Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I hope you're all doing okay. I got a friend in Texas that has been having rolling blackouts every couple hours! Yikes!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perro Del Diablo Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 doing OK some blackouts due to wind mills frozen cant go anywhere roads are horrible and texans have no clue how to drive in this stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horace Patootie, SASS #35798 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I'm in the Ft. Worth area. People all around us lose power for an hour at a time or 12 hours. Doesn't seem to be any particular schedule. Oddly enough, we haven't lost power at all yet. It's 1 degree now outside. I told my daughter that the satellites that turn of the power can't see me because I'm wearing my tinfoil hat :-) Horace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 23 minutes ago, Horace Patootie, SASS #35798 said: I'm in the Ft. Worth area. People all around us lose power for an hour at a time or 12 hours. Doesn't seem to be any particular schedule. Oddly enough, we haven't lost power at all yet. It's 1 degree now outside. I told my daughter that the satellites that turn of the power can't see me because I'm wearing my tinfoil hat :-) Horace That's where my friend lives and his power has been going on and off in two or three hour cycles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I'm still waiting to hear from my old friend in the LaPorte area. The way he has his phone set up, he calls me ,but I can't really call him and like leave a message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I live about 150 miles west of Ft. Worth, we've had no problem. Poor Abilene has all 3 water treatment plants down, no water at all. Clyde has its own water system thankfully. No power blackouts at our house (so far) JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Friends are out of power for at least 48 hours. They aquired a generator and a heater.... But, the one fell on ice and had to go in to ER... Prayers for these UNNAMED friends...even if you KNOW who they are, lets keep them unnamed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horace Patootie, SASS #35798 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Several of us went to work today, but no power so will try tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 43 minutes ago, Capt. James H. Callahan said: I live about 150 miles west of Ft. Worth, we've had no problem. Poor Abilene has all 3 water treatment plants down, no water at all. Clyde has its own water system thankfully. No power blackouts at our house (so far) JHC I'm pretty shocked they don't have Emergency Diesel Generators. All our plants, water and sewage, have back up Gensets, but I suppose here in Canada this sort of thing can happen more often. How about the hospitals? Back-up Gensets there?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 7 minutes ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said: I'm pretty shocked they don't have Emergency Diesel Generators. All our plants, water and sewage, have back up Gensets, but I suppose here in Canada this sort of thing can happen more often. How about the hospitals? Back-up Gensets there?? They have backup generators, probably not full power. Heard last night they had no water at all. Not used to it being this cold, let alone for over a week. Not as prepared as Canada for sure. I was talking about the hospitals, I guess the water plants don't have backup, or at least not enough. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horace Patootie, SASS #35798 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 This is just not the sort of thing that happens here in Texas very often, so we are not prepared for it. The last one was in 1989 where we live (Ft. Worth area) so that is why we are not prepared for it. Yesterday, I did look online at the generator installations available. Also, since our water supply facilities are down, we have to boil water for necessary use and restrict our water use otherwise. Horace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Rolling blackouts here east of Dallas. Have 3 friends that have been without power since Sunday. Another lost his last night. One co-worker was totally unprepared. No heaters for his water troughs. low on hay, tractor battery toast. Not sure how he is going to make it. Last I heard his above ground pool froze enough that it busted. Roads here are a mess so I am staying in the house. Have to keep the faucets on the outside walls dripping or they freeze. Good news is it will be 15 degrees warmer tonight that it was last night. Don't sound like much but it makes a huge difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horace Patootie, SASS #35798 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Just notified that our city (Keller) water tanks are empty. All water is what is in the lines. We have bathtubs full plus buckets. Bottled water for drinking(my wife always keeps this on hand) and pots of boiled water also. After this episode, we will concentrate on being better prepared. Horace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Got water, got power, got food... also got 4" of white stuff on the ground. Fortunately this is rare. Back in the upper 50s in a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Business Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 10 hours ago, Perro Del Diablo said: doing OK some blackouts due to wind mills frozen cant go anywhere roads are horrible and texans have no clue how to drive in this stuff Windmills? For power? Power outages are rare in my area. Rolling blackouts are not a thing. Most of our power grid is supplied by hydropower. And we do have a couple of nuclear providers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 FWIW: THIS TOO, SHALL PASS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 44 minutes ago, Whiskey Business said: Windmills? For power? Power outages are rare in my area. Rolling blackouts are not a thing. Most of our power grid is supplied by hydropower. And we do have a couple of nuclear providers. Up until this the State government was bragging on them. Now they are demanding to know why there isn't enough electricity to go around in the winter when there was enough for the 100+ days last summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Green energy at your service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Business Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 How can those bird cuisinarts be good for the environment? Not to mention, people are forced to run generators and wood burning fireplaces to keep from freezing. Guessing payola at play to hire some idiot savants to design this system. Technology is a good thing. But, hey, let's party like it is 1899. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 My bro-in-law lives in McKinney.. he has been without water and power for a few days already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Complicated Lady Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 We are 80 miles east of Dallas. Most of out town is without power. The town has pretty much shut down. Schools closed We have not lost power. We still have water. We feel fortunate. We are praying for our friends who are suffering because of this unusually cold weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 So far so good, but the city says we'll be out of water in a few hours. The 10" main line FROM the water plant is frozen. They're calling for voluneers who have pear burners (rancher burn the thorns off prickly pears for animal feed) or propane powered heaters to try to thaw it. Another problem is you can't find propane. We're better off than lots of folks, our water heater and central heater are natural gas. Of course if the power goes out we'll still be SOL but at least we can keep it warm and not be as big a drain on the grid long as the juice is on. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Texas power companies are going to have a lot of explaining to do...real soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 said: Texas power companies are going to have a lot of explaining to do...real soon! Yep. The outfit that manages the grid is known as ERCOT. Not sure if it's governmental or what. Must be a bunch of Demoncrats, does seem like they've bungled things. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Mebbe Ocasio-Cortez will come down from D.C. and use hot air to warm the pipes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 "Rolling blackouts" is a mis-nomer for what is happening in central Texas. Power is being shut down in huge swaths across the larger cities knocking out power to large percentage of populations for many hours. In my are of Austin our power went off at 2:07am Monday morning and didnt come back on till 2:13 am Wednesday morning. That is 48 hours with no heat or light. Now the real number. At the top end of the outage about 42% of the electric customers in Austin were under power outage lasting from 48 to 60 hours. The other areas of town did have "rolling" outage lasting from 30 - 60 minutes for most of the last two days. I have a generator that I ran for two days running a couple space heaters and the fridge. Temp went down to 25 inside the house and 13 outside before I trudged out through 6" of snow and brought the genny up to house and rigged the wiring to run the heaters. Lows here in central Austin dropped to 5 degrees Monday morning and 3 degrees Tuesday. Today it is a veritable heat wave low last night was 20 degrees, We got a ice storm last night and picked up 1/2 inch of ice on everything. Another one is just hitting here. The bad part is I am down to 4 gallons of gas if the power goes out again and there is 1/2 of ice on top of the snow covered roads. (Austin doesnt have snow plows for use to plow the streets. The State does but only for the hiways and state roads. Driving to get gas Monday on 6 inches of snow was not bad, but Tuesday morning the snow had been driven on and compacted and refroze overnight. Interesting 5 mile round trip to the only gas station nearby that had electricity( cant run gas pumps without electricity). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 we lost power for 3 days busted pipe in bedroom heat back on water in walls and on floor being attended to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Find it interesting that some metro sections of the state have never lost power. Despite the mandate for rolling blackouts state wide. Wonder who lives there with enough pull to keep their power on while others are being subjected to the rolling blackouts and more than a few have been without for days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry T Harrison Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Boy did my whole house generator sound sweet when it fired up this afternoon for it’s weekly exercise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Boots Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Outskirts of Waco, power off and on every few hours. Just found out tankless water heaters do freeze up and hair dryers don’t do much good in this weather. Oh well, wife still snuggles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 14 minutes ago, Henry T Harrison said: Boy did my whole house generator sound sweet when it fired up this afternoon for it’s weekly exercise Weekly tests exercise? I wondered how often you have to do that. I'm thinking about getting a Generac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Boots Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Weekly tests exercise? I wondered how often you have to do that. I'm thinking about getting a Generac. Had one when we lived on the NC Coast. It ran 15 minutes every Monday morning. It was a great asset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry T Harrison Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 48 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Weekly tests exercise? I wondered how often you have to do that. I'm thinking about getting a Generac. It starts itself every Wednesday afternoon and runs for about ten minutes it charges the battery and keeps everything lubed. It also lets you know everything is working. Mine is a Generac and runs on natural gas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 They got the pipe thawed at the water plant, so we never lost water. They are begging us to use as little as possible, gonna take two days to refill the water tower. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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