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

Cnn ^ | 10/02/2022 | Rachel Ramirez

[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