Hurricane Irma

[kort677]

Instead of the silly bickering about who made what predictions how about being concerned about the folks who are still struggling with the effects of the storm and those who bore the brunt of the storm and have much work to do in order to return to normal?
Fwiw my area is still seeing wind rain floods even tornadoes and will so until later this afternoon

 

[KarenRei]

At least the track was about as good as it could have been -

* Weakening over Cuba shortly before landfall - *check*
* Timing it so that en route from Cuba it had to face severe shear - *check*
* Landing with its northeast quadrant over the everglades - *check*
* Moving up Florida inland, so that it weakened, and the main winds were pushing water out of the inlets and compensating for the surge - *check*

It's still going to be a big cleanup, with such a broad area affected by high winds. But I'm really glad that it turned out this way!

 

[ilovemycoffee]

I will be interesting to see how Tesla will implement their disaster plan for the Supercharger network. I imagine the ones underwater will need to be torn out and replaced.

 

[kort677]

I will be interesting to see how Tesla will implement their disaster plan for the Supercharger network. I imagine the ones underwater will need to be torn out and replaced.

Which ones are underwater? Afaik only coastal areas seem to have seen any sort of severe flooding.
Having power is the big issue.

 

[Larry Chanin]

All Superchargers in Florida down, except Brandon, Tallahassee, St. Augustine &Port Orange. DeFuniak Springs is not providing status.

 

[KarenRei]

All Superchargers in Florida down, except Brandon, Tallahassee, St. Augustine &Port Orange. DeFuniak Springs is not providing status.

*Wow*, that many? So, Marathon, Florida City, Naples, Fort Myers, Plantation, West Palm Beach, Sarasota, Fort Drum, Pinellas Park, Turkey Lake, Ocala, Lake City, Live Oak, Mobile, and possible DeFuniak Springs? That's.... a lot worse than expected. Certainly worse than Harvey.

I'm sure they're not underwater - only two look to have been at serious risk of going under (Marathon and Naples), given how the storm played out.

 

[Larry Chanin]

*Wow*, that many? So, Marathon, Florida City, Naples, Fort Myers, Plantation, West Palm Beach, Sarasota, Fort Drum, Pinellas Park, Turkey Lake, Ocala, Lake City, Live Oak, Mobile, and possible DeFuniak Springs? That's.... a lot worse than expected. Certainly worse than Harvey.

I'm sure they're not underwater - only two look to have been at serious risk of going under (Marathon and Naples), given how the storm played out.

Sorry, Pinellas & Plantation are operational.

Larry

 

[Larry Chanin]

Mobile is not reporting status.

Larry

 

[RiverBrick]

Hopefully, there could be no damage to certain Superchargers, but no status due to power or cell networks down.

 

[Larry Chanin]

There could be no damage to certain Superchargers, but no status due power or cell networks down, right?

I believe that is a reasonable assumption. To confirm status call Roadside Assistance.

Larry

 

[Larry Chanin]

Yeah, power back on!

Larry

 

[israndy]

Supercharger's power is coming on? The one's you said were down yesterday?

-Randy

 

[AlMc]

Yeah, power back on!

Larry

Happy for you and your neighbors!

 

[coqui33]

Does anyone know if Turkey Lake is up?

 

[kort677]

Mobile is not reporting status.

Larry

Larry I have little confidence in the reports from tesla. There is zero reason for many of the not reporting not to be operational

 

[Larry Chanin]

Supercharger's power is coming on? The one's you said were down yesterday?

-Randy

Hi Randy,

That was the online status provided by the Tesla navigation system as of about 11:30 am EST today.

Larry

 

[Larry Chanin]

Larry I have little confidence in the reports from tesla. There is zero reason for many of the not reporting not to be operational

Hi Marc,

I can only repeat what I stated to you in posting #208:

I suspect that Tesla knew that the system might not always provide meaningful information and that's why they suggested that we call Roadside Assistance to confirm Supercharger Station status.

Larry

 

[Lawsteve]

Hi Steve,

Good luck. Mary Ellen and I are going to follow your advice and we've already started to drink wine. Fortunately Mary Ellen has a nice collection. By the time the big winds get here we won't even know it. ;-)

Regards,

Larry

Hi Larry,

Was glad to read you guys were ok and now have power. We survived the night at our friend's house with no power. Our house is fine and never lost power. Now our friends are staying with us until they get their power back.

My car did just fine tucked next to the zambonis on the 4th floor of the parking garage for our hockey arena.

We dodged a major bullet up here. Best wishes to our friends in the Keys, Naples, Ft Myers, etc who took the brunt of the storm.

 

[Larry Chanin]

Hi Larry,

Was glad to read you guys were ok and now have power. We survived the night at our friend's house with no power. Our house is fine and never lost power. Now our friends are staying with us until they get their power back.

My car did just fine tucked next to the zambonis on the 4th floor of the parking garage for our hockey arena.

We dodged a major bullet up here. Best wishes to our friends in the Keys, Naples, Ft Myers, etc who took the brunt of the storm.

Hi Steve,

That's great to hear. Mary Ellen and I are just beginning to sober up. ;-)

As you may know we have a club event with over 50 members and guests scheduled for October 8th on Duck Island, about 10 miles east of the Marathon Supercharger. It's not looking too good right now.

Larry

 

[DiamondHands]

Irma chased me down to Atlanta - currently experiencing wind gusts, lots of rain, some trees down outside our hotel. On top of that, I was hoping to head back to Palm Beach tomorrow, but a bunch of Supercharger stations are down along our route