Oh boy, here we go again! Hurricane breathing down my neck

[mapuc]

Found this interesting article related to the Hurricane Irma and lack of electricity

As pointed out by the Miami New Times, Florida Power and Light (FPL) – a major supplier of electricity to the state – has invested heavily in lobbying state lawmakers to disallow residents from powering their own homes with solar power panels. In fact, thanks to the current laws, it is illegal to do so; you have to connect any solar panels to your local electric grid.

http://www.iflscience.com/policy/ill...anels-florida/

Markus

[STEED]

Hurricane Maria strengthens to category five storm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41314881

Here comes another one!

[BlueBeard]

Hello Neal,

How did you ride the hurricane out?

Cheers,
Menno

[Mr Quatro]

Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Jose, Hurricane Maria plus two earthquakes in Mexico one an 8.1 and today a 7.1 on the 32nd anniversary since the last major earthquake in Mexico with Hurricane Maria just two weeks after the last one hit the Caribbean ... nothing strange going on here, right?

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by BlueBeard

Hello Neal,

How did you ride the hurricane out?

Cheers,
Menno

Aye sir, short interval of hard wind, several days of rain, and the rivers came out of their banks like never before. But we made out alright. Great to hear from you, old friend.

[BlueBeard]

BTW I came across old photo's from the 2004 meeting
Would it be an idea to try to get a meeting up 13 years later and see how many we can bring back to the same location?

[Onkel Neal]

I'm game for that. We need the three Dutch, Sharky and Rebel to agree to get started

[Jimbuna]

Be nice to see George/Rebel there

[BlueBeard]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

I'm game for that. We need the three Dutch, Sharky and Rebel to agree to get started

I have started a new thread in the events section. Let's see if we can get it of the ground for 2018.

[Aktungbby]

Advocacy groups said Friday that Texas is poised to unfairly distribute billions in federal funding provided for housing repairs following Hurricane Harvey’s devastation — prioritizing wealthy homeowners over poorer victims in ways that could constitute racial discrimination....a coalition led by the Austin-based nonprofit Texas Housers says damage assessments to determine who is eligible to get help are based on data from Federal Emergency Management Agency inspections that calculate property losses rather than the full human toll of major natural disasters — making it more difficult for victims who live in lower income areas to meet damage thresholds...
Duncan said Harvey victims who rented and owned homes in 20 largely minority areas in Houston, as well coastal communities like Port Arthur, are most likely to be excluded.
“It’s absolutely a civil rights issue,” he said. “A lot of these zip codes that we’ve identified that stand to be the most underfunded are communities of color.”

https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/harvey-recovery-funds-may-prioritize-wealthy/

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/harvey-recovery-funds-may-prioritize-wealthy/

prioritizing wealthy homeowners over poorer victims in ways that could constitute racial discrimination.

Wealthy homeowners come from all races. Poor home owners come in all races. I do know the state of TX has been running food trucks since the storm. They had 5 of my reefer trucks and these were just let go last week.

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

They had 5 of my reefer trucks and these were just let go last week.

I didn't know they had legalized yet in Texas.......

[Onkel Neal]

Hawaii catching hell...literally
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/07/us/ha...ano/index.html

[Jimbuna]

All over the UK news channels.....looks pretty bad

[Catfish]

But thank god it is basaltic lava, of the ocean floor type. Otherwise there would be 'plinian' eruptions, with much worse consequences.

So it is bad enough, but if you settle on a volcano...