2021 Hurricane & Cyclone Thread

[used2b 249]

7 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

The giant electrical transmission tower that sends major lines from west to east bank has fallen in the Mississippi. That provides 90% of power to Metairie and New Orleans. HUGE fuckup.

Also, power out and no good drinking water in both parish water treatment plants. Residents asked to limit water use so sewerage does not back up. Several week wait for power.

How does this affect Tulane?

[futureman 22545]

5 minutes ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

Yep.  Which is just fucking nuts.

what is

[futureman 22545]

1 minute ago, used2b said:

How does this affect Tulane?

negatively?

[Gatorubet 30313]

I am sitting in my SUV in the driveway, charging my phone, smoking my 1:1 CBD/THC vape and having my next-to-last cold beer.

Already used app to initiate State Farm claim. My shingles no longer live on my roof. And the back neighbor psycho dogs who historically want to kill me when I am in my yard, now can. Fence is kaput.

I have a few generators to share with neighbors. Glad I flew home yesterday. The 5-8 pm show was impressive. The day will show how fucked we are. Not really. Louisiana is 6 X more than Katrina fucked right now. Less dead, to be sure. But this was a fucking disaster of epic proportions.

[Pimphand 5889]

1 minute ago, futureman said:

what is

You must be from the worst possible future...

[Gatorubet 30313]

How does this affect Tulane?

Not at all…..unless you like power, sewerage, water and access to food.

[immamac 43046]

4 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

Not at all…..unless you like power, sewerage, water and access to food.

So like the freeze in Texas

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19142]

9 minutes ago, used2b said:

How does this affect Tulane?

No power.  At all.

[bolverk 29717]

3 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

I am sitting in my SUV in the driveway, charging my phone, smoking my 1:1 CBD/THC vape and having my next-to-last cold beer.

Already used app to initiate State Farm claim. My shingles no longer live on my roof. And the back neighbor psycho dogs who historically want to kill me when I am in my yard, now can. Fence is kaput.

I have a few generators to share with neighbors. Glad I flew home yesterday. The 5-8 pm show was impressive. The day will show how fucked we are. Not really. Louisiana is 6 X more than Katrina fucked right now. Less dead, to be sure. But this was a fucking disaster of epic proportions.

Really sorry to hear that man. As you know, we went through both the power/water thing in Austin earlier this year, but that only lasted a week. Sadly, y'all are going to be dealing with this shit much, much longer. Let us know how we can help. I'm sure ROFL has some shingles guy connections.

[Updawg 2286]

The power situation and everything related is going to be a shitshow

Wonder how long it takes to rebuild major transmission lines /towers

[futureman 22545]

6 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

Louisiana is 6 X more than Katrina fucked right now.

 

[Gatorubet 30313]

 
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No woman no cry.

[deac_tracy 516]

8 minutes ago, used2b said:

How does this affect Tulane?

Tulane more than likely has emergency back up generators and they probably have a decent supply of food.

Sewage wise they are fucked. They can't do anything about that.

[FartingMonk 3608]

7 minutes ago, Updawg said:

The power situation and everything related is going to be a shitshow

Wonder how long it takes to rebuild major transmission lines /towers

I would say 2 weeks just to get main power back.  The neighborhoods can take months

[Updawg 2286]

Still a cat 2 ? Crazy

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19142]

14 minutes ago, Updawg said:

Still a cat 2 ? Crazy

Now a 1.  Once it got out of the swamp, it finally started weakening.

 

[Updawg 2286]

I would say 2 weeks just to get main power back.  The neighborhoods can take months

Damn

Generators will run out of fuel at critical places. Gonna be ugly

[atomheartbevo 89799]

1 hour ago, Gatorubet said:

Already used app to initiate State Farm claim. My shingles no longer live on my roof. And the back neighbor psycho dogs who historically want to kill me when I am in my yard, now can. Fence is kaput.

Or maybe the neighbor's psycho dogs that have always wanted to die by your hand, now can.

[atomheartbevo 89799]

1 hour ago, immamac said:

So like the freeze in Texas

Minus the toilet snow.

[Updawg 2286]

Minus the toilet snow.

And sewage pumps

[Updawg 2286]

Will be like Bangladeshi

[Updawg 2286]

[bluto 4942]

Tighter than a cats asshole still

[FartingMonk 3608]

People are just saying we will get a better picture once the sun comes up.  It is bad.  Like really bad.  

[bolverk 29717]

Given the expectation of prolonged power outages and no sewage treatment, I smell (deep inhale) a Surly bidness opportunity for our resident bitcoin enthusiasts and @Scheiss Meister.

South Korean toilet turns excrement into power and digital currency

[Zonahorn 8079]

A 150 mph hurricane stalling is probably the worst case scenario. The images of damage are going to be horrific 

[Neonmoon 38130]

LaPlace got it the worst. Lots of people reporting trapped in their attics

 

 

Edited August 30, 2021 by Neonmoon

[Sgt Hulk 13839]

You guys are pretty fucjing awesome. Between last night and this morning I read all 18 pages. Great coverage. Pray for these folks if you’re the praying type because they are proper fucked 

[Telegraph_it 3359]

6 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

The giant electrical transmission tower that sends major lines from west to east bank has fallen in the Mississippi. That provides 90% of power to Metairie and New Orleans. HUGE fuckup.

Also, power out and no good drinking water in both parish water treatment plants. Residents asked to limit water use so sewerage does not back up. Several week wait for power.

Did they ground the damn thing? 

[Neonmoon 38130]

Good news is Cajun Navy is going house to house in LaPlace looking for people 

[Bevo&Pevo 5218]

7 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

I am sitting in my SUV in the driveway, charging my phone, smoking my 1:1 CBD/THC vape and having my next-to-last cold beer.

Already used app to initiate State Farm claim. My shingles no longer live on my roof. And the back neighbor psycho dogs who historically want to kill me when I am in my yard, now can. Fence is kaput.

I have a few generators to share with neighbors. Glad I flew home yesterday. The 5-8 pm show was impressive. The day will show how fucked we are. Not really. Louisiana is 6 X more than Katrina fucked right now. Less dead, to be sure. But this was a fucking disaster of epic proportions.

A handful of the cheapest aspirin and a couple of hot dogs will take care of the dogs.  Good luck and best wishes for the rebuild.

[Buzzrock 14941]

Jefferson Parish President this morning said there has been no contact with Grand Isle.

[Message Board User 12396]

Damn that sucks.

Edited August 30, 2021 by Message Board User

[Buzzrock 14941]

[Message Board User 12396]

 

some other stat is quite impressive 

[Constant 6755]

Need some eyes on Grand Isle this morning. 

[Enchubben 5510]

1 minute ago, Constant said:

Need some eyes on Grand Isle this morning. 

I mean there was a pretty big one on it for a while yesterday.

[We’reTexas 1473]

 

[Buzzrock 14941]

Need some eyes on Grand Isle this morning. 

Could be awhile. GMA crew said most of them don’t have cell service on site, and they were 20-30 miles from Grand Isle.

[Constant 6755]

2 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

Could be awhile. GMA crew said most of them don’t have cell service on site, and they were 20-30 miles from Grand Isle.

I’ve seen some Twitter chatter saying it basically doesn’t exist anymore. 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13523]

I can only speak for my home in Houston, but it didn’t rain for 3 straight days in Harvey. It rained most of it but there were times it didn’t during those days. I distinctly remember both nights torrential rainfall that brought water a few feet from my front door and then it stopped for several hours. Very surreal with no sounds outside, no wind, no rain. Nothing at 3am but a lake where the streets and front lawns normally are.

perhaps it didn’t stop for 3 days elsewhere but not in central Houston.

[FartingMonk 3608]

Apparently Verizon is still up.  Everyone else is shit.

[SurlyGator 876]

3 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

Could be awhile. GMA crew said most of them don’t have cell service on site, and they were 20-30 miles from Grand Isle.

Coast Guard will get a heli crew there promptly at first light, my guess.  With such a small number of known people riding it out there, they will know what buildings to sweep.

[WBT 20669]

Baton Rouge also with widespread power outages.  From the Advocate:

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Thousands of people are without power in the Baton Rouge area Monday morning after Hurricane Ida pummeled the region.

As of 5:30 a.m., several pockets in the area still had power, according to Entergy's live power outage map. 

Here's a breakdown of Entergy customers without power by parish:

 

East Baton Rouge: 137,056

Ascension: 39,941

Livingston: 19,684

West Baton Rouge: 3,801

East Feliciana: 3,212

It is unclear how long power outages will last, but Entergy is warning people to brace for days, if not a month or more. 

 

Edited August 30, 2021 by WBT

[Scheiss Meister 8411]

6 hours ago, bolverk said:

Given the expectation of prolonged power outages and no sewage treatment, I smell (deep inhale) a Surly bidness opportunity for our resident bitcoin enthusiasts and @Scheiss Meister.

South Korean toilet turns excrement into power and digital currency

I've been making money from shot for over 30 years, but not this way.  That looks like a pretty cool idea.  At some point we'll figure out that water is too precious for transporting feces and find a better way to dispose of it, like the system in the linked article.  Thanks, @bolverk.

[Message Board User 12396]

 

[Neonmoon 38130]

A month without power???? Fuck that 

[We’reTexas 1473]

 

[Prepuce of Doom 21103]

15 minutes ago, Scheiss Meister said:

I've been making money from shot for over 30 years, but not this way.  That looks like a pretty cool idea.  At some point we'll figure out that water is too precious for transporting feces and find a better way to dispose of it, like the system in the linked article.  Thanks, @bolverk.

Thirty years in the poop scene, approximately ten of them among this group of miscreants, and your goddamn phone still autocorrects "shit" to "shot." 

Technology sucks. 

Edited August 30, 2021 by Prepuce of Doom

[Hate 20145]

 

So it’s not just a cleverly named town?