Wow, it's so interesting to read all of these different perspectives from people in different araes of the country! As one of the starters of the you should get a generator topic, I've never even thought of having a back up in case the natural gas stopped flowing here in the North. Most houses...
My point is just that these "100 year" issues with respect to extended power outages will continue to happen summer and winter according to my recent experience. We're all on our own to either prepare for them or not.
I have no advice to help them with the water problem.
We woke up to 2 feet of new snow yesterday south of Buffalo when 2 inches was predicted the night before. Everyone had it cleaned up by noon and went about a normal day.
About the electricity, buy a portable generator now. We never needed one for about the first 45 years I lived here, then...
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned what the GM guys are saying is the reason for the solid rotors on the new Corvette. From a Hagerty article:
"Brake rotors are a touch larger in diameter at both ends of the car in consideration of the added speed available for 2020. One feature missing...
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I think the Build 19205 shown below was before I updated mine. The update will contain a higher number and it will fix the Waze speed issue. I did it on my '18 Taurus and my '16 Mustang.