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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
