aggie93 said:

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aginlakeway said:

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cmag said:

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aginlakeway said:

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sleepybeagle said:

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Last years freeze was a once in a century event.

This years freeze is normal winter weather.

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Yep. Last year likely won't happen again in our lifetimes.

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Seems like we say that every couple years in Houston and then the rains come and say "hold my beer"

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OK. But Texas will very likely not get another week like we had last February in our lifetimes. The odds are very high.

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The only event that was close was when we had the big snow in the '80s. Lived in San Antonio and it snowed 11 inches and the previous 100 year record was 3. So it will happen again sometime but probably not for a couple decades at least, it really takes a perfect confluence of events for it to occur South of Waco, especially in San Antonio or Houston.

The rain/flooding issue is going to be ongoing as long as we have so many people living in an area with that type of ground near the coast. Wildfires are also going to continue to be a problem with population growth and strain on water resources, I expect we will see another Bastrop fire type issue again when we have our next nasty drought, . Lots we can and are doing to prepare but in the end having 10's of millions of people with so many continuing to move here causes problems that are hard to forsee.

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cmag said:

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aginlakeway said:

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cmag said:

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aginlakeway said:

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sleepybeagle said:

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Last years freeze was a once in a century event.

This years freeze is normal winter weather.

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Yep. Last year likely won't happen again in our lifetimes.

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Seems like we say that every couple years in Houston and then the rains come and say "hold my beer"

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OK. But Texas will very likely not get another week like we had last February in our lifetimes. The odds are very high.

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I'm only 42ish and I wouldn't bet any amount of money on that. How many times have you heard someone say that in your lifetime? I know most people here have shifted the goal posts from "climate change doesn't exist" to either it's no big deal or people didn't do it, but I've had a lot of once-in-a-lifetimes in my lifetime.

To keep this on topic: this is a non-event, Abbott's a w****

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tk111 said:

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cmag said:

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aginlakeway said:

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cmag said:

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aginlakeway said:

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sleepybeagle said:

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Last years freeze was a once in a century event.

This years freeze is normal winter weather.

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Yep. Last year likely won't happen again in our lifetimes.

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Seems like we say that every couple years in Houston and then the rains come and say "hold my beer"

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OK. But Texas will very likely not get another week like we had last February in our lifetimes. The odds are very high.

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I'm only 42ish and I wouldn't bet any amount of money on that. How many times have you heard someone say that in your lifetime? I know most people here have shifted the goal posts from "climate change doesn't exist" to either it's no big deal or people didn't do it, but I've had a lot of once-in-a-lifetimes in my lifetime.

To keep this on topic: this is a non-event, Abbott's a w****

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That storm shattered damn near every winter record on the books in TX. Considering that implies that many circumstances of the event were the worst in recorded history, a lifetime seems like a short bet

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The Hawk said:

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Let's hope he's right or we'll get Governor Beto. We in the natural gas industry are not that confident.

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cmag said:

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aginlakeway said:

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cmag said:

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aginlakeway said:

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cmag said:

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aginlakeway said:

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sleepybeagle said:

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Last years freeze was a once in a century event.

This years freeze is normal winter weather.

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Yep. Last year likely won't happen again in our lifetimes.

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Seems like we say that every couple years in Houston and then the rains come and say "hold my beer"

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OK. But Texas will very likely not get another week like we had last February in our lifetimes. The odds are very high.

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I'm only 42ish and I wouldn't bet any amount of money on that. How many times have you heard someone say that in your lifetime? I know most people here have shifted the goal posts from "climate change doesn't exist" to either it's no big deal or people didn't do it, but I've had a lot of once-in-a-lifetimes in my lifetime.

To keep this on topic: this is a non-event, Abbott's a w****

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OK. I'll take that bet. What are the metrics we are using? How about consecutive hours under freezing? The DFW area had 222 straight hours in 2021. The Houston area had 112 straight hours. Both shattered previous records.

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Sounds good. We'll be generous and say I live to 2050. Bookmarked.

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Tanya 93 said:

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And school is canceled tomorrow

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Tanya 93 said:

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We are supposed to get around 9 inches of snow.

Personally, I think five.

Hopefully they plow the cul de sac tomorrow so someone can go to school.

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Ag with kids said:

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Tanya 93 said:

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And school is canceled tomorrow

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At least you're getting 9 inches /chiken probably

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Ag with kids said:

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Tanya 93 said:

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And school is canceled tomorrow

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At least you're getting 9 inches /chiken probably

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Signel said:

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Don't care.. we will be fine just like all the other winter storms we've had over the last 50 years. Last year was fabricated by politicians to create an issue.

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aginlakeway said:

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Signel said:

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Don't care.. we will be fine just like all the other winter storms we've had over the last 50 years. Last year was fabricated by politicians to create an issue.

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The cold weather was fabricated?

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Charpie said:

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I don't remember ever having power lost for days at a time in the cold. Or not having water as a result of the cold for days at a time. Yeah that was all done on purpose

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Ag with kids said:

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Tanya 93 said:

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And school is canceled tomorrow

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At least you're getting 9 inches /chiken probably

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Signel said:

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aginlakeway said:

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Signel said:

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Don't care.. we will be fine just like all the other winter storms we've had over the last 50 years. Last year was fabricated by politicians to create an issue.

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The cold weather was fabricated?

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Not having redundancy for the power grid and having a COOP plan..... Almost like they wanted things to get bad so they could blame the climate. Meanwhile, we've had ice storms in texas for years.

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Tanya 93 said:

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The 9 inches has not shown up yet

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sleepybeagle said:

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Last years freeze was a once in a century event.

This years freeze is normal winter weather.

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Tanya 93 said:

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Not even 5 inches so far.

More is expected this afternoon

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TEXAS UTILITY PROVIDER ERCOT FORECASTS HIGH DEMAND FOR COMING STORM THROUGH SUNDAY

ERCOT SAYS FROZEN PRECIPITATION COULD CAUSE LOCAL OUTAGES

— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) February 2, 2022

Pookers said:

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Tanya 93 said:

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Not even 5 inches so far.

More is expected this afternoon

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5 inches is perfectly acceptable.

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Tanya 93 said:

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The 9 inches has not shown up yet

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Pookers said:

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Tanya 93 said:

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Not even 5 inches so far.

More is expected this afternoon

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5 inches is perfectly acceptable.

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GeorgiAg said:

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Tanya 93 said:

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The 9 inches has not shown up yet

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