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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 9, 2024 19:55:15 GMT -5
Power was off 12 hours. I didn't get to sleep until 8:30 this morning because I wear a CPAP. No damage, 4" of rain total. Feeling blessed again today. Thanks for all the well wishes. Glad that you're okay, Ron. I was watching the news and the power might be out down your way for a few days. When I lived in NOLA, I went through a couple of hurricanes that came near the city and the torrential rain just came in waves as the bands moved through. And I've seen the damage done out in Alabama from the tornadoes that came afterwards. The trees along one of the highways looked as if they had all been cut down. I use a CPAP, too, and my wife uses an oxygen generator 24/7 . If we ever loose power, she could hook up to the oxygen bottles that we have when we're away from the house, but I'm out of luck without a backup power supply for the CPAP. Again, I'm glad that you're okay. Thanks. We're 300 miles from the coast now, so tornados were my only real concern. There were a LOT of tornados in the area, and there were a few deaths from trees going through houses. Still, it was mostly damaging to trees.
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Post by The Wizzard on Jul 10, 2024 8:40:53 GMT -5
I thought you had a battery back up for the CPAP. It ran out before we ever went to bed. Investigation to follow. Still, it only lasts for a couple of hours. No idea why it died with no load. You might want to check out The Portable Outlet. It is great and not just for CPAP machines. I am very happy with this device. Here is the link: Portable Outlet
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 10, 2024 16:04:04 GMT -5
It ran out before we ever went to bed. Investigation to follow. Still, it only lasts for a couple of hours. No idea why it died with no load. You might want to check out The Portable Outlet. It is great and not just for CPAP machines. I am very happy with this device. Here is the link: Portable OutletI like it, but the price is a bit high. It looks like a lot of other stuff got plugged into it. That's why it was dead before we went to sleep. USB chargers and such.
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Post by rdpipes on Jul 11, 2024 5:59:44 GMT -5
Hmm, we got some good rain here only, no wind, tornadoes, flooding or any other hog wash the weather man tried to warn us of, as usual. I do feel for those who have lost power and or had to deal with other damage. Mother nature it seems isn't as nice anymore and growing meaner as she ages.
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Post by trailboss on Jul 11, 2024 11:40:55 GMT -5
1.3 million people still without power in Texas with a heatwave following the hurricane.
Tough times for people, especially for the frail and medically compromised.
Prayers sent for the citizens.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 11, 2024 14:15:48 GMT -5
Please pray for Houston. All my wife's clients are without power. This is nursing homes, childcare and adult daycare centers, and assisted living homes. Plus the summer food programs So many times we were without power for 2 to 3 weeks. Another thing I don't miss about Houston.
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Post by bill1994eopd on Jul 14, 2024 12:36:04 GMT -5
I just returned for lunch and found that my power had been restored at some point this morning. There are still many people without power in Brazoria County.
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Post by urbino on Jul 14, 2024 14:38:07 GMT -5
I just returned for lunch and found that my power had been restored at some point this morning. There are still many people without power in Brazoria County. I didn’t remember you were in that area. Glad you’ve got your power restored. That must have been pretty uncomfortable.
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Post by toshtego on Jul 14, 2024 15:01:31 GMT -5
Please pray for Houston. All my wife's clients are without power. This is nursing homes, childcare and adult daycare centers, and assisted living homes. Plus the summer food programs So many times we were without power for 2 to 3 weeks. Another thing I don't miss about Houston. Those poor people. It looks like some of these care facilities might consider solar panel back-ups. Fossil Fuel generators depend upon fuel which cannot be pumped if there is no power. I guess they could have storage tanks for LPG or diesel on site with the generator. I can only imagine the misery in the Summer heat and humidity.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 14, 2024 21:40:00 GMT -5
Please pray for Houston. All my wife's clients are without power. This is nursing homes, childcare and adult daycare centers, and assisted living homes. Plus the summer food programs So many times we were without power for 2 to 3 weeks. Another thing I don't miss about Houston. Those poor people. It looks like some of these care facilities might consider solar panel back-ups. Fossil Fuel generators depend upon fuel which cannot be pumped if there is no power. I guess they could have storage tanks for LPG or diesel on site with the generator. I can only imagine the misery in the Summer heat and humidity. Solar power would be a joke in Houston unless they could figure out a way to make it hail proof. Main problem is that there isn't enough room on top of a building to supply the electricity needed to cool said building. There's already a bunch of fields of solar panels that are abandoned in central Texas because of hail. The people who put them in aren't cleaning them up either.
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