Tropical Cyclone Irma

[amirm]

I could not ride around in this:

... and an even taller one here

So much trust one has to put in those hydraulic lines!

 

[amirm]

You did the right thing by moving out. Lived in mobile home in early 1980s in Florida and during much smaller storms, it felt like the walls were going to explode! I felt like I was in a paper box.

 

[DonH56]

+1. I'm from the midwest where mobile homes/trailers are tornado magnets.

 

[NorthSky]

I could not ride around in this:

... and an even taller one here

Do they use safety nets?
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I was thinking...drones that you climb aboard might be less expensive?

 

[Blumlein 88]

This is something I need to learn.

The main tool is the cloning tool. You clone the surrounding area of the lines and poles. That way shadows and lighting etc. are the same. Often a good idea to blow up your view to 200% or 400% for tricky sections. Might sound inadequate, but almost always once I am done you'll never know anything was altered about it. Can be tedious, but nothing really difficult to salvage a beautiful picture.

 

[Blumlein 88]

I could not ride around in this:

... and an even taller one here

I have used/been in the bucket of some that go to 100 ft. More than enough for me thanks. I don't like high places (except flying in a plane). So took a little self control to work in one.

 

[NorthSky]

Hurricane Jose might end up in New York? She's looking to invest on Wall Street?

 

[Don Hills]

Dang, now you folks should get "The Windy City" title.
Maybe a place where those silly fan farms might actually be worth the investment?

Wellington is apparently the windiest city in the world. Chicago doesn't make the top 5.
http://shawnvoyage.com/top-5-windiest-cities-in-the-world/
Today is a typical spring day, forecast gusts to 120 km/h (75 mph).
Edit: Peaked at 130 km/h. That global weather map someone posted recently (thank you for that) clearly shows the strong northerly airflow between the two islands of NZ:
https://earth.nullschool.net/#curre...raphic=-198.26,-44.55,660/loc=172.374,-49.887

Wind farms are indeed worth the investment here. The average capacity factor in NZ is 0.41 against the global average of 0.22 (USA 0.26). That's the ratio of actual production to the theoretical maximum production.

 

[Blumlein 88]

@NorthSky I removed the stop sign ruining the beauty of Sal's picture as an illustration.

 

[Sal1950]

@NorthSky I removed the stop sign ruining the beauty of Sal's picture as an illustration.

Good job, you even got the shadow out. LOL

 

[NorthSky]

@NorthSky I removed the stop sign ruining the beauty of Sal's picture as an illustration.

View attachment 8704

Cool, can you fix the roof too?

 

[Sal1950]

You did the right thing by moving out. Lived in mobile home in early 1980s in Florida and during much smaller storms, it felt like the walls were going to explode! I felt like I was in a paper box.

+1. I'm from the midwest where mobile homes/trailers are tornado magnets.

What a bunch of chickens.
What's gonna happen will happen.
You could walk out the door and get hit by a bolt of lightening.

 

[Blumlein 88]

Cool, can you fix the roof too?

That would take some additional effort.

What I wish is one could fix the real damage so easily.

 

[RayDunzl]

You could walk out the door and get hit by a bolt of lightening.

light·en·ing
ˈlītniNG/
noun

1. a drop in the level of the uterus during the last weeks of pregnancy as the head of the fetus engages in the pelvis.

I think the chances of that happening to me are even less than that of being struck by lightning...

You don't look like you need to worry either, Sal.

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As for your pictures, other than the tree, worse than anything I've seen around the old Indian mounds here.

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60,000 line workers across the state, 16 hour shifts

http://wfla.com/2017/09/12/hurricane-irma-power-outages-continue-throughout-tampa-bay-area/

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Now: TECO
Number of customers without power: 85,529

 

[c1ferrari]

From the Dutch side (St. Maarten)...

 

[c1ferrari]

Edit: photos above now in correct sequence.

 

[NorthSky]

Irma, and Harvey, sure were not picnics.

Earlier this morning I was reading about all the insurance frauds that are starting and can last well over ten years! Natural carnages/disasters attracts the carnivorous rats with bad teeth. It is sad and sick.

 

[RayDunzl]

I was reading about all the insurance frauds

The companies or the customers or both?

 

[NorthSky]

The companies or the customers or both?

I'm glad you ask, because both sides are part of the equation.
But specifically, in this case here, for now:

 

[Sal1950]

light·en·ing
ˈlītniNG/
noun

1. a drop in the level of the uterus during the last weeks of pregnancy as the head of the fetus engages in the pelvis.

I think the chances of that happening to me are even less than that of being struck by lightning...

You don't look like you need to worry either, Sal.