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Oct 27, 2020 21:38
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redleader posted:infrastructure weak levees are heavy
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Oct 27, 2020 21:46
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75,000 evacuated, 11,000 acres on fire and the cause is likely yet another gently caress up from a power company, but it’s SCE instead of PG&E this time! Progress? https://twitter.com/OCFA_PIO/status/1321118968401129472?s=20 And there’s another fire nearby too of course https://twitter.com/OCFA_PIO/status/1321162843413114881?s=20 Trabisnikof has issued a correction as of 21:53 on Oct 27, 2020 |
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Oct 27, 2020 21:51
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didnt those the pumps go out during katrina?
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Oct 27, 2020 21:52
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Giga Gaia posted:didnt those the pumps go out during katrina? Orleans Parish pumping stations were mostly submerged. Jefferson Parish evacuated their pumping stations to protect the workers on the idea that they would have only been pumping to save property because there was an evacuation order on.
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Oct 27, 2020 22:27
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PostNouveau posted:One of our power generators for the pumps went out What in the gently caress, are they running on 25 Hz or something?
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Oct 27, 2020 22:30
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New Orleans 4 uses the wrong kind of RAM
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Oct 27, 2020 22:34
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PostNouveau posted:Orleans Parish pumping stations were mostly submerged. Jefferson Parish evacuated their pumping stations to protect the workers on the idea that they would have only been pumping to save property because there was an evacuation order on. ah. i just remember that event being the first time i heard about nolas ancient infrastructure (weak)
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Oct 27, 2020 22:35
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Kazinsal posted:What in the gently caress, are they running on 25 Hz or something? I think so? They use 25-cycle electricity https://www.nola.com/news/article_029513da-53b0-5a1f-b387-4dfe934bb780.html quote:More than 50 percent of the city’s pumps rely on an archaic 25-cycle power standard generated by in-house turbines at the Carrollton power plant, a remnant from the original drainage system put in place a century ago to pump rainwater out of the city.
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Oct 27, 2020 22:39
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Kazinsal posted:What in the gently caress, are they running on 25 Hz or something? Yep. They have a special 25 Hz generator for the 25 Hz pumps. Apparently, the system was originally installed during the 1920s in the Niagara Falls area and this stuff was bought used by New Orleans in the 1950s. Edit: Or perhaps not? Regardless of origin, it is true that the system literally dates back to the 1920s. One website said that some of the system was installed in 1915. bedpan has issued a correction as of 22:47 on Oct 27, 2020 |
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Oct 27, 2020 22:43
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It would cost a billion dollars to upgrade. So the city has found the visionary leadership to say "That's too much. We'll just continue to court disaster forever."
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Oct 27, 2020 22:56
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PostNouveau posted:It would cost a billion dollars to upgrade. So the city has found the visionary leadership to say "That's too much. We'll just continue to court disaster forever." That and just waiting to be bailed out by the Feds in some fashion.
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Oct 27, 2020 22:56
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Zil posted:That and just waiting to be bailed out by the Feds in some fashion. Joke's on them, the Feds have taken that approach to everything nowadays as well  Truly, visionary leadership after all, as they were the first movers~
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Oct 27, 2020 23:19
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Gods_Butthole posted:levees are heavy there's water in my pumping stations already
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Oct 27, 2020 23:20
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25Hz is pretty common for systems from that era - amtrak's high speed trains on the northeast corridor between DC and NYC and New Haven all run on 25Hz, as do commuter trains out of Philly
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Oct 27, 2020 23:24
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Just unconscionable that in the 15 years after Katrina they didn't fix any of that
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Oct 27, 2020 23:25
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https://twitter.com/luckyshin/status/1320953885620531200?s=20
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Oct 27, 2020 23:26
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PostNouveau posted:It would cost a billion dollars to upgrade. So the city has found the visionary leadership to say "That's too much. We'll just continue to court disaster forever." dang thats like... 1/900th of a facebook
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Oct 27, 2020 23:28
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donoteat posted:25Hz is pretty common for systems from that era - amtrak's high speed trains on the northeast corridor between DC and NYC and New Haven all run on 25Hz, as do commuter trains out of Philly Amtrak? + High Speed? What are you smoking son? But seriously, that SEPTA system is insane. They were using ALL the original components in their substations until 2010. 80 years later! They seriously don't build em' like they used to.
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Oct 27, 2020 23:48
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160mph from trenton to new brunswick starting later this year!
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Oct 27, 2020 23:52
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There is no loving way we could ever afford a BILLION dollars on infrastructure for a major city, just unthinkable, I mean do *~Bezos makes 3 Billion in a day and pays zero income taxes by deferring equity compensation and just taking out loans with his equity as collateral~* you have any idea what our budget is? A billion dollar project is literally unimaginable. Off the table. These dumb poor people should move out of a city that is UNDERWATER that is just them being DUMB AND STUPIDS
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Oct 27, 2020 23:57
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Zil posted:That and just waiting to be bailed out by the Feds in some fashion. the feds already spent $14bil on the new floodworks after katrina so yeah gotta lowball it wherever they can lol
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Oct 28, 2020 00:29
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i'm sorry I can't hear you begging for scraps over the sound of seven hundred billion dollars going through a paper shredder labeled "military-industrial complex"
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Oct 28, 2020 01:37
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Pryor on Fire posted:There is no loving way we could ever afford a BILLION dollars on infrastructure for a major city, just unthinkable, I mean do *~Bezos makes 3 Billion in a day and pays zero income taxes by deferring equity compensation and just taking out loans with his equity as collateral~* you have any idea what our budget is? A billion dollar project is literally unimaginable. Off the table. These dumb poor people should move out of a city that is UNDERWATER that is just them being DUMB AND STUPIDS but but if we tax the rich how will the lower workers get all their money.. Read about it in my book the Trickle down Theory - Ronald Regan now go back to California you dirty liberal.
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Oct 28, 2020 13:11
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The pthetic state of rail travel in the US is obvious but tking a train from the northeast to the south and having to switch to a diesel engine in washington DC really drives home the point considering the century we are in
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Oct 28, 2020 13:53
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I feel like this is getting no attention, but multiple states are about to get hit with a Cat 2 hurricane today
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Oct 28, 2020 14:33
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Ehh they've already been hit with one whats the worst that can happen more blue tarps blow off?
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Oct 28, 2020 14:37
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Moving real fast. Not too much panic around here. I think everyone's been ready for a hurricane for 3 months. It's expected to just blow right through, so not a lot of flooding concerns. https://twitter.com/MargaretOrr/status/1321434068022665218 I am not looking forward to not having power for god knows how long
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Oct 28, 2020 14:45
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Imagine if you lost power till after the election.
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Oct 28, 2020 14:46
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Platystemon posted:Imagine if you lost power till after the election. *Emerges from bunker on Nov. 5* So how'd it go?  Ahhhhhhh
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Oct 28, 2020 14:55
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PostNouveau posted:*Emerges from bunker on Nov. 5* Nice going, Trump will re-tweet this for sure. My daughter is literally on a flight to Dallas right now to transfer to a flight to FL. Her flight leaves at 6:30 PM from Dallas, flying over the Gulf. Hurricane Zeta is forecasted to be in that spot over Louisiana at 8:00 PM. Should I be worried?
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Oct 28, 2020 19:03
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she'll get some baller pictures from her phone out the window. they'll either fly around it (Likely) or above it depending on it's height (Unlikely)
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Oct 28, 2020 19:07
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They fly around hurricanes all the time it's not a big deal. Unless she's flying Southwest, Southwest gives zero fucks and will fly directly through any weather formation to save  on fuel.
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Oct 28, 2020 20:00
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Pryor on Fire posted:They fly around hurricanes all the time it's not a big deal. Unless she's flying Southwest, Southwest gives zero fucks and will fly directly through any weather formation to save A few years ago there was that twitter thread as they watched a passenger flight fly between two arms of a hurricane to quickly pick up a bunch of people off an island Found it: https://twitter.com/AirlineFlyer/status/905433106475311104
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Oct 28, 2020 20:06
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Pryor on Fire posted:They fly around hurricanes all the time it's not a big deal. Unless she's flying Southwest, Southwest gives zero fucks and will fly directly through any weather formation to save lol drat its true 
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Oct 28, 2020 20:34
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shame on an IGA posted:lol drat its true wow i had no idea planes were so big
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Oct 28, 2020 20:40
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Cup Runneth Over posted:there's water in my pumping stations already Katrina's spaghetti It's flooded, and the water looks deep and scary.
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Oct 28, 2020 21:02
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Storm is now at 110 mph sustained and coming in fast
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Oct 28, 2020 21:19
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Seems like they're always too conservative on the storm strength. Like every storm in the Gulf this season has been predicted as a Cat 1 for large chunks of their lives and then they all strengthened way more. This was gonna be a Cat 1 all the way yesterday and now it's a Cat 3.
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Oct 28, 2020 21:31
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PostNouveau posted:Seems like they're always too conservative on the storm strength. Like every storm in the Gulf this season has been predicted as a Cat 1 for large chunks of their lives and then they all strengthened way more. This was gonna be a Cat 1 all the way yesterday and now it's a Cat 3. If they warn it's a Cat 3 and it weakens to 1 then meatballs start going "Ahh, it's never that bad" and refuse to evacuate.
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