Author Topic: Hurricane Harvey (Read 39301 times)

Nomadd · « **Reply #100 on:** 09/03/2017 03:39 am »

This is the first major hurricane in 16 years I haven't worked professionally. Hard to just sit around and watch.

DaveS · « **Reply #101 on:** 09/03/2017 01:53 pm »

Quote from: sanman on 09/02/2017 06:06 pm

There's a new hurricane called Irma which seems to be tracking towards the US East Coast. Apparently, it shot up to a Category 3 from nothing in its first 24 hours. While's it's currently straddling the edge between Category 2 and 3, it may potentially reach Category 5, and could hit land anywhere from Florida to NY or even higher, after a week's time.

Can facilities like those at Cape Canaveral withstand Category 5 hurricanes?

I would go through the hurricane Matthew thread on this from last year: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=41367.0

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #102 on:** 09/03/2017 04:11 pm »

Quote from: sanman on 09/02/2017 06:06 pm

There's a new hurricane called Irma which seems to be tracking towards the US East Coast. Apparently, it shot up to a Category 3 from nothing in its first 24 hours. While's it's currently straddling the edge between Category 2 and 3, it may potentially reach Category 5, and could hit land anywhere from Florida to NY or even higher, after a week's time.

Can facilities like those at Cape Canaveral withstand Category 5 hurricanes?

Chris G has started a thread for that one here:
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=43679.0

And while I hope that one stays clear, it's very important everyone keeps Houston and the affected area at the top of their thoughts as that tends to be the biggest issue when the mainstream news media pull out their camera vans and go report on something else.

launchwatcher · « **Reply #103 on:** 09/04/2017 04:45 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 09/02/2017 01:27 am

Quote from: Kenp51d on 09/01/2017 06:39 pm
Unless you have gone through some sort of flooding event, I doubt most people realize how serious mold mitigation is goin to be once the water receeds.
If you have compromised lungs, mold can be life threating. Personal experience there.
It wrecks the guts of the property. They are still working on the homes down the street from me (in the photo) from the Christmas 2015 major flood (not even a patch on Houston, obviously) in my city.

The area stunk for weeks and weeks - which was the first bad sign no one was going to be moving back any time soon. They had industrial dryers in for months, running day and night and then they got to rebuild from the guts upwards.

Property damage is one thing, but the health issue is another. Long process of recovery.

Yep. Best practice for flooded wood frame structures (the most common form of residential construction in the US) is to remove damp drywall/plaster/etc., ASAP so the framing can dry out. This sort of demolition doesn't require a lot of skill, and when large areas are affected construction workers are in short supply so the recommendation is to do it yourself or with friends/family.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #104 on:** 09/05/2017 05:22 am »

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Gene Kranz talks about rescue from his flooded home, parallels of Mission Control and the Harvey first responders https://www.facebook.com/i45now/videos/1424248337663769/

https://twitter.com/carbon_flight/status/904894051832430592

Nomadd · « **Reply #105 on:** 09/06/2017 07:27 am »

I'm pretty sure my place set the record for delayed hurricane repair. I just replaced the last of the sheetrock damaged by Beulah in 1967. Previous contractors just painted over the mush.