President Biden issued an emergency declaration for the state of Maine late Thursday, ahead of the Lee's arrival, that will free up resources from the Federal Emergency Management Agency "to coordinate all disaster relief efforts." Will Hurricane Lee hit Massachusetts?
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"Lee is then expected to turn toward the northeast and move across Atlantic Canada tonight and Sunday."Ī hurricane watch is in effect for parts of southeastern Canada.Ī tropical storm warning was in effect from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, north to the U.S.-Canada border and parts of southeastern Canada. "The center of Lee is forecast to make landfall in Atlantic Canada later this afternoon," the hurricane center wrote. A map from the National Hurricane Center shows the probable path for the center of Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee as of 2 p.m. The center of the storm was about 80 miles south-southeast of Eastport, Maine, and about 150 miles west-southwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia, according to the hurricane center. Going forward, Campbell said the team will assess the technology in different conditions and at different times of year, and will see what maintenance is involved.Hurricane-force winds were extending up to 140 miles from the center of Lee and tropical-storm-force winds were extending up to 390 miles from the center. “Looking back at our power bill, at this point, it's generating about three-quarters of what we would use on a typical month.” “During Ian, we saw that it continued to generate power, at least nominally during that day that it was cloudy and rainy and virtually no sun shining on them. While Hurricane Ian this fall didn’t hit Tampa directly, it did provide an opportunity for city officials to assess how the solar installations held up amid some power outages and less-than-sunny conditions. “W e have had a history within our mobility department of finding ways to pilot things in the field and to really treat our city as an open laboratory,” Campbell said. Progress on the idea happened relatively quickly following Irma due to buy-in from different departments, and the fact that the $45,000 cost of the project already fit within the existing budget.
The Tampa Bay Times reported that through the pilot program, the city has installed 84 solar panels at a downtown intersection. They’re specially made by Canadian company Solar Earth to be strong enough to withstand being run over by a lawnmower and have a slip-resistant coating for walkers, Campbell said. The goal was to be able to locally generate three-to-five days worth of power. Since summer 2020, the city has piloted solar panels embedded on sidewalks, a design meant to protect the panels from storm-force winds.
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