Weatherdammerung 2024: I didn't expect it to get this weird and bad this soon

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Zil: Jun 4, 2011; Satanically Summoned Citrus

Good Citizen posted:

you’d think with half her tweets being about how the storm is coming she would have been better prepared

holy poo poo

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:02

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# ? May 29, 2024 08:25

blatman: May 10, 2009; 14 inc dont mez

Regarde Aduck posted:

do you actually not understand how circuits work?

power lines are sketchy as poo poo to be around if they're energized, they will arc a surprisingly long distance through u if they smell even the faintest whiff of a voltage disparity

thats why in some circumstances if ur doing hot high voltage work and clamping those ground lines to the power line isnt enough u put on the faraday suit

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:05

Innocuous: Mar 1, 2003; It's a strange world.

Good Citizen posted:

you�d think with half her tweets being about how the storm is coming she would have been better prepared

god drat

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:06

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

Crazypoops posted:

holy poo poo, I didn't know that a vehicle is basically a faraday cage, still though you should be careful not to knock all your gear off by driving through 216 power lines in a row

no

for real don't drive over or even near downed power lines, your tires aren't insulators and even the surrounding ground can be energized enough to kill you

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:06

McNugget Buddy: Aug 14, 2021; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

MadJackal posted:

https://twitter.com/MomDragon07/status/1432157754513403912?s=20

They're all so eager to die until they're faced with the end.

Started the day as Ann Coulter, ended the day as Anne Frank

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:06

Dehry: Aug 21, 2009; Grimey Drawer

https://twitter.com/SteveWAFB/status/1432189259973279744

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:09

blatman: May 10, 2009; 14 inc dont mez

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

no

for real don't drive over or even near downed power lines, your tires aren't insulators and even the surrounding ground can be energized enough to kill you

did you have to learn to do the penguin walk for downed power lines too

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:10

Good soup!: Nov 2, 2010

Good Citizen posted:

you�d think with half her tweets being about how the storm is coming she would have been better prepared

legit lol

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:10

super sweet best pal: Nov 18, 2009

Clout chasing stormchaser was a fun little bit of internet drama.

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:12

Crazypoops: Jul 17, 2017

okay, so whats the diff then between power lines and lightning, cause supposedly you're safe in your car from lightning (I don't know for sure I'm not a lightningologist) but not power lines, so is it cause lines can get tangled in your poo poo? or it's so strong it can arc like right through the vehicle straight to you? or like it'll arc at your car and gently caress it up then you're stuck on powerlines?

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:14

Crazypoops: Jul 17, 2017

super sweet best pal posted:

Clout chasing stormchaser was a fun little bit of internet drama.

a good sidequest

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:14

Good soup!: Nov 2, 2010

driving over power lines is the quickest and easiest way to gain superpowers

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:15

papersack: Jul 27, 2003

LGD posted:

oh good he’s magically totes fine and definitely talked to the authorities ahead of time so really you’re a bad person if you thought for one moment his actions would negatively impact anyone else

lmfao this guy

https://twitter.com/ChicagoMWeather/status/1432189434364112902?s=20

Whoever found this kid is going to drop him on the side of the road in less than 20 minutes

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:16

Crazypoops: Jul 17, 2017

Good soup! posted:

driving over power lines is the quickest and easiest way to gain superpowers

I'm going with this answer

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:16

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

blatman posted:

did you have to learn to do the penguin walk for downed power lines too

in circuits class they told us to hop with both feet together

because, as i'm sure you know, the differential between your feet if you take a step normally can be enough to send it up through your body

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:18

silicone thrills: Jan 9, 2008; I paint things

Crazypoops posted:

okay, so whats the diff then between power lines and lightning, cause supposedly you're safe in your car from lightning (I don't know for sure I'm not a lightningologist) but not power lines, so is it cause lines can get tangled in your poo poo? or it's so strong it can arc like right through the vehicle straight to you? or like it'll arc at your car and gently caress it up then you're stuck on powerlines?

Dad was a city power and water guy and used to tell stories about crazy rear end arcing.

Like most electricity poo poo, best just not to gently caress around with it unless you are a professional.

If entergy literally hadn't put out a statement that their actual power generation is completely offline there's no way in hell id go near the big rear end lines. Even then... gently caress it's just not worth the risk unless you are a pro.

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:18

Stereotype: Apr 24, 2010; College Slice

Dehry posted:

https://twitter.com/SteveWAFB/status/1432189259973279744

water beats dirt, everyone knows this

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:19

jetz0r: May 10, 2003; Tomorrow, our nation will sit on the throne of the world. This is not a figment of the imagination, but a fact. Tomorrow we will lead the world, Allah willing.

Crazypoops posted:

okay, so whats the diff then between power lines and lightning, cause supposedly you're safe in your car from lightning (I don't know for sure I'm not a lightningologist) but not power lines, so is it cause lines can get tangled in your poo poo? or it's so strong it can arc like right through the vehicle straight to you? or like it'll arc at your car and gently caress it up then you're stuck on powerlines?

*You* personally might be safe from a lightning strike in a car. The car might be hosed or catch on fire. That lightning strike is instant, with no real residual current or electrical danger. Unless you're in a Tesla, you can just get out of your dead and burning car.

Driving over downed lines means your car might be arcing and welding its own metal all over, and potentially frying itself and catching fire. While you're over live electrical lines. Now you have to worry about being on fire and electrocuted because you're stuck in a dead, burning car, with a hot chassis.

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:21

The Oldest Man: Jul 28, 2003

Crazypoops posted:

okay, so whats the diff then between power lines and lightning

Time, basically. A lightning bolt only transmits current for a microsecond, a live transmission line will deep fry you for seconds or even minutes.

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:22

Chuka Umana: Apr 30, 2019; by sebmojo

Stereotype posted:

Okay now I'm changing to goalposts: it won't be as bad a Katrina and the levees will hold

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:22

Chuka Umana: Apr 30, 2019; by sebmojo

https://twitter.com/search?q=laplace&src=typed_query&f=live

wtf it's all people asking for help no one is gonna help you on twitter

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:23

Stereotype: Apr 24, 2010; College Slice

Chuka Umana posted:

Okay now I'm changing to goalposts: it won't be as bad a Katrina and the levees will hold

dude haven�t they been through enough

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:23

papersack: Jul 27, 2003

ewb, your folks still ok?

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:23

acid garfield: Jul 11, 2019; Mondays are certain,
suffering is optional.

Chuka Umana posted:

Okay now I'm changing to goalposts: it won't be as bad a Katrina and the levees will hold

Dehry posted:

https://twitter.com/SteveWAFB/status/1432189259973279744

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:24

mistermojo: Jul 3, 2004

drat theyre gonna be without power for a while

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:24

blatman: May 10, 2009; 14 inc dont mez

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

in circuits class they told us to hop with both feet together

because, as i'm sure you know, the differential between your feet if you take a step normally can be enough to send it up through your body

we were taught to do the awkward shuffle where your feet never leave the ground as you shimmy in a half circle sort of thing and your feet are close enough together where you probably won't get a step voltage zap

i'm not sure if yours is better though because the guy who taught mine also told us that a viable way to test if something is live if it's 240v or under is to lick the back of your hand and then tap it to the conductor (the logic being when you get zapped your hand will jerk away to safety, but if you grab the conductor properly then when you get electrocuted your hands will tense up and death-grip whatever you just grabbed)

# ? Aug 30, 2021 05:24

BIG HEADLINE: Jun 13, 2006; "Stand back, Ottawan ruffian, or face my lumens!"

I remember hearing an apocryphal story about a guy or guys working high voltage lines when the basket slipped and caught on the wire, but everything was fine because everything was properly grounded.

...until one of the guys had to go and pissed off the side. :supaburn: