Hurricane Ian triggers six-hour lines
for gas, leaves 10,000 in shelters and
sparks warnings that power won't be restored
for weeks in some areas as death toll
hits 77
Daily Mail (UK) & Reuters,
by
Melissa Koenig
&
Staff
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
10/2/2022 10:18:53 AM
For southern Floridians, recovery from Hurricane Ian seems like it may be a long time away, as residents wait in six-hour long lines for gasoline and 10,000 remain in shelters amid ongoing power outages.
Experts now expect the disaster recovery in Florida, as well as in North and South Carolina, to cost tens of billions of dollars — as search efforts continue for those left stranded by the storm, and the remains of anyone who may have perished.
Authorities say at least 77 people have died during the hurricane in Florida and North Carolina, NBC News reports, with the majority of those who died living in Florida's Lee County,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
bad-hair 10/2/2022 10:26:12 AM (No. 1293298)
Bad one. We in Houston had power down for 16 days during H-Ike. Generator and help your neighbors. Rebuild, God's on your side.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
planetgeo 10/2/2022 10:40:54 AM (No. 1293311)
Now imagine how long the lines will be for recharging stations for EVs.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Rich323 10/2/2022 10:45:42 AM (No. 1293315)
Lee County is democrat senate candidate Val Demings district. You make people totally dependent on government, they won’t take any initiative for action even if their lives depend on it. Same as the areas in New Orleans where people sat back and watched the flood water rise rather than walk two or three blocks to freeway ramps that would have put them 50 feet above the water. It’s unfortunate this has happened.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
DVC 10/2/2022 11:44:17 AM (No. 1293379)
Yes, these things happen, we like to imagine that we are in control of everything but the weather is far beyond us. We had an ice storm here in KC area in the early 90s. One friend had no power for 10 days, many areas had none for a week. Our power is underground, so we only lost power when the substation transformer exploded....we saw the flash on the horizon, it was at night. It was back in two days, because of the underground wiring. In some heavily treed neighborhoods, the overhead power lines were broken about five places per block. That takes a lot to repair, after clearing the streets of trees and huge branches so the trucks can access.
I'm sure that worse damage has occurred there in parts of Florida, and all the trees that were falling downed a lot of lines and poles. It takes a lot of work to put it back. At least for the ice storm there was no flooding, just falling trees, branches and power lines. Until the flood waters recede, no electrical repairs are possible.
I have full confidence that people will deal with it as best they can, and the immense numbers of power trucks and crews from all over the eastern half of the nation will have things back working relatively quickly, which may mean a week or more in some of the hardest hit areas. Have a bit of patience, lots of good people working very hard and long hours to get this stuff fixed.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 10/2/2022 11:47:00 AM (No. 1293382)
And about two months ago, we had a small tornado touch down, and our neighborhood was without power for three days. Inconvenient, but I shared my generator with my neighbor and kept both of our refrigerators and freezers cold by running four hours at my house, then four hours at his house, then back. No AC in hot weather, of course, but we saved a lot of $$$ worth of food. People will work together and work it out.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
DVC 10/2/2022 12:21:59 PM (No. 1293451)
A small note for Californians who plan on staying. California has put a ban on selling gas powered generators that will kick in at some future date that I don't remember because it doesn't affect me. So, when there is a blackout because of inadequate power generation or inadequate wind or sunshine, you won't be able to go down to Home Depot and buy a generator to save your food, run your lights.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 10/2/2022 12:22:09 PM (No. 1293452)
Relax. It will take years for Florida to recover. The entire state was affected in one way or the other. And Florida will recover. Lame Duck is due to visit this week. How long before he criticizes DeSantis? As soon as he touches ground no doubt.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw 10/2/2022 12:27:53 PM (No. 1293462)
Bet if the price for gas was $10/gal or more the wait would be much less if any thing at all. Price gouging is just supply and demand working, if you mess with supply and demand lines and shortages always result. They could also limit how much one can buy but that just makes them move on to another station.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 10/2/2022 1:11:27 PM (No. 1293521)
Good thing Hunter and Joe sold out strategic oil reserves to China. I am sure they don't have six-hour wait times in line or are paying $6+ a gallon. FJB
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 10/2/2022 1:12:43 PM (No. 1293525)
#8 is correct. In reality, there is no such thing as price gouging. It's just something politicians use as a CYA excuse and to blame capitalism. If people are willing to pay you $5 a roll for toilet paper, that's what you will get, but if a nearby store is charging $1, you will have to drop the price or eat the paper. Back during the pandemic panic, some people filled their garages with toilet paper, looking to make big money. It didn't work out, but at least they have a lifetime supply. As you say, supply and demand.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Kate318 10/2/2022 1:15:40 PM (No. 1293530)
No, the death toll hasn’t hit 77, DM. You really need to be more careful with your middle-school diary entries.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
NamVet70 10/2/2022 2:50:40 PM (No. 1293601)
That would be really rough if you had to drive out with an electric vehicle.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
farmwife 10/2/2022 3:11:39 PM (No. 1293624)
We are getting conflicting numbers on the fatalities. Some say 47, some say 70. That's a big difference. Which is it?
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Just a thought. Long gas lines after Ida. Understandable. My question is this. How many electric cars/drivers made it to safety, far away from the hurricane making land fall? What about the long lines of traffic exiting the area. Any electric cars stuck because they needed electricity to move? Electric cars are now stuck. Thousands with out power. I know when a storm comes near Louisiana and folks are on Hwy 90 or I10 heading north or west thousands of cars on the road traveling very slow. Very slow. Hey jobaby. Gimme a thoughtful answer please.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
hoosierblue 10/3/2022 8:17:21 AM (No. 1294095)
Hurricane Ian triggers six-hour lines for gas, leaves 10,000 in shelters and sparks warnings that power won't be restored for weeks in some areas as death toll hits 77.
Duhh, a bad hurricane just went through. Sorry everything isn't up and running the next day.
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