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re: 91 degrees and no one has power
Posted on 8/31/21 at 7:49 pm to Oilfieldbiology
Posted on 8/31/21 at 7:49 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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until cheap and affordable air conditioning that the south has seen population booms.
New Orleans was founded in 1718. A few years before a/c was discovered. It fricking sucked for a lot of people back then.
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Posted on 8/31/21 at 7:57 pm to BuckyCheese
I think Christopher Columbus and his homies went through a category 3 hurricane in the tropics.
Posted on 8/31/21 at 7:58 pm to Daequalizer
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Do we know what is taking so long? Were the transformers damaged?
I hope you are trolling.
Posted on 8/31/21 at 7:58 pm to Wermanium
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but I can’t stand weeks of no power with 90+ degree heat
And the ice in my old fashioneds melts much quicker watering down my drink. That shite is totally unacceptable.
Posted on 8/31/21 at 7:59 pm to jake wade
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Makes you wonder how folks made it prior to the 1900’s
I know it’s just a movie, but Scarlett O’Hara still looked beautiful wearing those heavy hoop dresses despite the boiling Tara and Atlanta heat. Didn’t they build plantation homes so the breeze blew straight through the house via doors and windows?
Posted on 8/31/21 at 8:00 pm to tigerinthebueche
Evaporating cooling is your friend.
Posted on 8/31/21 at 8:03 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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I'll never understand people with the means staying, even in relatively minor storms for this reason alone.
Posted on 8/31/21 at 8:14 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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And just how much of picking up limbs and trees is typically in the shade? Most modern houses aren’t built to have breezes and natural ventilation. 91 after a hurricane is hot and isn’t fun in the least. Even if you’re in good shape.
I lived for 2 years without ac or heat so I guess my opinion on it is shite. Did so while working an outside manual labor job as well. It ain't that bad. People are just soft.
Posted on 8/31/21 at 8:15 pm to tarzana
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Sure they occurred back in the day, but not nearly with neither the frequency nor the intensity of nowadays. Louisiana experienced FIVE hurricanes in 2020, totally unprecedented. And three of them were MAJOR storms. And it's generally agreed that last year's Laura and this year's Ida are the strongest storms ever to hit the state.
We can agree to disagree I guess, but your argument is delusional in my opinion. If anything, those poor bastards didn’t have the luxury of weather forecasts and these monster storms caught them off guard taking a higher percentage of lives in the process.
This post was edited on 8/31/21 at 8:16 pm
Posted on 8/31/21 at 8:16 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
Some of us have to work for a living.
Posted on 8/31/21 at 8:22 pm to RealityTiger
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Well spend just a bit more and get a natural gas generator, make sure your internet provider is reliable, and get Verizon.
This...if you can get NG. A propane tank is the next best option (maybe better, in the future). Hate to see my NG bill as we'll likely be on the generator longer than ever before. The 7500 k Generac was $2500 this Spring; might be more now. Runs the essentials, no big wattage stuff.
I made a short run north on our road which runs north/south, and the lines/poles are wrecked. Never seen anything close to this.
The gas line down at the Casino on Hwy. 16 west of Amite, stretches over a mile; people getting gas for their generators most likely. Two weeks of this and people are going to get edgy.
Pisses me off when Biden talks "*Infrastructure*" spending, and we know damn well that REAL Infrastructure and their "shovel ready" bs is fake. We'll be Third World in five years if we don't get rid of these delusional Egalitarian Leftist. They ought to at least put all these immigrants to work for the what's in those 'manila envelopes'; somebody is going to have to.
I shudder to think that storms such as these have become the norm. Ice in the Winter, tornados in the Spring, and hurricanes in late Summer.
Posted on 8/31/21 at 8:28 pm to Dances with Beagles
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I would not leave my home under any circumstances. If anything happens I want to be there to take care of it. Now after the storm passes, I may leave and head somewhere with power and AC.
That is a completely arse backwards way of viewing the situation.
Posted on 8/31/21 at 8:33 pm to jake wade
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Makes you wonder how folks made it prior to the 1900’s
Them baws worked 3 months out of the year and had some help. Like wars and shite to distract them. Plus they were just made different back then.
Posted on 8/31/21 at 8:38 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
Hey tenderfoot
tough times don’t last
tough people do…
tough times don’t last
tough people do…
Posted on 8/31/21 at 8:55 pm to Dances with Beagles
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I would not leave my home under any circumstances. If anything happens I want to be there to take care of it.
This is the mentality I don’t get. I’m proud of my home, but at the end of the day it’s a structure that be repaired/replaced. It’s what I pay insurance for. My comfort and my family’s safety are way more important.
This post was edited on 8/31/21 at 8:57 pm
Posted on 8/31/21 at 8:59 pm to dragginass
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Many people still have to work. Many businesses, hospitals, schools etc have backup power and the expectation that people come to work.
It’s always cute when OT’ers make it sound like they can just jump up and go stay in Birmingham for a week.
Posted on 8/31/21 at 9:02 pm to supadave3
I could work remotely and I do most of the time now anyway but my wife will need to go back to work as soon as they get back power. Ditto for my kid's school. It's not like we know that's going to be next Wednesday at this point or anything.
Posted on 8/31/21 at 9:17 pm to 22jctiger22
Ida did unprecedented damage throughout the river parishes, particularly St. Charles, St. John The Baptist and St. James. All the old plantation homes like Oak Alley, Laura Plantation and Houmas House were damaged by this storm, after going a couple hundred years of escaping hurricanes relatively unscathed.
Posted on 8/31/21 at 9:25 pm to tarzana
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Ida did unprecedented damage throughout the river parishes, particularly St. Charles, St. John The Baptist and St. James. All the old plantation homes like Oak Alley, Laura Plantation and Houmas House were damaged by this storm, after going a couple hundred years of escaping hurricanes relatively unscathed.
Why do you presume they went relatively unscathed? Our ancestors were skilled at putting things back together too.
This post was edited on 8/31/21 at 10:08 pm
Posted on 8/31/21 at 9:29 pm to AtlantaLSUfan
I don’t mind being hot during the day. My problem is at night, and it’s time for bed. I have a very hard time sleeping without AC. Working outside or hanging out in the heat has never bothered me.
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