[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by pikeselectric

Do you have a portable generator already? Considering getting one?
Have you ever been interested in a whole home standby Generac generator?
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Generac stock "GNRC" is a great buy after every massive hurricane. . . check it out!

Yes, there will be another Katrina moment in FL, but the timing is uncertain. . . however, when big urban populations are hit, GNRC is a hot stock for a quarter. .

YMMV

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

Generac stock "GNRC" is a great buy after every massive hurricane. . . check it out!

Yes, there will be another Katrina moment in FL, but the timing is uncertain. . . however, when big urban populations are hit, GNRC is a hot stock for a quarter. .

YMMV

Just for clarity, the area around where Katrina hit was described as a soup bowl....factor in a breached levy system failure etc. Where exactly in FL meets that type of topography and vulnerability? (Otherwise, I agree on the generator)

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by Shipping up to Boston

Just for clarity, the area around where Katrina hit was described as a soup bowl....factor in a breached levy system failure etc. Where exactly in FL meets that type of topography and vulnerability? (Otherwise, I agree on the generator)

a Katrina moment is when the electrical grid is severely damaged and people had to flee the area to avoid the heat with lots of elderly not able to survive the heat without electricity. a tornado hitting / damaging generation stations, large substations, transmission towers, etc. . . all is not always flood related nor topography related as a metaphor. Electrical inventories are not sufficient to rebuild after a hurricane. Transformers are not made in mass quantities, and have limited production. . Hurricane Andrew blew out the electrical system at a networking components production building at a company at which I worked in the early 1990s in Florida, not near the ocean. a bit of an electrical metaphor, not a flood metaphor. . not a topography metaphor.

Entergy learns Katrina lessons, but damage prevention still in question | News | nola.com

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by Shipping up to Boston

Just for clarity, the area around where Katrina hit was described as a soup bowl....factor in a breached levy system failure etc. Where exactly in FL meets that type of topography and vulnerability? (Otherwise, I agree on the generator)

more of an investment/trading opportunity not necessarily related to FL or topography of florida.

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

a Katrina moment is when the electrical grid is severely damaged and people had to flee the area to avoid the heat with lots of elderly not able to survive the heat without electricity. a tornado hitting / damaging generation stations, large substations, transmission towers, etc. . . all is not always flood related nor topography related as a metaphor. Electrical inventories are not sufficient to rebuild after a hurricane. Transformers are not made in mass quantities, and have limited production. . Hurricane Andrew blew out the electrical system at a networking components production building at a company at which I worked in the early 1990s in Florida, not near the ocean. a bit of an electrical metaphor, not a flood metaphor. . not a topography metaphor.

Entergy learns Katrina lessons, but damage prevention still in question | News | nola.com

Much more specific....thank you SG

[Keefelane66]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

Generac stock "GNRC" is a great buy after every massive hurricane. . . check it out!

Yes, there will be another Katrina moment in FL, but the timing is uncertain. . . however, when big urban populations are hit, GNRC is a hot stock for a quarter. .

YMMV

If Florida turns into Texas I would consider one.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by Keefelane66

If Florida turns into Texas I would consider one.

more of an investment / trading opportunity, . . .

not a recommendation to buy their products. .

[rsmurano]

Not sure about an investment but I’ve been thinking about putting in a backup generator to power the whole house if something happens. We were looking into Pensacola to move to while I was working. 1 of the residents told me they were out of power and internet for 3 weeks after a hurricane hit. Can you imagine living in Florida during the summer without power? The whole house generator is a $10k investment into your house and I think it would be a perk if you were trying to sell your house with 1.
I wouldn’t want a portable generator, what good is that going to do you?

BTW: I just looked at their stock, it hasn’t done anything for the past year except to go down while other securities I had were gaining 30-100+% late last year to early this year.

[MrFlorida]

Generators are fine, if you can get gas . Most gas stations need power to pump it, unless they have a generator also.... or you can get a generator that runs on natural gas. Expensive option for a mostly non event here in the Villages.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by rsmurano

Not sure about an investment but I’ve been thinking about putting in a backup generator to power the whole house if something happens. We were looking into Pensacola to move to while I was working. 1 of the residents told me they were out of power and internet for 3 weeks after a hurricane hit. Can you imagine living in Florida during the summer without power? The whole house generator is a $10k investment into your house and I think it would be a perk if you were trying to sell your house with 1.
I wouldn’t want a portable generator, what good is that going to do you?

BTW: I just looked at their stock, it hasn’t done anything for the past year except to go down while other securities I had were gaining 30-100+% late last year to early this year.

How did they survive prior to air conditioning? Be surprised what you can do when have to. The highest recorded temperatures in Florida was in 1931, 109 degrees

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

How did they survive prior to air conditioning? Be surprised what you can do when have to. The highest recorded temperatures in Florida was in 1931, 109 degrees

That’s why I’ve always respected people in say Appalachia. When the grids go down and the proverbial poop hits the fan....these populations know how to survive off grid. We’re so conditioned to the utilities that most will be a puddle of themselves if they had to wing it.

[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by Shipping up to Boston

That’s why I’ve always respected people in say Appalachia. When the grids go down and the proverbial poop hits the fan....these populations know how to survive

Country folks can survive

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by LeRoySmith

Country folks can survive

More with less...LS

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by rsmurano

BTW: I just looked at their stock, it hasn’t done anything for the past year except to go down while other securities I had were gaining 30-100+% late last year to early this year.

yes, you are an investor and not a trader. .

How about since Hurricane Beryl, which was the trade as specified in the OP after a hurricane hits a large urban area. .

about 135 to about 155, about 15% + in a month? annualized? 3x short term interest rates in a month?

that's an event trade. . .

Another trade?

I didn't get the company name, but an analyst was recommending water cooling for data centers companies, and there is one. . selling shovels to gold miner's trade

a AI trend dependency trade. .

[roguesearcher]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

How did they survive prior to air conditioning? Be surprised what you can do when have to. The highest recorded temperatures in Florida was in 1931, 109 degrees

...and what was the life expectancy in those days??