Lot's of debris. Lot's of lines down and poles busted. Power been gone since noon. Will probably be a day or two, at least.

Oh well. Wine cabinet is full, got plenty of generator fuel and internet connection is good. Might have to watch The Big Labowski again.

And then there's Blazing Saddles, Mel Brooks' best film. 

Airplane was great! Then I saw Tremors!

Burt Gummer: "Broke into the wrong goddamn rec room, didn't you, you bastard!"

Ha!

Rains moving in here. Gonna be an interesting day tomorrow, Genny plugged in and ready to go. Chainsaws gassed up.

Now you know that's not how the statistics work. You're arguing a form of the reverse gambler's fallacy. Our neighbors in Hatteras took that argument to the extreme, after we were all flooded by Matthew in 2016 they argued that the flooding was a once in a lifetime event and wouldn't repeat so they rebuilt without raising their house. We raised ours 11 feet and then rebuilt. Guess who got flooded again last year by Dorian and who didn't? 

The main global model track is the most probable, the ensemble tracks give you a good sense of how much uncertainty there is, In the case of Isaias the GFS ensemble is very tightly clustered, and the ECMWF is showing almost the same track too. 

That south wind buildup off the Jersey coast is pretty interesting, looks like its expected to peak in the 50- knot range. 

And please don't call me Shirley 

Trying to charge while idling is different issue, an alt which is producing plenty of current at higher engine rpm might not produce enough at idle.A dc/dc converter won't fix that. 

Just park under the   L

Actually, it's usually a good thing to be under the bulls eye this far out. Shirley, it will change...

Since installing the battery isolator and dedicated circuit, I don't have to worry about unplugging the 'Pod when we stop overnight or about whether the 'Pod will run the TV's battery down. Also, I now can both charge the LiFePO4 battery and run the refrigerator on 12V while we are on the road. I never could do that before since the 7-way plug's 12V supply was insufficient, even when we had the dual 6V batteries.

I got the Renogy 20A DC to DC charger. You can see it in my mods.

Tropicaltidbits is good.

25 years living 7 feet or less above sea level on the Southeast coast of Florida or on small boats sailing around the Bahamas and GOM gave me a healthy respect and bit of obsessive weather nerdism. Andrew was a pain. A big pain.

Moved up here and Sandy followed. Arghhhh. Removed tree threat to house, but the power infrastructure around me is fragile. I will have portable 8K generator hooked up and ready to go tomorrow. Easier to do when it's not pouring rain. Bought that right before Sandy and keeps most of the house going. Many weak trees around due to emerald ash borer right now. Got plenty elevation and river is low so little danger of flooding.

A good site with tons of links I have followed for years for carib weather =>  https://www.stormcarib.com/

So you're using a dedicated dc/dc converter supplied by your tow vehicle alternator? What type and what is its output current rating? Does your alt supply it adequately idling or do you need to keep the rpm up by driving? 

Think DC/DC charger. Ya, the Pod has one built in, but is it as good as a dedicated unit? What I'm seeing my DC/DC charger is so much better. I don't carry my solar any longer. I also don't stay put for more than a few days (tops).

For me, it works awesome! Could it for you.. depends.

Can I get a little help on building a wind turbine? There's always somethin.

The wind is likely to be too strong for a wind turbine anyway.

I'm glad we live at enough of an elevation that storm surge won't be a problem and that we live toward the top of a hill so flooding won't be likely. Trees are the big worry. I just had some branches that were close to the house cut off which should help. What won't help is if a whole tree gets blown over.

Originally posted by Leo B Wind turbine isnt that 3 parts rum two parts whiskey a little burbon and a twist of lime

Ha! That's called a blackout!

I can't win. I finally started understanding solar. Now I'm under a tropical storm watch for the next there days!

Can I get a little help on building a wind turbine?

There's always somethin.