Hurricane Milton and EVs.

[flyct]

We have 2 homes in Florida affected by Hurricane Milton. Both lost power. One had power restored 2 days ago and the other is still without power.

We evacuated our primary house which is 20 miles south of Tampa to our cabin which is 125 miles inland. The eye of the storm passed right over our main house just south of Tampa. While we stayed in the cabin which only had tropical force winds. The Lightning powered the cabin connected to the generator inlet I had installed several months prior, so we had essential circuits with power. What a blessing that was. One of our cabin neighbors has a whole house generator and let us charge the Lightning to top it off.

On the way back home all gas stations didn’t have power but FPL set up a mobile charge station and they kindly topped off the Lightning for us.

20 minutes before arriving to our west coast home it had power restored. We charged the Lightning at home to 90%. The few local gas’s stations with gas have lines as long as 1/4 mile.

Having an EV with gas shortages was an unexpected advantage.

Here are some pictures of our pool cage that didn’t survive. Also included a picture of our Lightning getting a charge from the FPL mobile charge unit.

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[Runaway Tractor]

Carrying around 130kWh is indeed extremely useful.

That said, you experienced a lot of luck with the convenient places to recharge. This should not be considered the norm. In a disaster, your ability to recharge is just as vulnerable as your ability to fill up on gas. Everyone needs to keep that in mind.

 

[Madtroniks]

Thanks for sharing your experience.

One of the reasons I went with an EV for my next vehicle was to use it as a backup power source for your house during a power outage.

I’m glad your Lightning served you well.

 

[Ekiehn]

We have 2 homes in Florida affected by Hurricane Milton. Both lost power. One had power restored 2 days ago and the other is still without power.

We evacuated our primary house which is 20 miles south of Tampa to our cabin which is 125 miles inland. The eye of the storm passed right over our main house just south of Tampa. While we stayed in the cabin which only had tropical force winds. The Lightning powered the cabin connected to the generator inlet I had installed several months prior, so we had essential circuits with power. What a blessing that was. One of our cabin neighbors has a whole house generator and let us charge the Lightning to top it off.

On the way back home all gas stations didn’t have power but FPL set up a mobile charge station and they kindly topped off the Lightning for us.

20 minutes before arriving to our west coast home it had power restored. We charged the Lightning at home to 90%. The few local gas’s stations with gas have lines as long as 1/4 mile.

Having an EV with gas shortages was an unexpected advantage.

Here are some pictures of our pool cage that didn’t survive. Also included a picture of our Lightning getting a charge from the FPL mobile charge unit.

Great story... Love FPL.. How did you find the FOL mobile charge station, did it show up on their app?

 

[The Weatherman]

Good on FOL.

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