Tropical Cyclone Hilary headed towards Southern California this weekend. Set your Powerwall reserve appropriately, there will be power outages.
You can install our site as a web app on your iOS device by utilizing the Add to Home Screen feature in Safari. Please see this thread for more details on this.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Agreed, I never rely on Storm Watch. It will be interesting to see when/where it is activated. This type of storm is rare in Southern California.Thanks for the reminder. For me, its much better to self manage this by increasing my reserve, rather than wait to see if storm watch gets enabled.
That never actually made landfall. So there still has never been a hurricane to hit CA. The closest was a tropical storm around Long Beach in 1938The last full blown hurricane in San Diego was 1858, but they do happen. San Diego gets its power from a relatively small number of high voltage supply lines making it more vulnerable than many locations to the impact of earthquakes or hurricane force winds.
Hurricane paths and strengths are notoriously hard to predict, especially in the eastern pacific, where the data set is small. If it were me, I would plan on food and water for at least a week.
Good luck!
All the best,
BG
This watch just triggered storm watch for my systemFist time ever that the NWS has issued any tropical system watch or warning for anywhere on the west coast
The Tropical Storm Watch has been extended into Ventura CountyFist time ever that the NWS has issued any tropical system watch or warning for anywhere on the west coast
I’m in Louisiana. As such I have extensive experience with tropical weather. My suggestion is to be self sufficient for a minimum of three days. A week is much better. Self sufficient to the point that you can get by without any utilities or cell service. Typically cell voice goes out as priority goes to first responders. As long as the cell infrastructure remains intact you may, repeat may, be able to text.
One tip is to string holiday lights through out your home. They draw little power and give off enough light to so you’re not stumbling around in the dark.
With that said, here’s a meme that describes how we handle tropical weather. It is the truth.
It’s real thing. In Ida there was a Waffle House that was running on an ICE generator. Making coffee and washing the dishes using bottled water. Power went out to the pump for the local water tower. FEMA set up camp nearby.Unfortunately there is no Waffle House in California, so there is no Waffle House Index
It’s real thing. In Ida there was a Waffle House that was running on an ICE generator. Making coffee and washing the dishes using bottled water. Power went out to the pump for the local water tower. FEMA set up camp nearby.
And now the watches have been upgraded to warnings
Yea, I opted out. Rain isn’t going to arrive until late Saturday. Stormwatch was far too early. I can manage battery level myselfThis watch just triggered storm watch for my system
Totally normal. A watch means something is coming your way but we’re not sure exactly when and where. A warning is that the forecasters believe you’re going to get hit in the next 72 hours. If I’m reading the forecasts right you should be expecting a tropical storm or a weak Cat 1. Both are rain events with just enough wind to piss you off. Down here in South Louisiana we just pick up the patio furniture, open a good bottle of bourbon, and enjoy the ride.And now the watches have been upgraded to warnings
Just to clarify, I was just informing others that it was updated at that time. I am aware of the difference. We get watches and warnings all the time for wind, flooding, winter storms, and even fires. We in SoCal even had a blizzard warning last year (my profile pic is taken at a ski resort in Los Angeles County.)Totally normal. A watch means something is coming your way but we’re not sure exactly when and where. A warning is that the forecasters believe you’re going to get hit in the next 72 hours. If I’m reading the forecasts right you should be expecting a tropical storm or a weak Cat 1. Both are rain events with just enough wind to piss you off. Down here in South Louisiana we just pick up the patio furniture, open a good bottle of bourbon, and enjoy the ride.