Former entergy employee, Waterford 3 staffs up with 2 crews days/nights in preparation for hurricane landfalls on the Ops side of things. Maintenance staffs a few tiger teams that will also be onsite to fix anything that comes up.
Awesome. Thanks for the input. Also, hope “former” is because you wanted to leave. I’ve heard a lot of good things about Entergy but also some pretty nightmarish stories as well, especially about some of their BWR sites. We don’t really have many ops procedures tailored to hurricanes so I’m sure some of that stuff is pretty fascinating.
Oh yea, Grand gulf is a complete shit show. Riverbend is good. WF3 is also good to work at. (I did operations shared resources for outages and traveled to those sites). WF3 and riverbend have hurricane preparedness/response procedures. Funny thing is I’m looking to get back into nuclear, but on the engineering side of things. I’ve done my time on rotating shift in operations long enough.
Well good news. Dude who came after MSNBC weather reporter has been identified. Shocking he’s not a redneck MS guy, but not shocking he’s from Ohio. https://www.wdam.com/2021/08/30/upd...NxctYLnSuPZ6K9tyD5Q6tGJ1plXQWqVSJoMUt7ICOAnaI
What do they do to hurricane protect the houses that aren’t done where natural disasters don’t occur?
Happened over night towards the east side of MS. They were still seeing heavy rain and water yesterday from IDA. https://www.wlox.com/2021/08/31/2-d...GfZqYtZqS1eZxiJIkeFS293u1P9MrlPCcALHxQ504yNAE
Sometimes different materials are used such as larger support beams are required, stronger braces etc. some even build concrete homes instead of stick built which also lowers the insurance expense.
Not a builder but.... https://hurricanedamage.com/blog/building-codes-techniques-that-reduce-hurricane-damage/ In wind zones that are over 110 mph there are additional durability and toughness requirements that must be met for roofing. Window and door assemblies also must meet special Fenestration & Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) and Window and Door Manufacturers Association (WDMA) performance requirements and be installed with reinforced anchoring. These rules generally don’t apply to existing buildings, but if any repairs or alterations are made to those buildings those new additions or repairs must conform to the latest Florida building code. For example, if you get your home reroofed in a 120-mph wind zone it would have to be done with the latest wind resistance method, even if your old roof wasn’t. Installing a secondary water barrierAdding hurricane straps and clips on the beams and gables of your roofAdding tie-down clips to roof trussesReinforcing gable endsReinforce roof-to-wall connectionsAdd to existing roof deck attachments
When we built this house last year, they went over all of ut with us but I didn't pay attention. Probably should have. More nails, less staples. There's tie down used and things like that. Like big straps attached to the trusses. Honestly it's something I should probably know more about as opposed to just assuming the builder follows the highest codes.
They have their own codes. The 40 year old trailer parks don't stand a chance but the manufactured houses have their own codes. Basically Hurricane Andrew changed everything in building. https://homefirstcertified.com/how-hurricane-andrew-changed-manufactured-housing/
The fact that there are still coastal cities in Hurricane zones that don't mandate concrete block construction is absolutely insane.
More on the alligator fatality. Arterial blood backs up her story according to this report. Unless she actually chopped his arm off: https://www.nola.com/news/article_4...nvDSKt0QlFD7Er4fzOcAS4xYZIZ5UDmEGdgH3q0YnZpes
I'm still without internet in BR. But does anyone have a website or app for finding gas in New Orleans?
When the ransomware attack happened I use gas buddy to find some stations and it was actually very accurate.