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With Hurricane Irma breathing down our necks, being in Tropical Storm Warning zone by Saturday morning, and under Hurricane Warnings by Saturday afternoon, we here in North Florida will undoubtedly be without power by Sunday morning. And prior to that, what with the heavy cloud cover, we will be without satellite communication/reception by Saturday afternoon - definitely by Saturday night. And while the storm will be past us by Monday afternoon, it COULD be weeks before power is restored to somes areas of North Florida (Jacksonville and surrounding area). Bottom line: Our mainline communication will be either battery powered radio or cell phone for some time to come. With Hurricane Matthew we were without power for about 12 hours, but this storm is MUCH larger, faster and more dangerous than either Matthew or Andrew. Texas took a huge hit with all the rain from Harvey and it will take them years to fully recover. We may not get all the rain like Harvey, but we sure as heck will get a lot of high wind damage. Gonna miss my internet and DirecTV for awhile.....
Good luck, and stay safe!!! These dishes are rated to withstand some high winds, but not hurricane force winds. If your service is out, it could take some time before an installer can ever get to your location and do a repoint.
Yeah, we could be looking at Cat 1 or Cat 2 - they haven't decided yet..... Dish is located on south end of house, ground level, and that's the way the storm is coming. Should be an interesting next 3 days.....
57Nomad, stay safe! Dishes can be replaced, lives, not so much.
My setup died once during a microburst. The pole broke at the base and the whole thing came tumbling down (the dish, even though it had a crack, worked just fine for a few more years after an installer came and set it up on a new pole).
