In the world of preparedness, we recognize that bad things happen to good people all the time. It’s unfortunate and fairly rare – but it happens. Every year there are innocent travelers who in the midst of summer find themselves stranded in the extreme heat of Arizona and eventually succumb. This most recent massive winter storm demonstrated without remorse just how much people are on their own. Beyond Buffalo, countless cities across the nation had highways shut down and people left to fend for themselves. For those who perished out on the road, or in a snowbank – some forethought and preparation would have made all the difference in the world.
There’s still a lot of winter left.
Rourke
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The winter blast was impressive and it’s sad so many people choose to be helpless but .. Talk to me when you have 5′ of seawater in your Living Room. 😉
No matter where we live ” every form of refuge has its price” .Years ago generations passed down the warnings of every geographical region- whether it was tusnamis or hurricanes or blizzards etc. Now with more inf. than ever people do not seem to heed the warnings.
You are correct Rourke with a little prep maybe some could have survived
and what is unfair is to put the rescuers at such risk.
Capt Turbo- your loss seemed monumental . IN retrospect what are your plans and advice now ? ( if you wish to share)
Friends just lose their entire apt.(along with 499 other apts. residents) in Atlanta,Ga recently during that 17 degree freeze.
The most brutal we ever experience was literally 52 below( and snow ) with two young children and livestock here in upstate NY -lost power for 11 days .During the 80s I think. These exp. helped us prepare better but even now if most of us lose power for EXTENDED amounts of time it will be perilous and extremely difficult. Good for all of you who are totally off grid. Blessings for the New Year . Arlene
Hi Arlene. I have been a “prepper” by upbringing as aa farm boy and then further with 441 years as a professional fishing guide, before any of us heard the term and it has served me well but when storm surge comes your way it goes beyond our normal survival thinking. That’s what surprised me about not seeing it being a topic here or perhaps it was during my nearly month long period of not having internet and I missed it?
In any case in the plus column, I installed a large (10.12 kwH) solar power system in 2010 and did not lose a single one of my 44 PV panels in that nearly 7 hours of being in the 155+ mph eye wall of Ian.
I have been in touch with many “solar friends” since and have not heard of anyone losing solar panels so this is an enormous plus for the industry. My arrays were rated for 120 mph wind load and Ian blew that off the charts and for looong extended hours here of 155+. Even my battery bank which consists of eight 6 volt golf cart batteries somehow managed to survive being completely submerged and powered the place (along with the arrays during the days) through the weeks of grid outage. I do believe that solar is a smart investment almost no matter where you live if you are among this group of people who want to do all they can for self independence and the prices are a fraction these days of what I spent back then. At the time of my solar build in 2010 my concern was about the fake pResident, the Muslim usurper saying that electricity costs must spiral from what they were then. From what I have seen since, that communist POS has been running the country into the ground since, I feel more than ever the need to become as individually independent as possible.
At this point I am rising from the ashes. I bought a 2010 Jeep 4 door Wrangler AWD on New Year’s Eve and just got insurance on it this morning so this is the first time I have had 4 wheels to go anywhere in without burdening my GF, brother, or neighbors to get me someplace to get groceries or whatever since Sept 28th.
I think Hurricane / storm surge is a great topic for this group and I will try to participate and contribute all I can should it become a focus here in the future. I have been picking up some good stuff on the topic (just trying to get through this total destruction) since that day when our world here literally ended as we knew it. Happy New Year to all of you. I have read and learned from all who post here and I thank you.
Sorry for the typos and for not being able to edit. My vowels like to double tap here like they think they were a firearm on the range and of course, I have only been a licensed sea captain for 41 years, not 441. lol
There is nothing new or different (except for new names) with these storms.
I don’t know about that. Been through a lot of storms here in SW Florida in my lifetime and they were all different though of course they did have different names. In 2004 Hurricane Charley was a nasty one packing 140+ mph winds and unfortunately snapped off a Queen palm in the root ball and slammed it into my eves breaking three trusses and blowing out every last piece of soffiting like falling dominos. Seven days later Hurricane Florence hit us. Florence was a very wet storm whereas Charley was a very compact but fairly dry hurricane. Florence had it raining in five rooms plus the garage with no soffiting to stop the 110 mph horizontal rain. Now Ian was a monster compared to all the dozen or so storms I have endured. Think of it this way: Hurricane Charley could fit in its entirety in the eye of Hurricane Ian. Also Ian was very different in that it lined up exactly in every way, wind force, direction of approach, and ground speed to annihilate Sanibel, Ft Myers Beach, and Ft Myers with the only storm surge (and it was massive) in my lifetime.
So my point is actually, every storm is different.
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