Hurricane Sandy - Page 8

Undertoad · 10-29-2012, 07:01 PM

Lights are flickering, NJ and Long Island Facebookers are reporting power out. Any moment now I expect to be out. If it goes, I'll try to check in one more time by phone's mobile hotspot.

infinite monkey · 10-29-2012, 07:02 PM

Will you be warm and safe? Are you living in the new place now?

orthodoc · 10-29-2012, 07:03 PM

Good luck, UT and everybody in Philly ...

Undertoad · 10-29-2012, 07:15 PM

No I'm still at the old house. I take delivery of the key on the new place on Thursday, but I won't move in right away. If the place is still standing.

Ibby · 10-29-2012, 07:21 PM

Drizzled for about ten minutes here, then quit again. I still have my window open; the curtains've flapped a bit at a few gusts in the last hour or so but it's still actually really nice out. Thinking about popping out for a few beers and some dinner before the rain hits.

Ibby · 10-29-2012, 07:22 PM

Hey guys: who wants to pop into Cellar Chat for a Sandychat tonight? We can tell when people lose power by when they vanish!

Big Sarge · 10-29-2012, 07:37 PM

The Defense Logistics Agency posted this Photo: Okay, this is crazy! A shark swimming in the streets of Brigantine, NJ #hurricaneSandy

I hope everyone put shark repellant in their survival kit.

Ibby · 10-29-2012, 07:43 PM

no they didn't? Where?

Ibby · 10-29-2012, 07:48 PM

Ed Shultz just announced on behalf of NYC that the city is experiencing a "911 overload" and to call 311 for information or to report damage. yikes.

orthodoc · 10-29-2012, 07:53 PM

Dang! Knew I'd forgotten something!

BigV · 10-29-2012, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Sarge

The Defense Logistics Agency posted this Photo: Okay, this is crazy! A shark swimming in the streets of Brigantine, NJ #hurricaneSandy

I hope everyone put shark repellant in their survival kit.

How are those underground utilities looking now, glatt?

glatt · 10-29-2012, 08:17 PM

wet?

Griff · 10-29-2012, 08:24 PM

Water is one thing that makes transformers go boom.

Hurricane Sandy sounds like an awesome dessert.

Ibby · 10-29-2012, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

Makes me wonder exactly what in the transformer is making that boom noise when it goes. When a circuit breaker in my house trips, it just makes a loud click.

I got curious.

Quote:

Why Do Transformers Explode?
Transformers explode when an electric power line running to a transformer suddenly transmits far too much electricity for the circuits within the transformer to process. The most common way that this can happen is during a lightning strike. There are automatic shutoffs within the transformer when too much power reaches it. They turn off within 60 milliseconds of having detected an energy spike; unfortunately, this is about 5 times too slow to do any good. The extra electricity heats up and melts the circuit. The circuits are made to be heat resistant and are kept cool by several gallons of refined mineral oil in a closed chamber. Despite this, the circuit becomes red hot and fails in a shower of electrical sparks, superheating and igniting the mineral oil. The mineral oil combusts explosively, causing a loud bang and sending metal shrapnel that was once the transformer scything everywhere.

busterb · 10-29-2012, 08:49 PM

I don't mean this in a bad way. I know what a fuck-up this can be. But, yanks, get a dose of what we go though every 2 or 3 years. Guess we're a bit better prepared.
I have gas for cooking and heating water, but the fing lights are a bitch.
Gool luck all !!

10-29-2012, 07:03 PM	#108
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Good luck, UT and everybody in Philly ... __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

10-29-2012, 07:21 PM	#110
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Drizzled for about ten minutes here, then quit again. I still have my window open; the curtains've flapped a bit at a few gusts in the last hour or so but it's still actually really nice out. Thinking about popping out for a few beers and some dinner before the rain hits. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

10-29-2012, 07:22 PM	#111
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Hey guys: who wants to pop into Cellar Chat for a Sandychat tonight? We can tell when people lose power by when they vanish! __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

10-29-2012, 07:37 PM	#112
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	The Defense Logistics Agency posted this Photo: Okay, this is crazy! A shark swimming in the streets of Brigantine, NJ #hurricaneSandy I hope everyone put shark repellant in their survival kit. Attached Images __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

10-29-2012, 07:43 PM	#113
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	no they didn't? Where? __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

10-29-2012, 07:01 PM	#106
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Lights are flickering, NJ and Long Island Facebookers are reporting power out. Any moment now I expect to be out. If it goes, I'll try to check in one more time by phone's mobile hotspot.

10-29-2012, 07:02 PM	#107
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Will you be warm and safe? Are you living in the new place now?

10-29-2012, 07:15 PM	#109
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	No I'm still at the old house. I take delivery of the key on the new place on Thursday, but I won't move in right away. If the place is still standing.

10-29-2012, 07:48 PM	#114
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Ed Shultz just announced on behalf of NYC that the city is experiencing a "911 overload" and to call 311 for information or to report damage. yikes. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

10-29-2012, 07:53 PM	#115
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Dang! Knew I'd forgotten something! __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

10-29-2012, 08:17 PM	#117
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	wet?

10-29-2012, 08:24 PM	#118
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Water is one thing that makes transformers go boom. Hurricane Sandy sounds like an awesome dessert. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-29-2012, 08:49 PM	#120
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	I don't mean this in a bad way. I know what a fuck-up this can be. But, yanks, get a dose of what we go though every 2 or 3 years. Guess we're a bit better prepared. I have gas for cooking and heating water, but the fing lights are a bitch. Gool luck all !! __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

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