snowfan Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Dept of Commerce is already sending emails out to its employees to make sure they're prepared for the storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Underground power ftw. Survived the derecho in air conditioned comfort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:18 PM, snowfan said: Dept of Commerce is already sending emails out to its employees to make sure they're prepared for the storm. Fauquier just closed schools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Okay, HPC's clinched it....we're now calling this thing FRANKENSTORM http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdepd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtracker Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:22 PM, H2O said: Fauquier just closed schools for the week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:08 PM, WxUSAF said: Underground power FTMFW. Power never flickered during Irene, Feb 2010 or the derecho. Lost power for about 4 hours back in that day of strong storms in early June. Longest in 3 years. We have below ground power, too, but apparently during the derecho either something crushed part of a main transformer at a plant or one of the high tension wires got jacked. Basically, no power was getting to the neighborhoods because the power was cut at the source. We lost power during the PSUHoffman storm for about seven hours, but the derecho cut us off for almost four days. Good thing we were of town for most of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:16 PM, Bob Chill said: Euro verbatim shows your substation having 3 100' trees fall on it. It also doesn't give me any accumulating snow. I tossed it. Going with a DGEX/Euro Ensemble blend, which gives me 24-36" of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:08 PM, Bob Chill said: I can easily juice my fridge and icebox with one of the outlets and use the other one for entertainment and a couple lights. And charging the zillion gadgets we all have. We could consolidate our two fridges pretty easily. I love my TV, but I could sacrifice it for something else if needed. We have a gas stove, so that won't be an issue. I could juice up the FiOS and keep the iPad and phones charged, as well as run a few lights as needed. But my wife loves her space heater... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillzPirate Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:30 PM, WxUSAF said: It also doesn't give me any accumulating snow. I tossed it. Going with a DGEX/Euro Ensemble blend, which gives me 24-36" of snow. What kind of snow were we looking at on the Euro ensembles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:33 PM, mattie g said: We could consolidate our two fridges pretty easily. I love my TV, but I could sacrifice it for something else if needed. We have a gas stove, so that won't be an issue. I could juice up the FiOS and keep the iPad and phones charged, as well as run a few lights as needed. But my wife loves her space heater... Thank goodness for car chargers that will power all our apple products haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Cherry's Jacket Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:29 PM, mattie g said: We lost power during the PSUHoffman storm for about seven hours, but the derecho cut us off for almost four days. Good thing we were of town for most of it. Derecho was 24 hours for us in McLean, but the Arlington Macroburst of July 3, 2011 dropped a tree on us and we were without power for about a week. Also without a roof for about 2 months, but that's a different story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:30 PM, WxUSAF said: It also doesn't give me any accumulating snow. I tossed it. Going with a DGEX/Euro Ensemble blend, which gives me 24-36" of snow. Definitely the smart play here. I'll join you and ride those models until the hard drive melts down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:33 PM, MillzPirate said: What kind of snow were we looking at on the Euro ensembles? the white kind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:33 PM, MillzPirate said: What kind of snow were we looking at on the Euro ensembles? The 00z Euro Ensemble mean has the 1" line just north and west of I-95 running southwest to northeast... basically runs through MoCo and up to where I-83 hits the PA border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:34 PM, mapgirl said: Thank goodness for car chargers that will power all our apple products haha I suppose we could use the car chargers, too. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:34 PM, Don Cherry said: Derecho was 24 hours for us in McLean, but the Arlington Macroburst of July 3, 2011 dropped a tree on us and we were without power for about a week. Also without a roof for about 2 months, but that's a different story. 12 hours for both Irene and the derecho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:33 PM, mattie g said: We could consolidate our two fridges pretty easily. I love my TV, but I could sacrifice it for something else if needed. We have a gas stove, so that won't be an issue. I could juice up the FiOS and keep the iPad and phones charged, as well as run a few lights as needed. But my wife loves her space heater... Buy a coleman catalyst type propane heater. 100% safe for indoor use. We have one for camping in the fall but have kept rooms warm during long term outages like the psu storm. The problem with space heaters is even the small ones draw 1,500 watts continuous and that probably equates to a 2k draw on the generator. The oil filled heaters are probably the way to go if you have to have one running. They typically have multiple settings and can keep things warm below 1k watts. Anything that uses a heating element is bad for a typical generator. Not bad in the sense of the generator can't handle it. Bad in the sense that they hog up valuable juice. I'll take NFL over heat any day. Edit: want to add that a simple and cheap inverter for the car kicks butt. Much faster charging than 12v and it can charge a laptop and things like that. Gotta run the motor but the speed of charging is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:33 PM, MillzPirate said: What kind of snow were we looking at on the Euro ensembles? On 10/25/2012 at 2:37 PM, Ellinwood said: The 00z Euro Ensemble mean has the 1" line just north and west of I-95 running southwest to northeast... basically runs through MoCo and up to where I-83 hits the PA border. Hence the need for the DGEX/Euro Ensemble blend. I magically combine those models and translate that beautiful area of 24"+ snow in North Carolina right to MBY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 1:21 PM, Ellinwood said: Cloud shield rotated and shifted over the U.S. would cover a lot of land: Sorry Mark, but you have to account for the projection! You can't just copy and paste an area from diffrent latitudes on a mercator projection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Cherry's Jacket Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:39 PM, H2O said: 12 hours for both Irene and the derecho Irene I was fine. A couple flickers during the event, but woke up and watched tv made coffee. And as a bonus, my new roof had just been put on and survived without leak. I was lucky, but was overdue to be on the good side of one of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needbiggerboat Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:34 PM, mapgirl said: Thank goodness for car chargers that will power all our apple products haha I picked up a couple of Anker Astro 3 external battery packs after the derecho. Allegedly provides 6 full iphone charges, full ipad charge, etc. Hope not to test it out next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:44 PM, WxUSAF said: Hence the need for the DGEX/Euro Ensemble blend. I magically combine those models and translate that beautiful area of 24"+ snow in North Carolina right to MBY! This is precisely why you have a red tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:46 PM, wxmeddler said: ^^^ Sorry Mark, but you have to account for the projection! You can't just copy and paste an area from diffrent latitudes on a mercator projection. Thank you for speaking up, had I said it he would just call me snarky or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:37 PM, Ellinwood said: The 00z Euro Ensemble mean has the 1" line just north and west of I-95 running southwest to northeast... basically runs through MoCo and up to where I-83 hits the PA border. NWS here took out our snow mention but man, Euro Ensembles hit us pretty hard with snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:46 PM, wxmeddler said: Sorry Mark, but you have to account for the projection! You can't just copy and paste an area from diffrent latitudes on a mercator projection. Meh. Just a rough cut job True, though. On 10/25/2012 at 2:47 PM, mapgirl said: Thank you for speaking up, had I said it he would just call me snarky or something This post sounds snarky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:49 PM, JamieOber said: NWS here took out our snow mention but man, Euro Ensembles hit us pretty hard with snow. If they already had it in then they probably should have left it in. Even if it doesn't accumulate it could still fall, especially given the presentation on both Ensembles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:49 PM, Ellinwood said: This post sounds snarky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:39 PM, Bob Chill said: Buy a coleman catalyst type propane heater. 100% safe for indoor use. We have one for camping in the fall but have kept rooms warm during long term outages like the psu storm. The problem with space heaters is even the small ones draw 1,500 watts continuous and that probably equates to a 2k draw on the generator. The oil filled heaters are probably the way to go if you have to have one running. They typically have multiple settings and can keep things warm below 1k watts. Anything that uses a heating element is bad for a typical generator. Not bad in the sense of the generator can't handle it. Bad in the sense that they hog up valuable juice. I'll take NFL over heat any day. Edit: want to add that a simple and cheap inverter for the car kicks butt. Much faster charging than 12v and it can charge a laptop and things like that. Gotta run the motor but the speed of charging is great. i learned during Irene, my inverter won't run my coffee pot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 On 10/25/2012 at 2:55 PM, sauss06 said: i learned during Irene, my inverter won't run my coffee pot This must have been the scene in your house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 lol mark is a dummy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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