I think I will stay here in Reno and watch it on TV! My thoughts and prayers to everyone in the path of this monster. Dick -- Dick Flanagan K7VC dick@k7vc.com ________________________________________
Knowing a lot of people on the right coast and having spent a lot of time there, I'll predict they'll do the same thing they did last time and that's to ignore it "cause hurricanes never hit here" wi
95 mph wind gusts... Regardless of the potential or real wind effects, I would suggest making sure your homeowner's/renter's insurance is paid up. Everything else is mostly out of your control. Cheer
Knowing a lot of people on the right coast and having spent a lot of time there, I'll predict they'll do the same thing they did last time and that's to ignore it "cause hurricanes never hit here" wi
Works every time, but I had to "build on" a rather large closet "out back". I understand they work on tornadoes too. 73 Roger (K8RI) _______________________________________________ __________________
I always point the ends of the elements into the wind!! I have regular aluminum elements and they handle the wind much better when pointed into the wind... ___________________________________________
Hmmmm. No clear consensus. Current prediction has the storm going directly over us which complicates wind directions and where to point the antenna. The "however" is the storm is supposed to be down
You might want to make sure your car is full of gas and you have enough fuel for the generator for at least a week of steady running. MRE's or a backup supply of food and water is also a must have. 1
Agreed Ted, I live in Florida and have been thru my share of them. I do this also and they have always survived. (Even when the mast didn't) 73 Dave n4zkf e-mail: n4zkf@n4zkf.com web: http://www.n4zk
I think it is silly to listen to what 'some xxx user' says! How the heck do they know? The only thing they did was fork over the bucks to buy the antenna. Listen to what your manufacturer tells you t
When Hurricanes Gloria and Bob hit Cape Cod, they stripped the leaves off the trees. In a month they grew back, just like having Spring twice in one year Best Regards Dan Schaaf K3ZXL www.k3zxl.com N
I think it is silly to listen to what 'some xxx user' says! How the heck do they know? The only thing they did was fork over the bucks to buy the antenna. Listen to what your manufacturer tells you t
By all means have every tank *full*. IF this storm turns out to be as predicted you might have a week or more without power, or the option of getting more gas. The same for water and food. Propane po
By all means have every tank *full*. IF this storm turns out to be as predicted you might have a week or more without power, or the option of getting more gas. The same for water and food. fill em al
...snip... ...snip... At least where I live (NYC) I really don't think water supply is a major issue, unless you live in an apartment building greater than 6 stories tall. You see, NYCs water isn't p
shower.....in the pitch black ! 10,000 gallon tank on the roof top ? You shut off the AC power, even for a few days, all hell breaks loose. Your food in the fridge and deep freeze goes bad, and has t