Why do I get the feeling that soon we're going to be hearing stories of Beat rigging up solar and battery backup systems all connected to an off-grid smart home system ;-)
I also get the love of weather drama. Especially when getting close to big endurance events I get addicted to pulling up all kinds of maps and models to see what might be coming and where it might go. In another life I was probably a meteorologist hehe.
I appreciate and cope (maybe even thrive) in the strong weather where I live, in the high-altitude San Juan Mountains, but wind is my enemy. I hate how it dries out the earth, fans wildfires, and kicks up dust that covers snow, which in turn increasing snowmelt because the dirt-covered snow absorbs rather than reflects sunlight. I'm glad you were able to dig out!
There's a surprisingly small margin between a normal day and the movie Pitch Black 🙄 My backup plan was the gas fireplace in my LR, which ignites on battery power... 🤷♂️
I was pretty accepting of the power shut offs in the Bay Area that PG&E conducted (although 4.5 days is a long time). That is, until I read that if they had installed line sensors to cut off power in nano seconds to prevent fires (as utilities in San Diego have done), there would be no need to do this. But investor profits are more important to PG&E than either public safety or continuation of service. That fact tipped my opinion from accepting to anger.
Why do I get the feeling that soon we're going to be hearing stories of Beat rigging up solar and battery backup systems all connected to an off-grid smart home system ;-)
I also get the love of weather drama. Especially when getting close to big endurance events I get addicted to pulling up all kinds of maps and models to see what might be coming and where it might go. In another life I was probably a meteorologist hehe.
I appreciate and cope (maybe even thrive) in the strong weather where I live, in the high-altitude San Juan Mountains, but wind is my enemy. I hate how it dries out the earth, fans wildfires, and kicks up dust that covers snow, which in turn increasing snowmelt because the dirt-covered snow absorbs rather than reflects sunlight. I'm glad you were able to dig out!
There's a surprisingly small margin between a normal day and the movie Pitch Black 🙄 My backup plan was the gas fireplace in my LR, which ignites on battery power... 🤷♂️
I was pretty accepting of the power shut offs in the Bay Area that PG&E conducted (although 4.5 days is a long time). That is, until I read that if they had installed line sensors to cut off power in nano seconds to prevent fires (as utilities in San Diego have done), there would be no need to do this. But investor profits are more important to PG&E than either public safety or continuation of service. That fact tipped my opinion from accepting to anger.