PearlJammin said:
eric76 said:
PearlJammin said:
This is a power generation problem, not a power line problem. Green energy is not working right now. Just accept it and move on.
Around here (Texas Panhandle), power issues are primarily that of power lines and secondarily of issues at substations.
One good ice storm can knock power out to many people for days.
ARE YOU SERIOUSLY BLAMING THE CURRENT BLACKOUTS ON FKING TREES AND DOWNED POWER LINES?
There's a chance people are going to freeze to death for the simple reason that this state cannot meet energy demand due to the failure of renewables in an event like this. You have a serious lack of empathy and keep trying to steer the conversation away from that failure. Grow up and recognize this problem for what it is. You can remain obtuse, but this board recognizes what you are doing.
Your ideas of people going out and buying millions of generators to make up for that failure are completely stupid. Suggestions of a wood burning stove are not practical. Your climate controlled utopia works in a very small part of Texas. To even mention swamp coolers is downright laughable. But that's your way of looking down your nose on the rest of us, isn't it?
Events like this are rare but do happen a few big ones and you can look these up:
1899- a polar airmass that made it to southern Mexico. This is your daddy event
1983- long duration event. Billions of dollars in damage. Wrecked houses via broken water lines all over the country. Highest pressure ever recorded in the US.
1989- A week long event- the current event is inaccurately compared to it. it was mostly dry.
2011- February- I just remember all the illegally discarded PVC everywhere. Sucked.
As Southern state populations explode events like this will become more damaging. Its expensive to engineer for them and they are rare.