Your last comment reminds me of a statement heard on CNN today: "More
than 1/2 of the casualties attributed to a storm happen after the storm
has passed". Or a related comment by a physician also on CNN a couple
of days earlier that he'll be treating lots of chain saw injuries after
the storm passes.
Chuck Norcutt
On 8/28/2011 7:12 PM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> I just finished watching the evening news. Fortunately for coastal NY the
> storm had lost some of its intensity by the time it made its third landfall
> on Long Island. The storm surge was far less than predicted but plenty of
> wind and rain to go around. The big story was the rain on the western side
> of the storm. The inland areas received 8-10 inches of rain in an area that
> was already saturated from a wet summer season. LOTS of flooding. Most of
> the fatalities have been due to the falling trees but there were also a few
> who have to test Darwin's Theory by going down to the beach to check things
> out.
> Stay safe guys.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 6:56 PM, John Hudson<OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> You OK Chuck? Wet basement, downed power lines, no Sunday paper
>> delivery......?
>>
>> Here in coastal Nova Scotia in late evening it's just grey skies, drizzle
>> and strongish breezes.
>>
>> jh
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chuck Norcutt"<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 6:00 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Irene
>>
>>
>>> I finally did my deliberate pull the plug (actually, flick the switch)
>>> test. When the power went off the morning the only thing plugged into
>>> the UPS was the Dell desktop machine. I normally don't plug the monitor
>>> into the UPS since it a CRT and draws lots of power. This time I added
>>> the cable modem and router to see if anything worked at all. When I
>>> flipped the switch the big CPU box dropped immediately. But the modem
>>> and router kept on ticking. So the UPS electronics seem to work and I
>>> assume the battery is too old to deliver the needed current for the big
>>> box. I'll replace the battery after double checking that the specs for
>>> the smallish UPS say it should be able to support the power requirements
>>> of the big box.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/28/2011 11:52 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>> Chuck,
>>>>
>>>> I have only one small UPS, used to power my wife's old VCR and her
>>>> set-top
>>>> box with DVR. It seems to respond almost instantaneously to a drop in
>>>> power. Hard to say what a chattering-type interruption would do. When
>>>> it
>>>> gets fully charged, you could simulate that by loosening the wall plug
>>>> and
>>>> moving it around to give an intermittent connection, though not enough
>> to
>>>> burn the prongs of the plug.
>>>>
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Chuck Norcutt"<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 10:15 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [OM] Irene
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Well, Irene managed to take out the power for about 1-1/2 hours this
>>>>> morning. The big surprise was not that the power went out but that my
>>>>> UPS didn't prevent the computer from going down with it. The laptop my
>>>>> wife uses kept on chugging on battery power but had no internet
>>>>> connection since I didn't have the router and cable modem plugged into
>>>>> the UPS. So, to test to see if the UPS was working at all, I plugged
>> in
>>>>> the modem and router and it provided the laptop with an internet
>>>>> connection until the mains came back on.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now I've got to figure out why the UPS didn't keep the big iron from
>>>>> failing. Could be the battery is old (probably getting on to 5 years
>> or
>>>>> more) and couldn't deliver the power required. After the battery gets
>>>>> charged back up I'll give it a test by pulling the power plug on the
>>>>> UPS. If it fails again I'll replace the UPS battery.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is it possible for this to happen if the mains chatter enough while
>>>>> going down that they manage to outfox the UPS such that it also
>> chatters
>>>>> enough to make a non-power window long enough to let the computer fail?
>>>>>
>>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 8/28/2011 7:53 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>>>> Actually, "eye of the storm" is exactly the place to be if you can but
>>>>>> manage to stay there. I've been in a couple of eyes and it's very
>> calm
>>>>>> in there. But all hell breaks loose once again when the eye wall from
>>>>>> the opposite side of the storm comes (quickly) upon you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We're having heavy rain at the moment and the wind is blowing harder
>>>>>> than I expected. But I'm pretty far inland. Right now the center of
>>>>>> the eye is a bit over 200 miles away. Later today it will be about
>> 130
>>>>>> miles away. So it might get worse before it gets better. But I'm
>>>>>> neither likely to be blown away nor flooded out. Max winds should be
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> the low end of tropical storm force and the rivers and streams were
>>>>>> below normal levels before the storm. Besides, I'm on the top of a
>>>>>> high
>>>>>> hill. If it floods here y'all better be building an ark. :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But there are others on this list who are either on or very near the
>>>>>> coast. I have coastal property too but I'm in New York at the moment
>>>>>> and that property is on the west coast of Florida. Both places are
>>>>>> safe
>>>>>> (for the moment).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8/28/2011 5:26 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>>>>>>> I hope that you chaps are OK Over There. I thought that Irene had
>>>>>>> weakened, but it looks still pretty rough.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I wish the reporters Over Here would stop talking about the "eye of
>>>>>>> the storm" as if it were the worst bit, though.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chris
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