If it does hit Southern California, it’ll be the first tropical storm to make landfall in Southern California in 84 years.
In the valley where I live, some areas might receive seven inches of rain in 48 hours.
That’s over a year’s worth of rain in two days.
The storm should hit my area on Saturday morning.
I think there will be a ton of flash floods in the Southwest.
I am not looking forward to it, but I’ll be glad once it’s over.
We shall see. Crazy weather on the way …
Batten down the hatches, y’all.
Had some freaky weather this past week. Flash lightning storm that was literally like I never saw my entire life. Nonstop fast lightning as in sci-fi horror-movie lightning.
Was quiet, then some pitter-patter rain, then heavy rain, Then The Earth Exploded.
Big boomers that scared the shiite out of the cats and sent them flying for cover. Nonstop and fast, and then… no thunder. Just way-high-up lightning that was flashing across the whole sky. Even got a phone video but it doesn’t do it justice, as it came out what looked like -5 EV. Brightly-lit yard and garage 2 houses down only showed a dot where a bright light or reflection of a light was. And even then, the sky was “flickering”, and The Big Ones would almost wash out the screen.
And I was on Ground Zero, apparently.
The hurricanes will put out the wildfires.
As a person who lives in Southern Louisiana I feel for you— Make provisions way before hand — It sucks trying to get things at the last minute
I’m watching some blips out there in the Atlantic— giving me an uneasy feeling for sure
I’ve lived most of my life in California.
This will be my first hurricane.
My older sister used to live in Florida, and now she’s in North Carolina.
She’s been through a bunch of hurricanes, and she does not like them.
Our property (in So Cal) has never been affected by a flash flood that we know of, but our neighborhood has.
I’m really hoping that our property does not get flooded.
Best of luch raccoon.
We have yet to see any significant rain in the past 80 days. We would like some but not a deluge like last years flooding torrents.
A few weeks ago one of the family was looking out the front window during a storm. She was confused when it looked like what she thought was wildfire smoke had just descended right in front of her view.
Checking after the storm and all the shrubbery in front of the deck was twisted in a cone shape. It had been a funnel cloud that had just barely not touched down. There was a tornado warning for the area, that is as close as I went to get!
I bet you already have flashlights and batteries on hand? LOL
Right… should probably probably charge them.
What about all those people that gave the advice to keep your batteries at a “storage charge.”
How are you gonna feel if the hurricane hits unexpectedly and your batteries are all dead because your goal was to “make them last longer.”
Not trying to change the focus of this thread but batteries should always be kept fully charged in preparation of this exact situation.
Seriously, a fully charged battery can save your life and/or the lives of others.
im ready with a bunch of lights and batteries.
If your goal is to make sure that you have some cells that survive past the apocalypse, then that is wise. If you want cells that will be ready to use when the apocalypse hits, then you need some fully charged cells as well. You would also be wise to have something like a bicycle driven charger and some solar chargers. And some good luck.
3.7 is about 50%, so not dead.
Live and let live, if people want to charge to storage voltage, what does it matter to you?
Perhaps they have 2x the number of cells at 3.7… Perhaps they just want their cells to last as long as possible… For many people in the world, $7 is a lot of money.
As of the start of the thread, (16h ago) with a 4 slot charger with 1A per cell, and empty cells, you could have put 64Ah into cells by now… So even your storage cells would be full…
You making a critical assumption. That you will be give adequate notice when disaster hits.
This is assumption can get you killed.
How much notice did the people in the WTC have?
Seriously, a flashlight and batteries for the flashlight is serious business and should not be treated like a game.
The only way to win in a disaster is to stay alive.
Okay Mr Serious Flashlights. Everyone needs to prepare for the events and level they want to.
Skills are more critical than gear.
I hope the weather is milder than forecast, racoon!
No reason to be rude. If you can prove your case of maintaining weak batteries for your flashlights, please do so. You have not done this yet.
I have already proven my case and will continue to do so as preserving life and property trumps extending the life of a $5 battery.
I always have most cap-tested cells left at full charge, but even if some/lots are half-spent from use, I make sure to top 'em all off whenever I hear anything about heavy rain/snow, winds, cold snaps, pretty much anything that deviates from The Norm.
Like when (ironically) a Christmas tree toppled over and took out the power lines on the block, I had that Zanflare lantern pretty much good to go regardless, and it provided some nice warm-white light in the living-room overnight and into the next.
Props to ConEd for completely restringing the entire block’s worth of cables and the pole-pig supplying them, in less than 24hrs.
But cousin’s family down south that has to deal with ice-storms down there, they can be without power for days or longer.
Throw in a hurricane or wildfires, and yeah, you can be out of power for a long time. Weeks, even.
Good news, I think. Was listening to Lonnie, and latest report says that the hurricane will hopefully fizzle out before landfall to a large extent.
Ocean waters above 81°F let it be self-sustaining, but ocean temps along the way were about in the 70s. So… fizzle.
Fingers crossed.