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258: Some Real MacGyver #$@!%

2024/10/27
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Brad: 本集主要讲述了飓风Helene过后在北卡罗来纳州西部地区经历的灾后生活，以及期间遇到的各种技术挑战和社区互助的感人故事。从电力供应、发电机使用、房屋维修，到网络中断后的数据备份和远程办公，以及灾后物资短缺和社区互助等方面，都进行了详细的描述和分享。在电力供应方面，Brad分享了他使用智能插座监控服务器功耗的尝试，以及由于插座不足而导致停电的经历。他还详细介绍了使用Home Assistant监控服务器功耗的经验，并展示了实时功耗图表。在发电机使用方面，Brad描述了购买和使用发电机的过程，以及在老式房屋中处理复杂电路布线的问题。他还分享了关于发电机维护和储存的经验。在房屋维修方面，Brad讲述了清理受损房屋和处理霉菌问题的过程。他还分享了邻居之间互相帮助，以及社区组织提供食物和帮助的感人故事。在网络中断方面，Brad分享了在网络中断的情况下，如何使用文本工具远程访问NAS并上传文件的经验。他还讲述了灾后物资短缺的情况，以及如何使用现金购买必需品。最后，Brad分享了在洪水中损失的一些物品，以及一些令人怀念的旧电脑硬件和资料。 Well: 本集主要从旁观者的角度对Brad的经历进行补充和评论。Well对Brad的服务器电源管理策略、灾后准备工作、以及灾后社区互助等方面进行了评价和补充。Well还分享了自己UPS的功耗情况，并对现代通信的额外数据开销在网络受限的情况下会造成不便进行了评论。此外，Well还对Brad的灾难准备计划提出了建议，并推荐了一些离线地图资源和应急工具。

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Brad discusses his experience dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, focusing on technical challenges like portable lighting, generators, and older house wiring. He also touches on remote work with limited connectivity, dehumidifying a flooded basement, and some computing artifacts found during cleanup.
  • Hurricane Helene caused significant flooding and power outages in Western North Carolina.
  • Portable lighting and battery packs are crucial during power outages.
  • Understanding house wiring and generator usage is essential in emergencies.
  • Home Assistant's power consumption dashboard is a useful tool.

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Brad's back from Western North Carolina, so it's time for a casual debriefing on being out there for two and a half weeks dealing with the Hurricane Helene aftermath, with a focus on all sorts of technical subjects like portable lighting strategies, acquiring and hooking up a generator in a hurry, making sense of the wiring layouts in older houses, remote work with almost no connectivity, dehumidifying and remediating a flooded basement, and, yes, some of the sillier computing artifacts that emerged in the course of the cleanup.

The links for emergency and offline maps we mentioned that were sent in by a listener:

http://cellmapper.net/)

https://atlas.eia.gov/apps/all-energy-infrastructure-and-resources/explore)

https://organicmaps.app/)

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