Like almost everyone else in the southeastern US, I am staying glued to weather updates today. I won’t say much about Hurricane Gustav, because, really, what is there to say except…
well, there isn’t anything to say. Just light a candle for New Orleans and hope the people I know there are safely on their way northeast. Hope that everyone affected has a way out and takes it.
At any rate, this morning I saw this nifty little solar energy calculator on Weather Underground. Put in your address or your latitude-longitude, information on size and efficiency of solar panels you are considering, and it will tell you how much energy you can expect to generate. Cool!
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Can you imagine if we could harness the power of a hurricane and convert it into electricity?
The Cuban weather service said one of its stations measured a gust of 204 mph (340 kph), the highest ever recorded.
Oh, and by the way, here is something for George Bush to take note of:
The government reported some minor injuries. But hurricane deaths are rare in Cuba, where evacuations are well-organized and begin early.
I woner if it would be possible to capture any energy from a hurricane. That’s an unbelievable gust!
I think I’m doing it wrong. I was mortified by the measly amount of solar energy I could capture here.
I must be doing it wrong, though, because I got the same figures when I tried it for Dallas.
I don’t know anything about the size of solar panels or the make – and by just guessing, the best I can come up with is running one CFC light bulb!
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