3D Printing - !!!~POWER RESTORED~!!!

Just checked the network map here... all the telcos' (att, tmob, uniti fiber, verizon etc) have nodes down... I noticed that there are an inordinate amount of hops where network traffic is being re-routed.  The servers will probably slow down a bit until some (we don't need all of them) of the network nodes are back online...

dennis

Over 426,000 Entergy, Cleco customers without power after Zeta landfall...

I'm going offline to setup the Big Generator... I will leave the servers on the small generator ...so, you should be good.

Keep the Train on the Tracks!!!

dennis

Be careful out there

Hey Ray... thanks for keeping an eye on things!  Heading out to my business yard for fuel.  All good here.  The servers are inundated with downloads... guess folks are nervous they won't be able to get to the files ever again.  WE GOT THIS FOLKS!~!  Rock On!

dennis

Good luck down there dodging the floods Dennis!  I see you sent your rain this way, we're getting hammered all day, but no strong winds, just water.  With luck, no power outages here.

Thanks John... hopefully, you won't have to water the flower beds today!

I'm swapping generators... Neighbor with kids needs the small generator for about six hours.  I live to serve.

The servers will go down in about 5 minutes for about 5 minutes.  So 11:20 - 11:30 central standard time.

Believe! (uh oh... fingers crossed)

OK.. Back up!  4 minutes... not bad.

   Home Sweet Home!

   Power Outages New Orleans..

Dennis

sorry to hear about you being victimized by a random and yet another unpredictable weather pattern.

hope you are ok. ......you need to use better magic markers and paper towels are coming in fast.

POWER RESTORED

Well, almost made it a year... from Zeta to Ida ...and, on the Katrina anniversary no less.

Generators at the ready.  We should be good as long as the fiber and 5G holds up.

Grab any files that you've been meaning to print.

Hope you both stay safe through this

current pattern

good luck

@Dennis-LaRock posted:

Well, almost made it a year... from Zeta to Ida ...and, on the Katrina anniversary no less.

Fasten your seat belts, it looks like a rough ride!  I hope you weather the storm down there, with luck maybe you'll even keep the Internet up.

Good luck Dennis. Hope all is well.

Thanks Guys!  Sent Annie to the Carolina's a couple of days ago so I'm riding solo.

Just set the trains up with the small generator!   And, it's Ingrid Bergman day on TCM!!!

WINNING!

Game ON!!@!!  Power Out... Gen I enabled ...and, the French love O-Scale?

Your shared folder "O-Scale" was accessed by someone in France using IP address 109.211.181.132

Your shared folder "O-Scale" was accessed by someone in France using IP address 2a01:e0a:93b:b930:a5f0:1141:959e:be31

Your shared folder "O-Scale" was accessed by someone in France using IP address 81.50.118.131

Hey Everyone,

I got a text from Dennis early this morning at ~7:30 am EST, he's okay.  His generators are up, but the power grid and the internet are out.  He was hoping to have a 5G connection sometime today, but that doesn't seem to have worked out just yet.  The 3D servers are fine, but it might be some time before they're back on the net.

I'll post again when I hear from him, but I texted back this morning saying "Don't call me until you get the power back."  I think it might be a day or two before we hear from him again, but we will.

BTW, I think Gen II runs his layout.

Nice to know he survived!

Wonder how NJ Highrailers are doing tonight? North Jersey and NYC are taking one almighty terrible hit from Ida.

Well, they're on the 3rd floor, so unless the foundation washes away, they probably won't be flooded.

Update 9/2 @ 6:38pm cst...

The servers have processed a large number of requests... we have not gone down.  I'm tethered through my T-Mobile 5G Mini Tower at the house (I have to return that one of these days ).

There are no services here so... I am going to take them down Saturday and Sunday.  I have to leave to get some parts and maintenance supplies for both generators... especially as I converted the Big generator to natural gas yesterday.

Manhattan Anyone?

dennis

Dennis great to hear you are ok, we got several inches of rain from it but luckily no wind or damage.

Glad to see you are OK Dennis. Stay put.....Manhattan has much bigger problems.......

@Dennis-LaRock posted:

Manhattan Anyone?

The NYC subways may have gotten hit harder than you did!   The good news is that you survived and are functional, that's actually more than you could have expected from that storm!

Here's some not so interesting trivia... the subway station shown in the video of the NYC flooding was ...MY subway station for 25 years, 1 1/2 blocks from my loft @ 26th and 6th.

Not being one to hold much faith in co-incidences... you may want to think twice before inviting me over!

dennis

You're too far away, so no problem, let the bad luck stay with you.

Hey Dennis, nice to meet you and glad to hear that you're still there!

What part of the city are are living?   I grew up around New Orleans starting in 1949. Received my first set Christmas of '49. Lived most of the later part on the northshore in Folsom, Covington, Madisonville and Mandeville. Moved to NC in 2004 and will never live down there again! I've only run my AC for 2 hours this summer for some FL guests who were arriving.

I had a retail hobby shop in Covington from 1987 through 1995 or '96 and stayed in the business as 'Uncle Sam's Trains' from my home. We had Lionel SS #224 under the same name and George still operates it from his Covington home. He says he's always several months behind business is so good! Spoke with him a few days ago after the storm hit and he says he's not going through this again and may move up to these mountains. We can use a good service man too!

My two adult sons and their mom fled to Pensacola after seeing they had little damage. They live in Mandeville.

God bless you sir and hope you guys are able to pull through this mess.

POWER RESTORED!!!

I'm located at Bayou St John / Mid City up by the race track just off Esplanade Ave.  Esplanade Ridge is ABOVE sea level and is one of the highest elevations in the city.

John,  As soon as this mess is cleaned up I'm headed to your house to Bless it

Please, if anyone was NOT able to access the 3D files... shoot me an email.  We did receive hundreds of requests that were processed ...and, other than the dozen or so reboots performed I don't know if the files were unavailable at other times.

Back To Work!!!  (Retirement doesn't seem to align with my imagination)

@Dennis-LaRock posted:

John,  As soon as this mess is cleaned up I'm headed to your house to Bless it

Multiple people have already done the job, STAY AWAY!

@Dennis-LaRock posted:

POWER RESTORED!!!

I gather from the news that you're one of the lucky ones!

Yes, the ridges that surround the city (Esplanade, Gentilly, River... etc.) are the entry points for the large transmission lines with feeders branching out from there.  Most of Esplanade (not all) was lit this morning.  The ridges being the highest elevations (which, did not flood during Katrina) create the lip of a bowl and from there elevations continuously drop to the low points at the center of the city.

Here's my neighbors 60' Cedar having a snooze on my house.  It was fun removing that by myself.

At least it looks like the tree didn't do a great deal of damage when it fell.

Yup!  About a dozen pieces of slate and a short run of copper gutter... both of which I have.  The 7.3L Dually and MB were untouched!  LUCKY ME

I did notice it stopped just short of the cars!