Hurricane Harvey
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@nerdydad said in Hurricane Harvey:
@RestoronixDavid & @RestoronixSean live in the D/FW area too, but haven't heard from them in a while.
@RestoronixDavid is traveling full time, so not in the area.
@RestoronixSean is heading to Seattle for a bit, so escaping.
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What about @StorageNinja ? Did he make it out of Houston the other day?
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@dafyre said in Hurricane Harvey:
What about @StorageNinja ? Did he make it out of Houston the other day?
I would assume that he has either vacated or is bunkering down because he hasn't been active for the last day or so.
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@nerdydad said in Hurricane Harvey:
@dafyre said in Hurricane Harvey:
What about @StorageNinja ? Did he make it out of Houston the other day?
I would assume that he has either vacated or is bunkering down because he hasn't been active for the last day or so.
He mentioned escaping like yesterday. But I spoke to him within the last hour on IM.
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Stay safe, everyone!
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@nerdydad I am in Waco as well so will report anything of significance that might help others be safe.
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@jmoore said in Hurricane Harvey:
@nerdydad I am in Waco as well so will report anything of significance that might help others be safe.
Well, hope it won't be to much of a trouble for the area.
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If anyone is curious of the current radar -
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@gjacobse said in Hurricane Harvey:
If anyone is curious of the current radar -
Did you pull that from the satellite directly?
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@nerdydad said in Hurricane Harvey:
@gjacobse said in Hurricane Harvey:
If anyone is curious of the current radar -
Did you pull that from the satellite directly?
I wished I could. No,.. I started with my local weather station and moved down. Since so much data is centralized for weather these days,.. most radar maps like this are 'connected'.
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@nerdydad
Just tried to access some radar maps from Corpus Christi - KrisTV,... having some issues... -
@gjacobse My dad (an extra) told me one time that he was able to pull the grayscale cloud images from the satellite, but I didn't have a chance to figure out how he did it. I'm sure its probably just a radio on a frequency with a slow scan TV.
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@nerdydad said in Hurricane Harvey:
@gjacobse My dad (an extra) told me one time that he was able to pull the grayscale cloud images from the satellite, but I didn't have a chance to figure out how he did it. I'm sure its probably just a radio on a frequency with a slow scan TV.
I have sort of looked into it. I know one of the rPi projects I want to do has it... but limited.
and then there is using the SDR:
http://www.rtl-sdr.com/rtl-sdr-tutorial-receiving-noaa-weather-satellite-images/
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I'm listening to the Hurricane net on 14.325 - the noise level is s9 - so can barely hear the net control
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@gjacobse I'm just a tech with a Baofeng UV-5R. Sooo, you know what I'm hearing.
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@nerdydad said in Hurricane Harvey:
@gjacobse I'm just a tech with a Baofeng UV-5R. Sooo, you know what I'm hearing.
LOL... you can hear anything as long as you have an SDR or any HF radio... it's the trans you are not allow to do.. unless in an emergency situation.
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@gjacobse said in Hurricane Harvey:
@nerdydad said in Hurricane Harvey:
@gjacobse I'm just a tech with a Baofeng UV-5R. Sooo, you know what I'm hearing.
LOL... you can hear anything as long as you have an SDR or any HF radio... it's the trans you are not allow to do.. unless in an emergency situation.
Totally understood. That's the way I understand it as well.
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About 56 miles out from Corpus Christi. -
I'm west of Houston. I've never witnessed the amount of rain projected for us.
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@scottalanmiller said in Hurricane Harvey:
@nerdydad said in Hurricane Harvey:
@dafyre said in Hurricane Harvey:
What about @StorageNinja ? Did he make it out of Houston the other day?
I would assume that he has either vacated or is bunkering down because he hasn't been active for the last day or so.
He mentioned escaping like yesterday. But I spoke to him within the last hour on IM.
Plane got delayed but I'm out and safely in Vegas (about to take a nap for an hour or so it was a late night in Jamaica beach locking down the boats). Left the wife and dog with water, beef jerky, cliff bars, and some twinkies. She's tagged as essentials personal for some stupid reason for Katy (which she will not be able to reach from midtown, and they don't have a bed for her so she's told to wait at home).
