Jimmy Patronis sounds alarms on dangerous mix of electric cars, storm surge (Florida Chief Financial Officer and state Fire Marshal)

Florida Politics ^ | October 9th 2022 | Jacob Ogles

[Paladin2]

When I charge Li battery containing small devices in the house I always have that stuff sitting on at least a 12” x 12” cut and polished rock tile.

[SaxxonWoods]

I know a guy who has two of those things. They look scary in the water, I’ve not asked for a ride. His local lake is prone to sudden thunderstorms.

[cymbeline]

I wish he’d cited some statistics on the EVs in the Florida flooding. I haven’t seen a picture of a flooded EV spouting flames or whatever he claims happens.

[ZOOKER]

Hard to tell how big a threat EV fires pose to the public.
Not every EV catches fire, obviously. How many were flooded, and how many of those burned? Is a hard driving rain enough, or does it take total immersion, or just moist salty air? Can the batteries be rendered safe by discharging or disconnecting them?
Will we see Insurance companies denying payouts or coverage because the homeowner has an EV on the property? That would kill the EV boom, fer sure.

[Paladin2]

They seem to be a totally fun photo-op.

Don’t know if they are still useful as chick bait.

Obviously one needs a license or two. Likely open season all year [local climate determining].

[Paladin2]

Li and Na are nothing to fool with.

[As we were able to definitively prove in HS Chemistry Lab - way back in the day.]

[from occupied ga]

Insurance will not insure ...

Isn't that half the goal of every insurance company? The other half being to collect premiums with so many exceptions that goal #1 id easily met.

[from occupied ga]

a totalitarian nightmare devoid of any risk management analyses.

Yes, but only for the little people - those that live in "fly over country) and or course those insanely dangerou exestintial threats to "democracy" - the MAGA people

[minnesota_bound]

#20 Salt air and road salt from the winter rusts out your steel car so a battery pack would be a fire waiting to happen.

[Deplorable American1776]

My CFO.. another great Florida Republican

[upchuck]

EVs are not Green.

No kidding...

EVs are powered by electricity created by the burning of mostly fossil fuels:

And pray to God it doesn't catch on fire. And if it does, the EV is not parked in your garage.

Imagine waking up at 3:30AM and discovering your house is on fire caused by your EV parked in your attached garage spontaneously combusting. Might cause some interesting challenges for the insurance company.

[gitmo]

Good question.

[gitmo]

Yeah. I saw a sink explode in chemistry lab when someone dumped so Li in the dry sink. Another student came by and turned the water on. Luckily he wasn’t burned. He did get thrown backwards.

[GOPJ]

...even after lithium battery fires were extinguished, continued exposure to saltwater caused new ignitions...

How about those lithium batteries for home solar units? Hurricane surge just got worse. Lefties are nuts.

[Paladin2]

It's imperative to keep the samples very small in mass.

Partial Edumactation by experience is a Good Thing^TM.