I'll have my guy out soon as possible to install a main cut off and plug. Have a 6k on wheels but it not optimal.

Aggie1944s Kid said:

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We have not lost power in SW Fort Worth. If anyone is in the area or if you have relatives in the area we'd be happy to pick anyone up and bring them over here.

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What area/ cross streets are you? It seems to almost neighborhood by neighborhood

After 12 hours we finally got power in Kyle

mosdefn14 said:

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Aggie1944s Kid said:

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We have not lost power in SW Fort Worth. If anyone is in the area or if you have relatives in the area we'd be happy to pick anyone up and bring them over here.

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What area/ cross streets are you? It seems to almost neighborhood by neighborhood

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Hulen Bend "Estates". Never understood the "Estates" part of this neighborhood.

It's strange as we have friends very close they do not have power.

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SquanchyAg said:

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Good news is, it is cold enough to put the beers outside since no power means no fridge.

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Beer can freeze.

One time in the early 1970s, my younger brother and I grabbed a case of beer from the refrigerator in the shop, grabbed a beer for each of us, put the rest of the beer in the back of the pickup, and headed to town. About six miles from the house, we had each finished our first beer and so we stopped, got out, each grabbed a beer out of the back of the pickup, and opened them up to find out that they were already freezing.

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Por su Puerto. That's why you gotta drink them fast!

Now we went from five minutes to two minutes

I have family near Normangee. Do they need someone to check on them?

Anyone here with family that needs something in Gillespie County then I am very happy to help. I'll be checking this thread so please respond here if anyone needs help.

BurnetAggie99 said:

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Ercot asking us Austin Energy to shed more load but we can't already at what we can shed. Executive management telling Ercot to go pound sand

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Good, there is only so much each utility can do. With the way ERCOT is going, all that will be left online are hospitals, fire and police, water/wastewater plants, and anything that is lucky enough to be nearby. If they want more, then those will have to be shut down as well.

Doesn't do any good to reports anything to Oncor here in Dallas. The site hasn't worked all day for me. Server probably dead.

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/02/14/historic-winter-storm-freezes-texas-wind-turbines-hampering-electric-generation/4483230001/

Power off again at my place.

Aggie1944s Kid said:

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We have not lost power in SW Fort Worth. If anyone is in the area or if you have relatives in the area we'd be happy to pick anyone up and bring them over here.

User name at hotmail

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Curious if you have gas or electric heat. I'm guessing taking out a house heated by natural gas would barely move the needle.

We are all electric.

Rapier108 said:

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BurnetAggie99 said:

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Ercot asking us Austin Energy to shed more load but we can't already at what we can shed. Executive management telling Ercot to go pound sand

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Good, there is only so much each utility can do. With the way ERCOT is going, all that will be left online are hospitals, fire and police, water/wastewater plants, and anything that is lucky enough to be nearby. If they want more, then those will have to be shut down as well.

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I would think that hospitals should have emergency generators.

An old friend of mine bought an emergency generator from one of the major hospitals in Houston years ago. The next hurricane to knock his power out, he hooked his house and the houses of a number of his neighbors to it and generated electricity until the power was restored.

Email just now from our power provider. We haven't lost power *yet*:

We recognize many of you are suffering prolonged outages. Please understand these conditions are affecting millions of Texans. As deplorable as they conditions are they are likely to continue for several more days. The grid administrators are now controlling what operates and when service will be restored. There is little even the local utilities can help with. The system is forcing customers off so the system as a whole will function. We know this is terrible, but at this stage it will likely not provide you relief to even speak with the local transmission providers. Please know blackouts will be lengthy and severe. Please conserve any non essential uses of your electricity.

Take all the precautions that you can. We apologize for the hardships this is creating, but these are emergency conditions and there are few good options. If you do want to reach out, please also be mindful your TDU's phone and websites may have higher than normal hold times or may be down altogether. Their contacts are below.

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When is this going to be over ?

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It's going to be in the 60s by Saturday and 70s by Monday.

The next few days are gonna be damn cold though.

SitonapotatopanOtis said:

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Tucker is all over this tonight in his opening monologue

Green Energy = Less reliable grid

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You could say that it turns ordinary life into an adventure.

SitonapotatopanOtis said:

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Tucker is all over this tonight in his opening monologue

Green Energy = Less reliable grid

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Of course he is completely ignoring all of the NG and coal power plants that have succumbed due to the weather, and ignoring the failures of an agency overseen by a state government who has been conservative for decades, though he can push his agenda.

I keep looking at the ERCOT page as the day goes on. Cynical me thinks they using decreased demand (due to blackouts) to drive down capacity.

Prove me wrong

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Shanked Punt said:

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SitonapotatopanOtis said:

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Tucker is all over this tonight in his opening monologue

Green Energy = Less reliable grid

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Of course he is completely ignoring all of the NG and coal power plants that have succumbed due to the weather, and ignoring the failures of an agency overseen by a state who has been conservative for decades, though he can push his agenda.

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Had we put the money into those plants instead of your fantasy wind, things might be different. There is only so much money to go around.

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Strictly speaking, it is not "we", but "individual investors" doing the investing. They should be free to invest in whatever they wish.

That said, for actual investors, it is probably not because of "being green" as it is about getting the tax credits.

Face cords or full? Bc that's a
Crap ton of wood for such a short time

No, you'd have to think with all the lives on the line that they were ALL HANDS on deck. Something like what they were dealing with was once in a life time before they even flubbed it up.

Shanked Punt said:

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Aggie1944s Kid said:

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We have not lost power in SW Fort Worth. If anyone is in the area or if you have relatives in the area we'd be happy to pick anyone up and bring them over here.

User name at hotmail

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Curious if you have gas or electric heat. I'm guessing taking out a house heated by natural gas would barely move the needle.

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Well they took mine out and it's natural gas, so... along with all my neighbors.

Cassius said:

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Shanked Punt said:

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SitonapotatopanOtis said:

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Tucker is all over this tonight in his opening monologue

Green Energy = Less reliable grid

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Of course he is completely ignoring all of the NG and coal power plants that have succumbed due to the weather, and ignoring the failures of an agency overseen by a state who has been conservative for decades, though he can push his agenda.

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Had we put the money into those plants instead of your fantasy wind, things might be different. There is only so much money to go around.

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If the plant owners aren't doing it on their own, its up to the state regulators to force them to do it. Of course that'll lead to higher prices, but so be it. You run something on the cheap, and sooner or later its going to come back and bite you in the ass.

Just talked to a daughter in The Colony and she has a fire station on one side of her and a police station on the other. She was told that if you are on their grid, you may not lose power at all. Have no idea if that is true, or even feasible. That seems to fly in the face of some that say their neighbor has power and they don't.

This is bull***** We're at 20 minutes off 2 minutes on. We just got 20 seconds of power and then it went back off. In-laws 10 minutes away haven't lost power at all.