Nov 21, 2018

Old man winter is not going to be forgiving this year depending on which of the predicting publications you follow -- the Farmers’ Almanac, The Old Farmers Almanac and NOAA, 0r AccuWeather. The Farmers’ Almanac is calling for “teeth chattering” cold, with plenty of snow. The publication, no…

Oct 13, 2018

Virginia has become the latest state to feel the wrath of now post-tropical cyclone Michael. Its attack on the Old Dominion began Thursday night and has continued on into Friday. The storm is saturating Virginia with heavy rains and causing chaos due to strong winds. This has caused floodin…

Oct 11, 2018

Hurricane Michael marched through Georgia and has reached South Carolina after devastating the panhandle of Florida. When the storm reached landfall late Wednesday, afternoon, its sustained winds were 155 mph, only two miles short of a Category 5 storm. It is already designated the most pow…

Oct 10, 2018

Hurricane Michael, now heading toward landfall in the area of Panama City-Tallahassee, Florida is a Category 4 storm and is expected to be the strongest hurricane to strike the Florida Panhandle in 267 years, according to the National Hurricane Center. Landfall is expected for Wednesday afternoon…

Oct 08, 2018

It has been just a little more than three weeks since Hurricane Florence ravished the Carolinas and now a new tropical storm designated Michael has strengthened into a hurricane and is threatening Florida. Michael was designated a hurricane on Monday, October 8, 2018 and is expected to strike …

Sep 17, 2018

Although Florence is now a tropical storm, it is still wreaking havoc in the two Carolinas. According to the Monday, September 17 edition of the Charlotte Observer, hundreds of thousands of household and businesses are still without power. The paper reports 12,312 residences of Mecklenburg Count…

Sep 14, 2018

South Carolina has started to feel the force of Hurricane Florence soon after it reached landfall at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina at 7:15 a.m. and by 11 a.m. South Carolina power companies reported nearly 50,000 power outages, mostly around Myrtle Beach and locations just inland.Horty Count…

Sep 14, 2018

Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina at 7:15 a.m. Friday, September 14 and by 8:30 a.m. 455,775 power outages had been reported in the state. The highest concentrations of outages were occurring in Beaufort, Brunswick, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, New Hanove…

Sep 13, 2018

The best way to survive a disaster is to be prepared. With a large section of the United States under threat of hurricanes, there are a number of things residents of that section can do.Foremost is to prepare for the disaster in advance. For example, each individual of a family should keep a port…

Sep 12, 2018

Whenever hurricanes strike the United States a large number of the residents of the regions affected can’t or won’t evacuate due to a range of reasons. With strong hurricanes like the Category 4 that is now heading for the three states of North and South Carolina and Virginia, the National Hurri…

Sep 12, 2018

For the first time since Hazel in 1954, a category 4 hurricane is positioned to strike the coast of North Carolina.Predicted to make landfall early Friday, September 14, Hurricane Florence is expected to batter the coastlines of North Carolina and South Carolina as well as Virginia with as much a…

Sep 11, 2018

How the standby generator is mounted is an important aspect of the installation process. The generator must be protected from any moisture that may come up from the ground. It also must be provided with a solid and level surface. In addition, installers of standby generators must consider l…