COLD Texas

[Another Steve]

Fresh back from a 36 hour of no power. House got to 44, We have water, many don't have anything. 22 now, was 5 yesterday.

That cup of Hot Coffee hit the spot and a Hot meal, won't be eating sandwiches for a while.

 

[WhatsHisNuts]

Fresh back from a 36 hour of no power. House got to 44, We have water, many don't have anything. 22 now, was 5 yesterday.

That cup of Hot Coffee hit the spot and a Hot meal, won't be eating sandwiches for a while.

Stay safe and take care.

 

[CryBoy]

Glad you have power and water back.

Arlington's water is down to a trickle.

 

[MadJack]

Fresh back from a 36 hour of no power. House got to 44, We have water, many don't have anything. 22 now, was 5 yesterday.

That cup of Hot Coffee hit the spot and a Hot meal, won't be eating sandwiches for a while.

Stuff we take for granted sucks when not available.

 

[Another Steve]

Glad you have power and water back.

Arlington's water is down to a trickle.

The Boil is near me but didn't boil just used filtered and bottled. I have a few friends that are still without power. Need to buy a Home next to a Hospital next time.

 

[THE KOD]

The Boil is near me but didn't boil just used filtered and bottled. I have a few friends that are still without power. Need to buy a Home next to a Hospital next time.

hospitals have generators


not sure how that could help


ted cruz has his family in Cancun

 

[Terryray]

Less than 500K without power now...Was 4.5 million Texans no electricity

Less than 500K without power now...Was 4.5 million Texans no electricity



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[Terryray]

The regulators and management team of that electric grid operation in Texas did not heed repeated warnings of catastrophic cold weather tale risks. These blackouts are not a result of the market there, or politicians who we can?t expect to know these engineering details, but rather upstream decisions made by technocrats.

Texas had a bad winter experience in 1989, then a real bad one in 2011 when millions lost electricity during Superbowl cold snap. ...The federal govt investigated, then produced this 357 page report warning them, urging winterization of equipment and systems. But advice and dire warnings fell on deaf ears.



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[JOSHNAUDI]

When life gives you cactus, make tequila

We got water back today

 

[Betone]

When life gives you cactus, make tequila

We got water back today

that was a douche move on his part....

 

[fatdaddycool]

Was without power and water in both houses, mine and daughters. Everything was closed, the last two days, everything, most opened back up today. That didn't matter because everything was gone anyway. Nothing left as far as bread, milk, eggs, nothing not even ice cream. We ended up camping it out with all 6 dogs, 4 adults, 2 sets of twins my grandsons and step granddaughters in my shop which has a wood burning stove. The water boil was lifted today.

Here's a sweet kick in the nuts for ya. My electric provider auto-drafted my bill today (I forgot it was today) and the bill was for a 40 day period.... just over $1500.00. My house is is 2100 square foot and my daughter's is 2000. Hers is relatively new and accounted for $300. My house was a cool $1200.00.

The energy company double rates for every 1000 kwh. Fucking criminal.

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[Northern Star]

Was without power and water in both houses, mine and daughters. Everything was closed, the last two days, everything, most opened back up today. That didn't matter because everything was gone anyway. Nothing left as far as bread, milk, eggs, nothing not even ice cream. We ended up camping it out with all 6 dogs, 4 adults, 2 sets of twins my grandsons and step granddaughters in my shop which has a wood burning stove. The water boil was lifted today.

Here's a sweet kick in the nuts for ya. My electric provider auto-drafted my bill today (I forgot it was today) and the bill was for a 40 day period.... just over $1500.00. My house is is 2100 square foot and my daughter's is 2000. Hers is relatively new and accounted for $300. My house was a cool $1200.00.

The energy company double rates for every 1000 kwh. Fucking criminal.

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Just curious....how many kWh did you use? For reference the average house in Minnesota uses 8,000 kWh in a year.

 

[fatdaddycool]

Just curious....how many kWh did you use? For reference the average house in Minnesota uses 8,000 kWh in a year.

That's what I don't understand is it's saying I used over 6000. That can't be right. Oncor just replaced the meter at my place and I have an older heat/AC unit but I still can't fathom one house using that much even if my water heater and heat and air was directly shorted.

I will say that the houses here are not well insulated but for fucks sake. . Just more shit I have to deal with. Ugh.

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[Another Steve]

Glad to hear us Texas Members made it through SNOVID. Today starts the major thaw, this is where we see whats what. My Pool froze since no electricity. I turned off the power so it would try and kick on. I may wait till Tuesday before i mess with it. Will do laundry and swing by Taps and Caps for some 2020 BBT.

Best of luck to us all.

I had to come back and add, so ready for the damn faucets to stop dripping. Today ends that

 

[THE KOD]

"Some Texas homeowners this week were furious to learn that they had been billed as much as $17,000 for their electricity as power outages caused by two powerful winter storms caused rolling blackouts for days. While most Texans are on a fixed rate plan on which they pay the same monthly amount throughout the duration of their contract, there are those who are on a variable or indexed plan whose rates vary based on the market. One of those on the variable plan, Ty Williams, told WFAA-TV that his combined electric bill last month for his home, guest house, and office was $660. As of this month, he owes more than $17,000. 'How in the world can anyone pay that?' Williams said. 'I mean you go from a couple hundred dollars a month...there's absolutely no way...it makes no sense.' Williams was a subscriber with Griddy, the Houston-based wholesale electricity company that charges customers a monthly fee to connect members to the wholesale energy market".
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i would be on the fixed plan or move


so they are charging this much because homeowners used power before the storm and the power went out ?

wtf