SteveBott said:

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We stocked up Saturday. My 21 YO daughter didn't and eating what she can get from gas stations

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Can attest to the gas station food run just filled up with gas and there was a long line to check out. Lots of chips, sandwiches, and twelve packs being bought.

Complete rumor at this point, but it's flying around my circles that Williamson county is going to shut off water over the next 2-4 days. Probably lose cell service. And power reduced to 25%. Anyone heard this? I've found nothing reliable that confirms it but I keep hearing it from different folks.

Her last run was chips and a six pack. She is not a beer drinker but says it fills her up.

The county doesn't control the water. The MUDS and cities do.

They don't control power either right? Sounds bogus but I keep hearing it.

They've already asked us to limit water usage to preserve power. 1200 cell towers are already down. It's all connected.

Big difference between voluntary and mandated. Also cell towers need electricity just like your home

Williamson County doesn't control the power.

One of a few vehicles that failed to make the hill on redbud off beecave (2244). Walked to HEB to see long lines of people with an hour plus wait. Lots of cars out and about today.

Does anyone know why Pflugerville and a couple of other areas mentioned in this thread have lost power for over 36 hours straight now? Why are they not getting rolling coverage like most of the rest of the area is? Asking for a friend who is stuck in her house and can't get any info.

Every winter storm, smart folks park on top of their driveway so they can wreck their cars. Our driveway is too steep to get out in these conditions and that's always been a good thing for us.

HECUBUS said:

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One of a few vehicles that failed to make the hill on redbud off beecave (2244). Walked to HEB to see long lines of people with an hour plus wait. Lots of cars out and about today.

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That is something I would not attempt, they must have been really motivated.

I think I found the source of the 75% rumor. Judge Gravell told people on a call this morning that 75% of people will have been affected by blackouts. Not that all 75% are blacked out at once. Seems like people took his statement out of context and embellished. Sounded bogus to begin with but I just kept seeing it pop up.

Why in the hell would this happen. Tonight should be the last test for all of this, with last dump of sleet/snow. Wednesday we finally get a damn break.

Because Ecot is managed by a bunch of 3 year olds

Up to 3" of snow possible tomorrow night.

We will see. Right now they are forecasting a low % chance of that happening.

However they've been so damn wrong this entire time, so it will likely blizzard.

Potcake said:

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Up to 3" of snow possible tomorrow night.

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Jim Spencer says no way......

That's who I got it from.

Jim's retiring so he's gotta leave a lasting impression!

Wow, just saw the videos on the news of ridic lines outside an HEB, standing in 20 degree temps. I would never do that! Unless....
- I'm 21 like Steve Bott's daughter and just don't think about things like that. Live day to day. My 18 year old would probably have this happen to her too.
- Maybe I had no money on Sat or Sun (to get prepared like I did) and I just got paid
- I have some sort of psyc issue that makes me hoard when things happen like this (Covid toliet paper, etc)

And once you get in, you have to know there's not going to be squat to pick from. Don't get it.

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evan_aggie said:

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I know friends who didn't have enough baby formula, food, diapers, and other necessities. It blows me away how few people neglected to go to the store days before.

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Seriously. If you are an adult, and don't work weekends...what were you doing that was so important?

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****ing and fighting. You?

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Haha. Acutally, I think Gen X , etc just are used to taking their news in the "old way"...morning/evening local news...that kind of thing. Maybe the youngs go a different way, one that doesn't tell you of major weather changes.

I don't think people thought it would be as bad as it was (this is a 30yr event) and the rain all day thu/Fri with 40s temps didn't help.

This is shaping up as a 100 year event with the storm coming in. My wife is a food border. That is regardless of weather so that explains a lot about my house.

I have to periodically show her both freezers completely full before she heads out to HEB.

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expresswrittenconsent said:

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I don't think people thought it would be as bad as it was (this is a 30yr event) and the rain all day thu/Fri with 40s temps didn't help.

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30 year, hell. I'm 68 and I've never seen anything even close to this.

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You're probably right.
I was a kid in 85? when we last got this much snow. But I only cared about the snow, and have no clue how cold it stayed or how many days below freezing.

Snowed nearly 12" in New Braunfels in '85 or so. There was another year in the 80's where it didnt get above 20 degrees for 3 straight days and all our pipes burst. In the late 90's in Austin there was a bad sleet event that really made the roads all but impassable and it stuck a couple days.

But I don't think I've seen possibly a full week where it remains under freezing, I don't think I recall single digit lows ever, and I don't think we've had a freezing rain event, then a 6" snow a couple days later, then possible another freezing rain event - all within five days. This snow may be on the ground through THursday, maybe even friday - never seen snow stick around 4 or 5 days without melting away. Been in Texas (Sugarland to Bastrop to New Braunfels to College Station to Austin) since '76, this is an all timer for me.

December '83 it stayed below freezing for 5 or 6 straight days, but it never got below about12 and there was no rain, snow or ice. Just cold.