Howlin, if you get a ping list together, please add me!!! 
Posted on 05/19/2005 11:03:42 AM PDT by varina davis
Trans-gender perhaps? ;-) Pacific "hurricanes" are called "typhoons". It wont actually switch from typhoon to hurricane until it crosses into the Caribbean. I don't know why they are calling this one a hurricane, btw. It's in the Pacific. It's a typhoon.
Yep, it's all part of the VRWC. Bush not only has 'oil buddies', he has 'building supply buddies' he has to take care of. Rove is down in the White House basement playing with the Halliburton! hurricane generator again. /Sarc.
I had a lot of practice ;-)
Well, add up the power drain from all the appliances you'll want to power. (The freezer/refrigerator, maybe a television & satellite box, a few lights, AC, etc.) This information should be on the back plates or in the manuals; light bulbs are easy. Then, with that power load in mind, go pricing. Honda, Yamaha, Briggs & Stratton, all are reputable manufacturers. If it's too much, cut back on the appliances planned.
Be sure to securely ground the generator with an at least eight foot ground rod driven into the soil. Secure the generator well with heavy chains to prevent theft. Install it outdoors and away from windows, to prevent exhaust fumes entering the residence and overcoming its occupants. Prepare a switchover panel to ensure that the utility mains are completely disconnected from the house when the generator is active - utility workers can be killed if generator power flows back onto the mains.
Dang. %-)
Have you got the ping list together yet?
I'm still incredulous we're talking about this so early.
I have one I wrote down, but we really NEED a ping list!
The formation of a tropical storm in the Pacific Ocean this week isn't abnormal. Hurricane season began there four days ago.
What's odd is Tropical Storm Adrian's motion, with upper-level wind patterns steering it northeastward toward Central America, rather than westward back into the ocean, the normal track for most Pacific storms.
Given its current track, forecasters expect Adrian to cross El Salvador and Honduras and emerge into the Caribbean by midday Friday.
Although the National Hurricane Center predicts that Adrian, with maximum sustained winds of about 60 mph, could strengthen into a hurricane before any landfall, it poses little threat to the United States, forecasters said.
"It will probably emerge into the Caribbean as little more than a group of thunderstorms," said Chris Hebert, lead hurricane forecaster at ImpactWeather, a forecasting service based in Houston.
"It'll likely be weak because it's going to be moving over some of the more rugged areas of Central America."
High, shearing winds in the Caribbean should prevent Adrian from reorganizing into a storm or hurricane once it gets back over open water, which fuels tropical systems.
There's a possibility southern Florida will see showers from the system, but the chances of Houston seeing any effect from Adrian are nil.
It's rare for a storm to cross from the Pacific into the Atlantic basin, Hebert said. It happens every 10 or 15 years. The normal wind patterns steer Pacific storms westward.
Because Adrian has come early in the Pacific hurricane season, frontal systems are still moving across the U.S., affecting upper-level wind patterns and allowing storm movement to the northeast. As summer comes, those frontal systems will largely end, Hebert said.
Hurricane season for the Atlantic basin begins June 1. Forecasters have predicted above-average activity for this season.
I totally agree that we need one. I have a feeling we're all going to be real close friends again this summer, unfortunately.
Dawn, do you know who had the hurricane ping list last year?
Yes.
Thanks for the ping. Our weatherman here in NE Ohio has predicted a cold and rainy summer JUST LIKE LAST YEAR. Does not bode well for any of us.
Something I just learned, 746 watts = 1.0 horse power.
No, actually (I was confused myself on the subject.)
Previously, all crossers in either direction received a new name...e.g. one that crossed from the Atlantic to Eastern Pacific was renamed with the next Eastern Pacific name, and vice versa.
However, that was changed in 2001, and Adrian will remain Adrian IF IT REMAINS a system while crossing Central America into the Atlantic. If it disappates and regenerates, it will be renamed Arlene.
Or, just plug the appliances directly into the generator...this way, you're completely clear of the housing electrical wiring. I have a heavy duty electrical extension cord with multiple outlets just for this purpose.
We'll see. I just read in my local newspaper (Mobile Register) today that it will be re-named Arlene.
Howlin, if you get a ping list together, please add me!!!
Dang - I guess I need to get my hurricane tracking map out. Seems like it's too early for this.
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