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Dear Neighbors,
It is hurricane season. While the Mid-Atlantic has not had a hurricane for several years, it is only a matter of time before we have another monster. We need a gameplan for what we can do together to minimize the inconvenience of any disaster. The primary problem will be falling trees and limbs that cause electrical outage. I expect the next hurricane to be an Isabell or Gaston or both--see Hurricanes for Dummies.
After a storm, the power company has risk analysts determine the cost return of any neighborhood without power, that is, how much time to restore compared to revenues once the power is restored. If two neighborhoods are assessed 100 manhours with Neighborhood A has five customers and Neighborhood B has twenty customers, Neighborhood B will get power restored sooner.
What can we do to be at the top of the list when hurricanes or blizzards disrupts power? (Me, I have a generator and an extra frig. If, in an outage, you have need of refrigerated medicine or child food, let Cathy and me know.)
What can we do? We can meet at the first opportunity--8am??--to remove street debris. I have tree management tools including saws and pikes. If we clear the debris so the power company analyst does not have to enter those manhours into his equation, we will get power back sooner (and we can have the peace and quiet of no gas engine buzzing 24-7).
Email me at demcapu@comcast.net if you want to particate in and benefit from the "Reedy Creek Disaster Response Team." Submit any questions or suggestions for clarication.
| Given that our streets are the last plowed with many snowfalls never seeing a snowblow and with the melting snow becoming a sheet of ice, several people have expressed interest in purchasing a snow blower. If you are interested, let me know. I will keep it stored, oiled, gassed and maintained. Also, health permitting, I will do the clearing of Anne and Carson streets. If you interested, email me so I can determine the cost per household. After the streets are plowed, participants can use the plow to dig out their cars in a few minutes, not a few hours. Craigslist has a hefty Troybilt for $550 or $50 if eleven supporters or $110 if five people. (Rights transfer to new homeowner if you sell your house.) https://richmond.craigslist.org/grd/d/troy-bilt-storm-snow-blower/6653688948.html. Please let us know within a week so I can keep my eye out for one if this one is no longer available. |
Regarding climate change, I first wrote on it in 1982 when I predicted worsening droughts at CO2 mega-source with downwind deluges. The recent middle-of-night deluge put 3" of water in my basement, the first time in 40 years of Anne Street living. If you want to understand the dynamics of CO2 causing a whole range of natural and human problems, see CO2: The Multi-Tasking Killer Molecule. For a full list my essays on climate change, see listing. If you have a child or expect to be a parent, you will find disturbing AlphaTrifecta: Why rising CO2 increases Autism, ADHD and Alzheimers as well as allergies and asthma: Global warming is also global dumbing.
If you want to see why I am different and eccentric, see transcript and resume. My opus magnum is Timism: The Morality of More Time, aka, the Periodic Table of Existence. Time is thread in the fabric of life.
Cheers to one and all,
Bob