Hurricane Strength
Hurricane Strength
Hurricane Milton hit Tampa Bay as a category 3 hurricane. The storm surge and high winds caused widespread damage and casualties.
The planet is heating rapidly, and the frequency and ferocity of storms will increase. But Milton is only a preview of what is to come.
In 2009, James Hansen, a leading climate researcher, wrote a book titled Storms of My Grandchildren. The title refers to the ferocious and stormy weather events that will occur if fossil fuel use continues unabated. The book urged immediate action on climate change.
Fifteen years later, we know that nothing happened. If anything, carbon dioxide emissions are accelerating.
The switch to natural gas for power generation did nothing, either. Methane emissions from increased natural gas use are also at record levels, and methane is an even more potent greenhouse gas. The storms are coming.
Independent power systems like the PowerBloc need to be hurricane-strength.
That means three things. Solar panels and arrays need to survive winds of 150 miles per hour. The cabinets need to be elevated above “1,000-year” flood levels.” Last but not least, there has to be enough storage to ride out the storm.
We have angered the weather; we designed the PowerBloc for its worst wrath.
