2 Trop. Storms Bring Thoughts on Storm Preparation

[MarkP]

Wasn't even thinking about storms when I filled three 20lb propane cylinders yesterday. I now have 4 1/2 full cylinders.

[missydog1]

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Originally posted by Hawaii Bound

Why do you think that the mountains would keep a hurricane from hitting the island? The would protect one side of the island or the other if a hurricane actually ever hit the island but they wouldn't actually stop a hurricane from hitting the island.

That is just superstition in my personal useless two cents. Show me any type of scientific data that states otherwise. I would love to see that.

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There's scientific data and theory. It's the wind shear. It's not the physical blockage.

[missydog1]

Here's an easy to read explanation of the TUTT (remember King Tut) affect that keeps most hurricanes from damaging us.
http://www.weather.com/blog/weather/8_13056.html

The mountains have a relationship that interplays with forming the TUTT that I have read, but I don't have that at hand and I don't have time to get into a search now.

The article explains that we are not always safe by any means.

[Carey]

I am going to request that this is a thread for preparation (after all I started it, but knowing there are those that must debate)

On the preparation note (and this goes for gusts too) I was doing a final "I have everything pretty under control" walk around & noticed the money plants & ti plants that were trimmed Last storm season were gently luffing about our phone (and internet, NOOOO!) lines...

So I spent a bit with the mega shears slicing down those buggas....

Also planted 6 plants that were on my "gonna do" list.... figured they might get a real good watering & a few less things that might gust about)

side note: anyone want money plant (striped & dark), ti (green & red mixes) or double apricot hibiscus (has a red heart center)

[Kapohocat]

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Originally posted by Carey...
side note: anyone want money plant (striped & dark), ti (green & red mixes) or double apricot hibiscus (has a red heart center)

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If you have some ti and hibiscus, maybe we can pick up tomorrow? .... or Saturday? LOL

[Carey]

no rush, unless the wind takes them, they are not going anywhere...so they are yours... anyone need money plants? ;~)

[alaskyn66]

I went to Kona this morning, and was mildly surprised that it was business as usual. Shelves at Costco and Walmart fully stocked. And not that busy. Peoples carts contained the same thing I always see.

When in Rome.. Do as the Romans do....

[1voyager1]

I'm having a very hard time taking this as seriously as I probably should.
After over 30 years in Alaska where experiencing 90mph and up to 175mph winds are just simple frequent weather happenings and part of the Alaska experience.
No one ever made much of a to-do about about wind storms except to comment about them after the fact.
After the mid 80s rarely are homes damaged beyond needing a few shingles replaces.
All the bad ones have been blown off and replaced.
Every time the media made a big to-do about 45mph wind storms or heavy snow fall in the lower 48, we'd just laugh at them.

Now, I'm thinking about a lot of trees, and an infrastructure that rarely see winds as high as 35mph.
maybe I ought to take this a bit more seriously.
But, it's hard to.

My major concern is:
Where can I get some Coleman fuel, the liquid kind?
It is a dual fuel stove. But, I prefer using naphtha to gasoline.

[TomK]

1voyager1 - when the trade winds get above 25mph here, I start preparing for power outages. Unfortunately, that's just the way it is here.

[snorkle]

It's not the wind s much as the possibility of one inch an hour rainfall for twenty four hours. Gusty wind just complicates things a little more.