This 100% solar community endured Hurricane Ian with no loss of power and minimal damage

Cnn ^ | 10/02/2022 | Rachel Ramirez

[ChicagoConservative27]

— Anthony Grande moved away from Fort Myers three years ago in large part because of the hurricane risk. He has lived in southwest Florida for nearly 19 years, had experienced Hurricanes Charley in 2004 and Irma in 2017 and saw what stronger storms could do to the coast.

Grande told CNN he wanted to find a new home where developers prioritized climate resiliency in a state that is increasingly vulnerable to record-breaking storm surge, catastrophic wind and historic rainfall.

What he found was Babcock Ranch — only 12 miles northeast of Fort Myers, yet seemingly light years away.

Babcock Ranch calls itself “America’s first solar-powered town.” Its nearby solar array — made up of 700,000 individual panels — generates more electricity than the 2,000-home neighborhood uses, in a state where most electricity is generated by burning natural gas, a planet-warming fossil fuel.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Land-based atmospheric CO₂ measurement far enough from the ocean that the seasonal oceanic fluctuation is eliminated.

[NorthMountain]

Ahh ... Thanks. Very interesting.

[FoxInSocks]

440-acre field of solar panels? Nice, attractive use of land.

[DocRock]

sciencenewslab.com/environment/the-tonga-eruptions-50-million-tons-of-water-vapor-may-warm-earth-for-months-to-come/

But the inviro natzis blame my gas powered leaf blower for hurricanes.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

17 Recycling these used solar panels will be a major environmental disaster. But in the case of this community, it will be “NIMBY”, the rich white folk will shout!

[minnesota_bound]

The only loss of power was at night when there is no sun.
Resident: It only lasts about 12 hours or so. I get on my bicycle with a generator attached to power the tv or appliances.

[LadyDoc]

how strong were the winds in that area?

We just got hit by a cat 4 typhoon here in the Philippines (the eye went right over our town). Roofs were blown off, walls fell down, trees fell down (and the rice crop, nearly ready to harvest, was flattened and lost).

Now, tell me again how those solar panels would survive 90 mph winds?

by the way: We are okay, except for the lost harvest and part of the new roof blown off (the old roof was blown off in last year’s typhoon).

[TexasGator]

A 645 kW rooftop array on the VA Hospital in San Juan (installed in 2015) is operating at 100 percent – even after facing sustained 180 MPH winds from hurricanes Irma and Maria.

https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2017/11/07/solar-survives-the-storms-in-puerto-rico/#:~:text=A%20system%20is%20only%20as%20strong%20as%20its,components%20are%20engineered%20to%20last.%20What%20did%20work