Ginx snewx Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 I can't believe how many people have said they didn't know what was coming and didn't expect much. I think TS Fay may have been a curse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 12 hours ago, powderfreak said: That’s wild! 25 yards wide and 50 yards in length but enough to rip a roof off a house and destroy the supporting walls on second floor if I’m reading that right? Talk about incredibly unlucky for that homeowner. His house is still in the middle of the street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Trolling Kevin with videos of my Food in the refrigerator this morning. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 That was hilarious. We on day 5. I saw probably 50 trucks from Decatur , Illinois last night on my way to pick up dinner at the Eversource building in town . Apparently they dispersed them elsewhere. I think one of the issues here is the one on 74 looks like the primaries are all shot and the pole is split. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Basically not prepared and also statewide. Not a good combo. But when looking at the outage maps. Adjacent MA and RI counties looked much better. The wind just didn’t stop there either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: That was hilarious. We on day 5. I saw probably 50 trucks from Decatur , Illinois last night on my way to pick up dinner at the Eversource building in town . Apparently they dispersed them elsewhere. I think one of the issues here is the one on 74 looks like the primaries are all shot and the pole is split. Dude I posted in the other thread. They have a crew sitting outside my daughter's house watching so no one goes near a live line on Rt 138. 5 days now, 12 hour shifts just sitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: Dude I posted in the other thread. They have a crew sitting outside my daughter's house watching so no one goes near a live line on Rt 138. 5 days now, 12 hour shifts just sitting. On my run this morning I ran down 74 and I counted 14 utility trucks that passed me on their way back to Eversource. They drove right past the pole/ tree on lines, so I’m guessing it’s gotta be a bigger job. They have this massive staging area . It’s on Tolland side of Vernon line. There must have been 100 trucks sitting in that lot last night. The Illinois trucks were all parked in a commercial lot with restaurants and stores. Guys just standing there with hands in pockets drinking sodas and coffees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Basically not prepared and also statewide. Not a good combo. But when looking at the outage maps. Adjacent MA and RI counties looked much better. The wind just didn’t stop there either. SECT and SRI didn't however get the big winds but I get your point. Interesting look around the state and you can see by the damage paths clear locations of outer bands with embedded circulations. I have now seen 2 storms basically exactly the same. Wether they are called tornadoes or not these outer bands winds have a swirling circulation . I watched as my trees whipped from one direction to the other over and over. My anemometers swung direction rapidly. My traces on my graphs are crazy with wind direction 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 1 minute ago, Damage In Tolland said: On my run this morning I ran down 74 and I counted 14 utility trucks that passed me on their way back to Eversource. They drove right past the pole/ tree on lines, so I’m guessing it’s gotta be a bigger job. They have this massive staging area . It’s on Tolland side of Vernon line. There must have been 100 trucks sitting in that lot last night. The Illinois trucks were all parked in a commercial lot with restaurants and stores. Guys just standing there with hands in pockets drinking sodas and coffees. I talked to a Asplund tree guy. He said it's mass confusion with no direction. Apparently the main guys who coordinated crews retired and some of the guys left are clueless and only got the jobs because they were connected. ClusterF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 The winds def were not just coming from one direction even here. Whipping in all directions at the surface. Very interesting storm here in New England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said: The winds def were not just coming from one direction even here. Whipping in all directions at the surface. Very interesting storm here in New England. Trees went down in 2 directions here. First from the south/SSE and then when the sun came out the strongest gusts were out of the SW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Ours was mainly SE. really just before and during squall. Some areas not touched, others multiple trees/limbs down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 9 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: Trees went down in 2 directions here. First from the south/SSE and then when the sun came out the strongest gusts were out of the SW The pictures I posted in my hood have trees lying in both directions as you said. Even though we power I can here gennys humming all through the hood. Lots of people live deep in the woods with 1/4 mile driveways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 In laws power restored over night 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Here’s the sucker that I think caused the outage in my hood: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 33 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: I talked to a Asplund tree guy. He said it's mass confusion with no direction. Apparently the main guys who coordinated crews retired and some of the guys left are clueless and only got the jobs because they were connected. ClusterF Makes sense why the prep and response has been pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said: I can't believe how many people have said they didn't know what was coming and didn't expect much. I think TS Fay may have been a curse Yea. Sometimes we think our weenie world equals the general public and that’s rarely the case. We thought the forecasts were great with enough lead time but apparently the public either didin’t get the memo or shrugged it off to media hype. It’s why I always prefer to be cautious and be ready then do a TBlizz but wake up to disaster and say, “I didn’t think it would be this bad”. I pulled my kids out of daycare at 12 and the teachers thought I was drunk. Even my wife did. But then daycare sent out an alert that they were closing at 3...during the height of storm. I lost power at 315. Parents were pissed because they drove in dangerous conditions as the winds whipped and trees came down. Puzzled why people late until the last minute and react, instead of being proactive. I guess when we weenies know the power of mother nature, we don’t mess around. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanks45 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: Yea. Sometimes we think our weenie world equals the general public and that’s rarely the case. We thought the forecasts were great with enough lead time but apparently the public either didin’t get the memo or shrugged it off to media hype. It’s why I always prefer to be cautious and be ready then do a TBlizz but wake up to disaster and say, “I didn’t think it would be this bad”. I pulled my kids out of daycare at 12 and the teachers thought I was drunk. Even my wife did. But then daycare sent out an alert that they were closing at 3...during the height of storm. I lost power at 315. Parents were pissed because they drove in dangerous conditions as the winds whipped and trees came down. Puzzled why people late until the last minute and react, instead of being proactive. I guess when we weenies know the power of mother nature, we don’t mess around. Did you get power back yet? We have power, but no internet here...we still have 40 road closures in town, wires are laying everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Just now, Spanks45 said: Did you get power back yet? We have power, but no internet here...we still have 40 road closures in town, wires are laying everywhere. Not yet. Hoping by Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianW Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 If you own a home in CT you should have a generator. It's astounding that people will spend 100's of thousands of dollars on a house but not a few hundred on a generator. How many times has this happened in CT? Eversource doesn't give a **** about you not having power. They own the entire electrical grid and are guaranteed a nice profit by PURA (Public Utility Regulatory Authority). All the cleanup cost is going to be passed on to rate payers and approved by PURA. This was announced the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanks45 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 19 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: Not yet. Hoping by Monday. Yuck, hopefully they are overestimating and today is your day... Talked to the current owners of our soon to be new house. They said they lost power for 6 hours. The neighborhood has buried lines so there was an issue on the main road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanks45 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 9 minutes ago, BrianW said: If you own a home in CT you should have a generator. It's astounding that people will spend 100's of thousands of dollars on a house but not a few hundred on a generator. How many times has this happened in CT? Eversource doesn't give a **** about you not having power. They own the entire electrical grid and are guaranteed a nice profit by PURA (Public Utility Regulatory Authority). All the cleanup cost is going to be passed on to rate payers and approved by PURA. This was announced the other day. I went solar 4 years ago and all they get from me is a $9.62 montly connection charge. I have a south facing house and will be looking into it as soon as we move in...How does your production do in the winter? Big decision will be getting a powerwall or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 I’m now convinced they save the big repair jobs that involve poles and primaries for last. This ones going to be quite an undertaking . They must save those until the end and focus on getting important areas up and running that have easy repairs like a blown transformer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 wonder if Wolfie is still mehing this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Snow 1717 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 1 hour ago, BrianW said: If you own a home in CT you should have a generator. It's astounding that people will spend 100's of thousands of dollars on a house but not a few hundred on a generator. How many times has this happened in CT? Eversource doesn't give a **** about you not having power. They own the entire electrical grid and are guaranteed a nice profit by PURA (Public Utility Regulatory Authority). All the cleanup cost is going to be passed on to rate payers and approved by PURA. This was announced the other day. CEO of Eversource makes slightly more than 19 mil/year. Clearly the CEO and his colleagues have not taken the time to plan for a storm even on the scale of Isaias. I thought PURA mandated that Eversource suspended rate hike rates for customers?? And this should be a wake up call for those who wish for a repeat of the hurricane in 1938. Power would be out for months not days if a repeat of 38 occurred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianW Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Spanks45 said: I have a south facing house and will be looking into it as soon as we move in...How does your production do in the winter? Big decision will be getting a powerwall or not... I'm wide open and get full sun. The last few months I had record production. I am looking into a battery/power wall as during power outages the panels shutdown to prevent backfeeding to the grid. I have a generator for when that happens though. Winter can be rough but I produce enough in the summer and get credited to carry me through the winter. CT and Mass have some of the best solar incentives in the nation. With such high electricity prices the payback period is 5-6 years. Both states will literally give you a check for thousands of dollars for installing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Snow 1717 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Just now, WxWatcher007 said: A repeat of ‘38 or heck, even a Carol would be a catastrophic event for much of SNE even with the flood protection systems that went up after those hurricanes. Isaias would look like a summertime thunderstorm compared to those. Agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 16 minutes ago, Great Snow 1717 said: CEO of Eversource makes slightly more than 19 mil/year. Clearly the CEO and his colleagues have not taken the time to plan for a storm even on the scale of Isaias. I thought PURA mandated that Eversource suspended rate hike rates for customers?? And this should be a wake up call for those who wish for a repeat of the hurricane in 1938. Power would be out for months not days if a repeat of 38 occurred. We had a hurricane simulation drill when I was employed by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. They brought in experts from the Met community and insurance risk people. A 38 hurricane would be a 3 month outage with massive disruption to the economic flow of goods and services. Many of the recommendations like mandatory generators at gas stations and extensive utility infrastructure upgrades were never put in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Got my power back this morning 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 42 minutes ago, JC-CT said: Got my power back this morning Just blast this. In fact everyone who gets their power back...blast this, do the running man in your front yard. Just go wild. 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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