Hurricane Safety

+1 for Otty

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You can pickup a baby generator from Home Depot for about 150 bucks (here in California at least), its wattage is really small, but enough to keep pumps and the like going on a tank. Like the post said above, it might need 2 gallons per 24 hours... and thats a stretch. Besides, the added benefit you can blow dry your hair, and keep your beer cold right after the storm too!

 

Excuse me, Mr.Bear, I am an expert on hurricanes. I have been through about 15 and I am also a tank owner. There has never been, nor will there ever will be a hurricane strong enough to lift a tank.

Trains? Trains are easy to pushover, because they are so long. A tank won't be hit with nearly as much wind so it won't be picked up or knocked over. A tank is the safest place to be during a hurricane attack. As for the ships, they're on water. I could probably push a ship if I could walk on water.

I don't know where you get your facts, but I think you need to do some more research.

 

I still stick to what I said..
And agree a tank would be the best place to be..
I don't mean all tanks could get fliped by any hurricane..
Just that the right Power Surge hitting a tank right could flip it..
We have a 150 ton crane at the shipyard we have steel lockdowns we add when
one's comeing thru.. I was speaking of loaded ships not boats..

It was just MOHO..
Sorry if you took it the wrong way.. Because it really doesn't matter..
And I did say Power Surge....
Being you've been thru so many hurricanes you know what a " Power Surge " is..??

And I really don't think there's any Idiots on this website..
Or wasn't.....


I am an expert on hurricanes. I have been through about 15 and I am also a tank owner.

I could probably push a ship if I could walk on water.
...... I'm sure you could ......


Peace, Larry

 

you obviously have no clue what your talking about. having stayed in south louisiana for katrina, i for one can attest to a hurricane's powers. it can, and will move tanks, houses, cars trains you name it it will move. so your "15" hurricanes must have been some baby ones.

and just for a reference as to where i was, the mouth of the mississippi is exactly 60 miles south of where i stayed, and afterwards our fire department was responsible for covering that whole area (which was under 20 feet of water for some time)

so yeah, your right wise guy.

 

So after losing power for 6 hours on Monday, everything was fine thank gosh, I realized that my biggest issue would be HEAT. Living in south florida and having no AC the temp can easily get up into the 90s and I worry about my tank over heating. What do you guys do to keep the temp down during power outages?

 

Fans, either by a generator or battery operated. My tank went without elec. and lights for almost 2 weeks and it reached 84, everything survived. Of course, an air pump comes in handy too


Luna

 

All I can say about the lose of power during a hurricane is after Rita came through our area we were with out power for 3 1/2 weeks. We ran our generator for that amount of time and the worst part was the heat, finding gas, and watching things die in your reef from not being able to run the chiller. You have to make some tough decisions during those times.