger the container, the longer it will take to thaw. (Smaller containers thaw faster because of a higher surface-to-volume ratio.) So if you're looking at maximum long-term cooling benefit, larger containers are better. So, if you have a chest freezer with sufficient room, for example, setting a five gallon bucket or two full of water in the freezer will go a long way towards helping keep the contents cold later. And don't forget...a packed freezer takes longer to thaw, so fill every cubic inch.

Might want to do this in stages, if you're freezing a LARGE amount of water in a freezer, to prevent inadvertently partially thawing the freezer contents in the process.

And don't completely top off plastic containers...give them some room for the ice to expand as it freezes. This will go a long way towards preventing container splitting. You can also partially fill, freeze, then add more water to help prevent splitting.

Large amount of water take correspondingly longer times to freeze, remember. So get started as soon as possible. (And it helps to give as much air space around the water containers as possible to allow free air circulation while it freezes.)
 
It won't be a Cat 1 wheit hits So FL
BigWaylon said:
For those that have done it before, what are a couple options for containers to fill water and freeze it in, assuming I don't have any gallon water jugs?

Anything cheap I could look for in Walmart that wouldn't be sold out? I'm assuming some of the plastic storage containers would bust.

Gallon freezer bags really the best (and most obvious) solution? If so...leave air in them? Fill them 90% and remove the air?

Mainly looking to have big blocks to keep fridge stuff cool if power goes out.
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On the freezer bags fill (enough to where they lay nicely, I'd guess 80%, to stack kinda like bags of potting soil or such) and freeze how ever many you can get to lay flat in the freezer. Also we freeze bottles of water to put in the door racks to help spread to cooling effect and alternate bottles of beer with the water to keep the beer cold!
 
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I was just texting with a buddy about our generators. He said we probably weren't going need them. I mentioned one of the largest storms in history. He sends me a screenshot of Irma passing west of us.

I told him that was good enough for me and that I hoped Irma was looking at the same site.
 
What's funny to me is the propane lines are long and there is plenty of charcoal. Yeah, I have gas for the burners to heat liquids and such but charcoal works just as good for me and if I whine enough maybe I can finally justify the Egg I want!
 
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GreatGazoo said:
Whilst Irma attracts our attention, the sun has awakened in the last few days: https://wattsupwiththat.com/2017/09...ut-a-3rd-x-class-solar-flare-in-as-many-days/ with yesterday's X9.3 being the 14th strongest since 1976. http://www.spaceweather.com/solarflares/topflares.html

There is now a Kp = 8 or a G4 geomagnetic storm now underway http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index .

Not suggesting any EotWaWKI or Carrington Event here, just noting other "weather" phenomena occurring.
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Ah, the sun, the true reason for an increasing climate...
 
BigWaylon said:
For those that have done it before, what are a couple options for containers to fill water and freeze it in, assuming I don't have any gallon water jugs?

Anything cheap I could look for in Walmart that wouldn't be sold out? I'm assuming some of the plastic storage containers would bust.

Gallon freezer bags really the best (and most obvious) solution? If so...leave air in them? Fill them 90% and remove the air?

Mainly looking to have big blocks to keep fridge stuff cool if power goes out.
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2liter drink bottles, gatorade, anything with a good lid that is twist on. Leave it untwisted while freezing so it will vent air then seal it up. Also 1 gallon ice cream pails make a great ice block mold. Old school ice blocks like that last a LONG time in a cooler
 
Was at Walmart to get some dog food.... They cleaned out the bleach, canned goods, and the poptarts..... Lol got gas and all they had was 87 but that's fine to me.
 
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. - Luke 21:25-28 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke21:25-28&version=KJV

Didn't we just have an eclipse? Aren't there a lot of tension with NK? 3 hurricanes in the Atlantic/Gulf.

Just saying....


DS

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Ikarus1 said:
2liter drink bottles, gatorade, anything with a good lid that is twist on. Leave it untwisted while freezing so it will vent air then seal it up. Also 1 gallon ice cream pails make a great ice block mold. Old school ice blocks like that last a LONG time in a cooler
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Ended up buying 4 bags of ice. Split it into 12 gallon freezer ziplocs. Put those (6 each) into two decent sized coolers along with the contents of two shelves from the freezer.

Filled up two gallon sized freezer bags and 16 quart sized with water, and laid them all flat on the now empty shelves. Hit the fast freeze button (or whatever Samsung calls it) on the freezer.

Hopefully sometime tomorrow those will be frozen and I can swap them into the coolers, and refreeze the 12 bags that should contain partially melted ice. That'll give me an additional 12 big bags of solid ice once they're done.

Figured a box of freezer bags would be cheaper and easier than buying some 2-liter bottles (or anything else), pouring them out, and then freezing water in them. Almost bought a 24-pack of water at QT ($4.99) for the sole purpose of freezing all of them. Well...there's still tomorrow. :D

Should be enough to keep refrigerated items cold for a week, should we lose power. And if they're not needed, they could make for some fun targets.

We did start earlier today emptying the ice maker and bagging that ice, figuring we'd see how much it could make in a couple days.


ETA: oh yeah...also filled up the truck, the 3-gallon lawn mower can, and the 1-gallon chainsaw can (with a fresh bottle of 2-cycle oil). Don't plan on cutting grass, but won't hurt to have a couple extra gallons if needed. Probably the extent of my prep work.
 
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DirtySCREW said:
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. - Luke 21:25-28 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke21:25-28&version=KJV

Didn't we just have an eclipse? Aren't there a lot of tension with NK? 3 hurricanes in the Atlantic/Gulf.

Just saying....


DS

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My wife and I were just talking about this. Also, solar flares and that woman in Charlottesville that died of a heart attack...
A calamity indeed...

BTW, on Oct. 12th there will be a near earth object that will pass 0.1 LD (lunar distance) from the earth. It's only 16 meters across, but traveling at 7.6 km/s. 2012 TC4.

7.6 kilometer/second = 17000.696956 mile/hour
 
georgel said:
My wife and I were just talking about this. Also, solar flares and that woman in Charlottesville that died of a heart attack...
A calamity indeed...

BTW, on Oct. 12th there will be a near earth object that will pass 0.1 LD (lunar distance) from the earth. It's only 16 meters across, but traveling at 7.6 km/s. 2012 TC4.

7.6 kilometer/second = 17000.696956 mile/hour
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Don't forget the huge earthquake in Mexico overnight, and Equifax just gave away everyones credit rating
 
Chuckman said:
Now a good possibility that it will miss North Carolina altogether. I'm glad all I did was buy a case of bottled water.
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Define "miss". we're still getting enough rain and wind gusts to uproot trees and down power lines.
Also always a possibility to offshoot tornadoes on the eastern side of a storm, esp one that is nearly 600 miles wide
 
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Ikarus1 said:
Define "miss". we're still getting enough rain and wind to uproot trees and down power lines.
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The Euro track today shows the storm already on Alabama border (near Tenn) at 8AM Tuesday with 65 mph wind gusts in Kentucky, still 35 mph gusts in Charlotte. That is an immense coverage of the southeast.
 
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Ikarus1 said:
Define "miss". we're still getting enough rain and wind to uproot trees and down power lines.
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"Miss" as in not the catastrophic 65-75 MPH sustained winds and 6"-8" of rain they were forecasting 24 hours ago with the center of circulation near Charlotte.

Dimes-to-donuts it'll track even further west.
 
If Irma tracks like this latest she is going to plow the whole peninsula of Florida. It does seem though they believe she will lose steam a little quicker than they thought before but still hurricane force winds up into central FL (above Orlando area) and the Miami to West Palm area is going to feel some major winds. Houston had flooding but I am thinking winds will be the bigger damage there ... wonder what the futures on OJ will be?
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NWS at 6:00 shows the storm moving more toward the Tampa side of the state. Charlotte projections Mon PM to early Tues are 2-4 in rain, 45-55 mph wind gusts over several hours, winds 5-10 mph less than Charlotte around Raleigh (1-2 in rain). Toward Columbia, 6-7 in rain.
 
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Meckmeister said:
NWS at 6:00 shows the storm moving more toward the Tampa side of the state. Charlotte projections Mon PM to early Tues are 2-4 in rain, 45-55 mph wind gusts over several hours, winds 5-10 mph less than Charlotte around Raleigh (1-2 in rain). Toward Columbia, 6-7 in rain.
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Wilmington outlook:
2.5" rain, wind 30mph, gusts 52 mph

Southport outlook:
2.0" rain, wind 36mph, gust 63mph

Myrtle Beach outlook:
3.6" rain, wind 41mph, gusts 54mph
 
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BigWaylon said:
For those that have done it before, what are a couple options for containers to fill water and freeze it in, assuming I don't have any gallon water jugs?

Anything cheap I could look for in Walmart that wouldn't be sold out? I'm assuming some of the plastic storage containers would bust.

Gallon freezer bags really the best (and most obvious) solution? If so...leave air in them? Fill them 90% and remove the air?

Mainly looking to have big blocks to keep fridge stuff cool if power goes out.
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Tupperware bowls, 2 liter bottles, ziploc bags, etc.
 
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