re: #105 oaktree

Lovely. We’re handling Irene here in Philly at work by shutting the network down tonight, riding out the storm, and then starting things back up on Sunday evening as conditions warrant. And as local infrastructure support person who lives conveniently close by (walking distance) guess who got volunteered. :-/

Got to do the procedure two weeks ago for a planned power outage, so I’m in practice.

The apartment might be rough during the storm. Moving away from windows is a difficult proposition in my layout since I live on the corner of the building. Might just box vulnerable stuff where I can and put plastic over it in case the bad things happen (like losing a window or two.)

If power and internet holds I’ll do live commentary here…

The only reason we lost power in Katrina is because our electric poles were over 50 years old. The wood was rotting and they fell in the wind. It didn’t take a big wind for that, was under 75mph.

See the wind scale and damage probability here:
nhc.noaa.gov

For a Cat 1 or 2 you have to tie everything down, bring it inside and stay clear of flying debris.

Anyway, I’m not saying people shouldn’t take precautions, but I really think they’re making a bigger deal of it than need be. Better safe than sorry, I guess, but you also risk freaking people out for nothing.