Showing posts with label treemageddon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label treemageddon. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
that was quick
Finally emerging from Hurricane Sandy discombobulation to discover that Poof: the semester is gone. I have just four classes left to teach (the rest being committed to in-class papers & the exit exam).
Whoosh.
So where were we?
While I'm figuring that out, here are my current off-topic preoccupations, in case anyone has info and/or reading recommendations:
How do power grids work? (Allison posted some links on decrepit infrastructure, I think.)
What is a hurricane? What is a Nor'easter? What is a midlatitude trough? (And do other places have hurricanes followed immediately by 6 inches of snow?)
How long can you store gasoline?
Generator or inverter, or generator and inverter?
Does my fireplace produce a net loss in heat? (Do all fireplaces produce a net loss in heat? Does it matter?)
What I Saved from the Flood
What is an IP address, anyway, and how does the FBI find out what your is if they really want to know? Also, what is metadata?
Whoosh.
So where were we?
While I'm figuring that out, here are my current off-topic preoccupations, in case anyone has info and/or reading recommendations:
How do power grids work? (Allison posted some links on decrepit infrastructure, I think.)
What is a hurricane? What is a Nor'easter? What is a midlatitude trough? (And do other places have hurricanes followed immediately by 6 inches of snow?)
How long can you store gasoline?
Generator or inverter, or generator and inverter?
Does my fireplace produce a net loss in heat? (Do all fireplaces produce a net loss in heat? Does it matter?)
What I Saved from the Flood
What is an IP address, anyway, and how does the FBI find out what your is if they really want to know? Also, what is metadata?
Monday, November 12, 2012
the power
Since our power came back on (8 days without), Ed and I are both loving our light switches!
I've been walking around the house turning lights on just because I can.
I've been walking around the house turning lights on just because I can.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Sunday, November 4, 2012
still no
Con Ed restored power to everyone in town but 41 houses (plus another set downtown on one street), and left.
No word from the mayor.
I was thinking he might come tour the neighborhood.
update 11/5/2012: Wrong, wrong, wrong.
700 "customers" in Irvington (population circa 6500) still out of power as of this morning.
Temperature in our bedroom 50 degrees.
No word from the mayor.
I was thinking he might come tour the neighborhood.
update 11/5/2012: Wrong, wrong, wrong.
700 "customers" in Irvington (population circa 6500) still out of power as of this morning.
Temperature in our bedroom 50 degrees.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
the ocean in the air
We have power.
We also have trees. This morning I've relearned the lesson of Darwin: we've been through three 'Treemageddons' in the past 2 years, and the trees that were standing at the beginning of this storm are the trees that survived those onslaughts. They're still here.
Imagine what the scene would be like if none of those storms had happened.
Listening to TV... subways, buses, trains. All down. C was unhappy with us for summoning him home in the run-up to the storm, but when he learned last night that all the dorms had lost power -- and that most of the other Westchester students seemed to have gone home, too -- he was mollified. The Long Island kids, a much larger contingent, may have stayed put.
Still waiting to hear what's to become of his midterm tomorrow. I would really like NOT to be driving to the Village to deliver my child for a post-hurricane midterm that can't be rescheduled by even a day.
Later on, I'll try to post the video I took last night. The air sounded like the ocean. There was a soft, continuous roar that would periodically build to a loud, crashing din like the waves coming in --- and all this without a branch or a leaf so much as trembling. Perfect stillness on the ground, a roar in the air.
I must have been hearing the wind currents, right?
The wind currents or the gods.
We also have trees. This morning I've relearned the lesson of Darwin: we've been through three 'Treemageddons' in the past 2 years, and the trees that were standing at the beginning of this storm are the trees that survived those onslaughts. They're still here.
Imagine what the scene would be like if none of those storms had happened.
Listening to TV... subways, buses, trains. All down. C was unhappy with us for summoning him home in the run-up to the storm, but when he learned last night that all the dorms had lost power -- and that most of the other Westchester students seemed to have gone home, too -- he was mollified. The Long Island kids, a much larger contingent, may have stayed put.
Still waiting to hear what's to become of his midterm tomorrow. I would really like NOT to be driving to the Village to deliver my child for a post-hurricane midterm that can't be rescheduled by even a day.
Later on, I'll try to post the video I took last night. The air sounded like the ocean. There was a soft, continuous roar that would periodically build to a loud, crashing din like the waves coming in --- and all this without a branch or a leaf so much as trembling. Perfect stillness on the ground, a roar in the air.
I must have been hearing the wind currents, right?
The wind currents or the gods.
Monday, October 29, 2012
3rd time's the charm - remembering Treemageddon again and again
Treemageddon through the years
OK, message received. As soon as this one's over, we're buying a generator.
Also a week's stash of caffeine candy.
Hudson Independent Facebook page
This is the restaurant down the hill from us, the one we always go to. No rain yet, no real wind, and the Hudson is overflowing its banks. Already.
We're a good 35-40 miles from the mouth of the Hudson.
Storm still coming.
Meanwhile, back on topic, here's some math!
If the wind is 75 mph at ground level, it's 95-100 mph at the 30th floor, 125 mph at the 60th.
OK, message received. As soon as this one's over, we're buying a generator.
Also a week's stash of caffeine candy.
Hudson Independent Facebook page
This is the restaurant down the hill from us, the one we always go to. No rain yet, no real wind, and the Hudson is overflowing its banks. Already.
We're a good 35-40 miles from the mouth of the Hudson.
Storm still coming.
Meanwhile, back on topic, here's some math!
If the wind is 75 mph at ground level, it's 95-100 mph at the 30th floor, 125 mph at the 60th.
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