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How About This Weather We've Been Having?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Cohete Rojo, May 4, 2015.

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  1. robbie380

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    Downtown
     
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    Just got a text about rolling blackouts coming....great...
     
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    Power was out about 20 mins or so, I'm guessing it was part of the rolling blackouts
     
  4. CCorn

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    I do have a home warranty. New equipment wouldn’t be terrible.
     
  5. RedRedemption

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    There is 4 to 5 inches of snow in the ground and it's a blizzard outside... in Austin, Texas.

    These really are the end times.
     
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    Sucks
     
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    My outage lasted 25 mins. Not fun when it’s 5 degrees and you’re worried about pipes exploding. The scary part is the worst is yet to come...
     
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    The first outage was 20 mins followed almost immediately by one that has lasted an hour and a half already, the rotation of these rotating blackouts seems to be questionable if that's what this is.
     
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    Same, about 30 mins. I waded through the 7 inches of snow and sat in my pickup with the heater cranked until the lights came back on in the house.
     
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    I haven’t been hit with any yet here in downtown Austin and it looks like all the lights are on around me. I’m hoping my mom is doing ok. She’s up in northwest Austin and was dealing with power issues on Friday and Saturday. Her thermostat quit working and she hasn’t had central heat all day and now night. If she loses her space heaters then I don’t know what to do.
     
  11. whiskeyred

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    In South Austin here, power out going on almost two hours - “rolling blackout”
     
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    Things will be great when you're downtown.
     
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    I hope all of you in the troubled areas remain safe! Please forgive me for being excited for seeing the first actual snow in over a decade in my area. It's really nice outside.
     
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    As of 2/15/2021 5:52:52 AM, CenterPoint Energy reporting 97284 Customers without lights. Next update in 5 Minutes. Due to the severe winter weather affecting our service territory, our Electric crews are experiencing hazardous road conditions and significant mobility issues. As soon as it is safe to do so, we will deploy our crews to restore electricity to our customers. We appreciate our customers' patience as we work to restore their service as safely and quickly as possible.
    http://gis.centerpointenergy.com/ou...11.580370121.1613354671-1142848699.1613354671
     
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    My pool is froze over. In fact, I’m giving free ice skating lessons.
     
  16. francis 4 prez

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    On my 3rd blackout. This one has been over an hour. Would like to go walk around but I'm on the 3rd floor and the stairs are icy.
     
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    I don't know how long my power has been out but my place is cold as **** upon waking up. I hear lots of wind gusts so not sure if blackout or winds.
     
  18. DonnyMost

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    Dang you boys kept a midnight watch going in this thread.
     
  19. whiskeyred

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    Our “blackout” is now five hours long - house is freezing
     
  20. DonnyMost

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    So they're conducting rolling blackouts throughout Texas because of the cold? The power grid isn't able to handle the heating demands? Am I understanding this right? Or is it because some of the power supplies are offline/down due to the conditions?

    Edit: looks like sheer demand. generating heat is more power intensive than anything so i guess that makes sense.
     
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