Looks like Rocky and his fair city of Halifax is going to be right in the eye of Dorian. Hope they fair out okay.
Tropical Visitor - Dorian
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Me too. At least it is not a Cat 5 like it was when it devastated the Bahamas.
Hunker down, Rocky, and stay safe.
Hunker down, Rocky, and stay safe.
Stay vigilant y’all.
I hope @Rocky is ok as we last saw him on Thursday at 8:36 PM , I also sent him a mail with no reply.
I just found this.
Dorian weakened to a hurricane-force post-tropical cyclone on Saturday but managed to knock out power for half a million people in Nova Scotia, according to an 11 p.m. ET advisory from the National Hurricane Center. Dorian was traveling over the Canadian Maritimes and is 60 miles south of the Magdalen Islands. It had maximum sustained winds of 90 mph winds and was moving north-northeast at 30 mph.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/h...els-latest-updates-forecast-today-2019-09-07/
I just found this.
Dorian weakened to a hurricane-force post-tropical cyclone on Saturday but managed to knock out power for half a million people in Nova Scotia, according to an 11 p.m. ET advisory from the National Hurricane Center. Dorian was traveling over the Canadian Maritimes and is 60 miles south of the Magdalen Islands. It had maximum sustained winds of 90 mph winds and was moving north-northeast at 30 mph.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/h...els-latest-updates-forecast-today-2019-09-07/
Yes, Nova Scotia did get hit pretty hard with A LOT of rain and damaging winds.
Rocky may be with out power as a lot of them are in the Halifax area.
Unlike him to be absent for this long. The storm only hit starting Saturday, so hope all is OK with him.
Rocky may be with out power as a lot of them are in the Halifax area.
Unlike him to be absent for this long. The storm only hit starting Saturday, so hope all is OK with him.
Sent Rocky a Text msg and heard back from him. All well, just no power due to Dorian. Will be a couple of days at least.
Thanks Q good to know he is ok but not having power sure can suck.
Yes, its good he is OK.
But , most importantly , is the Triumphs and BSA OK.!!
@Qship , thank you very much for the update. So glad to know he is OK.
@DaveM, I was following the track of Dorian and knew that Nova Scotia took a direct hit. I hope he gets powere back quickly. When Irma hit us last year, we were 8 days withouit power. However, we have an 8k watt generator. I don't think Rocky has a generator.
@DaveM, I was following the track of Dorian and knew that Nova Scotia took a direct hit. I hope he gets powere back quickly. When Irma hit us last year, we were 8 days withouit power. However, we have an 8k watt generator. I don't think Rocky has a generator.
I ended up down here in Nova Scotia to try and get my Mother-in-Law's generator fixed. Brought my own down in case couldn't fix it. Got here and hooked mine up and got the fridges plugged in, started working on her genny. Bang, power comes back on. Was not supposed to be back until Tuesday evening. Go figure? Her genny is back up and running.
Qship got fingers better than Warren Beatty.!
That is good news, Steve. I assume that your mother-in-law had no damage? For what it is worth, I run my generator for about an hour every month with a refrigerator and/or air compressor plugged in to give it a load.
Very little damage here. A few big branches down and she lost a few shingles. Generator was an easy fix. O ring in float bowl was rotted and leaking. Needed an oil change so did that too. Cleaned up carb a bit and running great. I try to tell her to run it at least 10-15 minutes every week or two but she does not, and to keep fuel tank topped up. This is why I ended up down here on short notice. It's ONLY a 5 hour drive.
Good to hear she had no major damage. I can't get my neighbor lady to run her generator periodically either.
News in Australia is that 40 % of Victorian , ( state not time !), can expect blackouts for 1/3 of the day on Hot Days. As there is a shortage of reliable power , since all the states sold off their Electrical Power Assets ( is : privatised state assets )..
Which has led to old worn out assets , being " run into the ground " and closed down and Private Companies will never build a new powerstation.. Cause they cost billions to build and 10 years to construct. The states cannot build them , because
(1) they don't want to borrow the money and the Federal Government doesn't want to lend them the Money.
Usual catch 22.
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(2) The Engineering Staff were asked to take redundancy , at Each state electricity commission and were not replaced , and / or given other less meaningful jobs , to sit out their retirement. So all the Knowledge on Power Systems for Construction has all been lost, as it wasn't past on. all the Tool makers , Tradesmen , machinery and stock along with building have been sold for scrap , too comeback from overseas as Razor blades and Frying Pans.
So Now there is No Money , No Willpower and no Skills to get a " Worlds Best Practise " Reliable Power System , when the Lights go out , when the Temperature hits 40'C ( over 100'F ). , which happens nearly every day in December to March.
Luckily for some , solar roof panels will save the fridge and freezer. but most people are not so well equipped.
Going to be interesting to Watch. South Australia and Victoria Fail.
But the private companies and the government have a easy to see follow up plan . To force the people to accept , Fracking in the State Forests and Farm land , to provide local Gas Turbine Power Stations which are Automated Modular Designs.
I would like so!e experienced comments on Fracking and how it effects natural Plants , Animal and Farms , along with the huge amounts of Methane it is said to release.
Plus do you have experience in the states of this behaviour.
Did I mention , that electricity prices and gas prices are at a historical all time high , yet the reason for privatisations was it would free up the money for hospitals and drive down electricity prices.
Chris
I am sorry to hear of these woes. That sounds third world rather than Australia!
Modern Short term Goverment thinking, driven by the Dollar , have a Lot to Answer for. Unfortunately , no one listening or interested. People have their own problems , again driven by the Dollar.
Its enough , that I spill the beans.
After that what can you do , too much to do , so little time.
This is now a regular story our side and has been for some years now, we rotate during the day 3 to 4 hours off then 3 to 4 hours on and 3 to 4 hours off again, it is costing the economy big time.
Al the Gold and Diamonds in the Ground
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When the Treasure Bank Vault Doors are Open. !
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