Hurricane & Superchargers

[Alex D]

Thank you all for the responses/information/help and good wishes!

I will charge it up to 100% today, since I still have to work tonight (crazy) and will "burn" a few miles. Then top it off to 90% over night. This should get me over an eventuell power outage. Besides, can't drive much in the after mess anyways.

See you all when it's over! lol

 

[kort677]

Thank you all for the responses/information/help and good wishes!

I will charge it up to 100% today, since I still have to work tonight (crazy) and will "burn" a few miles. Then top it off to 90% over night. This should get me over an eventuell power outage. Besides, can't drive much in the after mess anyways.

See you all when it's over! lol

you should consider getting out of there!

 

[Half Dollar Bill]

Power aside, you really don't want ANY vehicle to incur water damage. If you're close enough to the shoreline that there's any danger of that, I'd seriously consider relocating to a safer spot with your car(s). Or parking them in a business garage on an upper level.
Good luck.

 

[Saghost]

Yes, but ICE cars have more options. Power may be out where you are but on a few miles away. There's not another supercharger where power may be on nearby.

In some places there is. In the rest there will be before too much longer.

But unless you're road tripping through a disaster area on a tight schedule (which sounds like a rather poor plan to begin with,) you don't need a Supercharger - just somewhere to charge.

There are a lot more of those than there are gas stations, and they don't have nearly the same supply challenges.

 

[Lawsteve]

Power aside, you really don't want ANY vehicle to incur water damage. If you're close enough to the shoreline that there's any danger of that, I'd seriously consider relocating to a safer spot with your car(s). Or parking them in a business garage on an upper level.
Good luck.

My hurricane / flood strategy always has been to park in an upper level at an airport garage. I figure one of the first places they will restore power and access will be the airport. Back in the days before cloud and remote backup capability (and before my Model S), I would actually take down my office file server, load it into my trunk, and park my car on the 4th floor of the Tampa airport.

I can't recall if the WPB airport has a multi level garage, but might be worth exploring.

Good luck down there!

 

[X Fan]

If you can, Head over to Naples for the day.

Both ritz carltons have tesla chargers plus fort Myers sc nearby

 

[David_Cary]

No reports yet of SC crowding on evac routes? There are reports of gas shortages so crowding would be expected. I'd be travelling in the middle of the night. Doesn't help with getting gas, just makes it worse.

Here in NC, we are just 2 weeks out from a gas shortage.

The truly best case is EVs a few years from now. All that idling in crowded roads hurts ICE a lot more than us.

 

[X Fan]

Going to leave beach Friday morning for Triangle....going to be a good test to see impact of winds/rain on I40....

 

[RDoc]

Always remember that no electricity also means no gasoline pumps, so ICS has the same problem

But it's a lot easier to stash a 5 gal gas can than 40 kWh of electricity.

 

[lklundin]

Rest assured that, while there will be power outages, there will be no "zombie apocalypse." Even Wiki says zombies are "fictional." Is he serious?

Maybe Elon was thinking of the CDC?

Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse | Public Health Matters Blog | Blogs | CDC

 

[Neohippy]

If you can, Head over to Naples for the day.

Both ritz carltons have tesla chargers plus fort Myers sc nearby

I live in Tampa bay and every hotel is sold out here and I image Fort Meyers and Naples being the same. Most people from the east coast have headed west.

 

[jbcarioca]

But it's a lot easier to stash a 5 gal gas can than 40 kWh of electricity.

I'm not too sure. My S85 seems to store more than 40 kWh pretty well without the stink too.

As an aside, years ago Hurricane Andrew (1992) hit the Bahamas including an island I then owned. My spouse was on the island during the storm. Our solar power never went out, we even generated some during the storm from lightening flashes. Conventional generator power on nearly islands went out and stayed out for some time. Well designed solar power systems can be more stable and robust than the ICE ones. We store lots of power then.

 

[Ormond]

I'm in Daytona Beach. I live a block from the ocean. I am supposed to evacuate, but I'm not. It's hard with animals. I haven't taken delivery of my X yet. It may have already arrived in Orlando. I hope it's in a garage.

This hurricane is almost as worrisome as my impending delivery of my Model X!

 

[X Fan]

I live in Tampa bay and every hotel is sold out here and I image Fort Meyers and Naples being the same. Most people from the east coast have headed west.

There was plenty of room in Naples a few days ago but it's too late now anyway. Outer bands hitting and alligator alley is too dangerous to travel right now.

Wishing best for all....

 

[Neohippy]

I'm in Daytona Beach. I live a block from the ocean. I am supposed to evacuate, but I'm not. It's hard with animals. I haven't taken delivery of my X yet. It may have already arrived in Orlando. I hope it's in a garage.

This hurricane is almost as worrisome as my impending delivery of my Model X!

I hope you will be ok. This is a bad storm. Only being a block from the ocean and not leaving is not a very wise decision

 

[HVM]

I'm in Daytona Beach. I live a block from the ocean. I am supposed to evacuate, but I'm not. It's hard with animals. I haven't taken delivery of my X yet. It may have already arrived in Orlando. I hope it's in a garage.

This hurricane is almost as worrisome as my impending delivery of my Model X!

I hope you don't live in the first floor...

Hurricane MATTHEW
Take your dogs and cats and evacuate!

[Update makes things slightly better] above NOAA link

 

[eloder]

I'm in Daytona Beach. I live a block from the ocean. I am supposed to evacuate, but I'm not. It's hard with animals. I haven't taken delivery of my X yet. It may have already arrived in Orlando. I hope it's in a garage.

This hurricane is almost as worrisome as my impending delivery of my Model X!

Please be very careful and try at the very least to find a local shelter. This is a potentially coastline-altering storm and unprecedented in living memory in your area. If you run into a situation where your animals may not survive, there's an extremely good chance that you won't either. Over a thousand people thought they would be fine riding out Katrina and ended up dead, a few of whom I can only assume stayed for pets. If you live through the storm, you may face weeks without clean water and/or power.

Plus if you die, you'll never be able to experience such an amazing vehicle :<

 

[Farmer]

I used to live about a quarter of a mile inland from the Indian River/Intracoastal Waterway in Fort Pierce and if I were still there, there's no way I'd be sheltering in place with the projected path and size of this hurricane.

 

[int32_t]

Oh dude! I know nothing about hurricanes really, but these guys seem to know what they're talking about. I'd get out of there faster than a dog out of a bath if I were you! Nobody is immune.

 

[Ormond]

It's quite windy here, but I don't see any water sitting in the streets. The power is out. I'll update later.