Crazy ain't it. Near 70 degrees at 3pm, by 8pm in the 20's, by midnight in the teens with single digit wind chill.Cromagnum said:
Suppose to hit mid 60s, then drop 50 degrees on Thursday.
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Can't wait for all the Texags and social media posts….."only in Texas can I wear shorts then it be freezing 12 hours later" or some stupid ass **** like this is a phenomenon the rest of the world doesn't see fairly often….
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Seabreeze said:Crazy ain't it. Near 70 degrees at 3pm, by 8pm in the 20's, by midnight in the teens with single digit wind chill.Cromagnum said:
Suppose to hit mid 60s, then drop 50 degrees on Thursday.
Looks like in going to lose my citrus trees two years in a row.
Ryan the Temp said:
So, literally freezing our balls "members" off?
How big are they? An old blanket and a drop light with an incandescent bulb can do wonders
only in Texas can I wear shorts then it be freezing 12 hours later
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only in Texas can I wear shorts then it be freezing 12 hours later
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only in Texas can I wear shorts then it be freezing 12 hours later
Irish 2.0 said:
How big are they? An old blanket and a drop light with an incandescent bulb can do wonders
The ones this year are new. And I know the blanket / light bulb trick. But ERCOT ****ed us last year. I have no reason to believe they won't again.
I don't think we run the risk of losing power like we did in Feb '21. That was a matter of timing because so much energy was offline with the maintenance schedule. Not the case with it being in late December this time.Cromagnum said:Irish 2.0 said:
How big are they? An old blanket and a drop light with an incandescent bulb can do wonders
The ones this year are new. And I know the blanket / light bulb trick. But ERCOT ****ed us last year. I have no reason to believe they won't again.
Everything I've read confirms we don't have the risk of less supply that we did in Feb '21. But, the last sentence doesn't really make sense to me. Isn't it generally colder and don't you have a higher risk of a freeze in February then December?Irish 2.0 said:I don't think we run the risk of losing power like we did in Feb '21. That was a matter of timing because so much energy was offline with the maintenance schedule. Not the case with it being in late December this time.Cromagnum said:Irish 2.0 said:
How big are they? An old blanket and a drop light with an incandescent bulb can do wonders
The ones this year are new. And I know the blanket / light bulb trick. But ERCOT ****ed us last year. I have no reason to believe they won't again.
Almost as bad as the flipped over lawnchair after a major storm with "We will rebuild" after it. Half the time the morons who post that are the same over-reactors to the storm.htxag09 said:
Can't wait for all the Texags and social media posts….."only in Texas can I wear shorts then it be freezing 12 hours later" or some stupid ass **** like this is a phenomenon the rest of the world doesn't see fairly often….
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https://www.harborfreight.com/generators-engines/generators.html
I have one this time around. I need to actually be at home to use it though.
I had a Meyer lemon tree that was lighted and ready in '21. Turns out, Christmas tree lights make very poor heaters and insulators when they are not on.Cromagnum said:Irish 2.0 said:
How big are they? An old blanket and a drop light with an incandescent bulb can do wonders
The ones this year are new. And I know the blanket / light bulb trick. But ERCOT ****ed us last year. I have no reason to believe they won't again.
In the February 21 freeze, one of the issues was that there were quite a few generators that were already down for maintenance because the demand usually isn't very high in late february and march. So the available supply started out lower than normal because those plants were unavailable. ERCOT won't make the mistake of having plants down for scheduled maintenance in the peak of winter (Dec-Feb) again.htxag09 said:Everything I've read confirms we don't have the risk of less supply that we did in Feb '21. But, the last sentence doesn't really make sense to me. Isn't it generally colder and don't you have a higher risk of a freeze in February then December?Irish 2.0 said:I don't think we run the risk of losing power like we did in Feb '21. That was a matter of timing because so much energy was offline with the maintenance schedule. Not the case with it being in late December this time.Cromagnum said:Irish 2.0 said:
How big are they? An old blanket and a drop light with an incandescent bulb can do wonders
The ones this year are new. And I know the blanket / light bulb trick. But ERCOT ****ed us last year. I have no reason to believe they won't again.
I have a Meyer lemon I planted in the Spring. It replaced the 13-foot grapefruit tree I lost in the last Icepocalypse. At least it's small enough I can enclose it and use a shop light.
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so long as we don't lose power and drip faucets, this is just a deal where the plants die and undrained sprinkler systems rupture
it's cold and you stay inside where it's warm
You can't beat a weather forecast that says High 71 / Low 18.
Cromagnum said:Irish 2.0 said:
How big are they? An old blanket and a drop light with an incandescent bulb can do wonders
The ones this year are new. And I know the blanket / light bulb trick. But ERCOT ****ed us last year. I have no reason to believe they won't again.
In addition to other sources being online... It's supposed to be windy so our "green" energy sector isn't going to screw us this time. In '21 the wind pretty much went to zero with the coldest air intrusion.
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The ones this year are new. And I know the blanket / light bulb trick. But ERCOT ****ed us last year. I have no reason to believe they won't again.
you really think that?
This time around it's actually going to be too windy for the wind turbines
last frost dates in Houston area are usually late FebruaryQuote:
Isn't it generally colder and don't you have a higher risk of a freeze in February then December?
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That sucks. We had a monster neighborhood grapefruit tree that was lost too. It was so productive that the neighbor just told everyone to take as much as we wanted, any time.Ryan the Temp said:
I have a Meyer lemon I planted in the Spring. It replaced the 13-foot grapefruit tree I lost in the last Icepocalypse. At least it's small enough I can enclose it and use a shop light.
HtownAg92 said:That sucks. We had a monster neighborhood grapefruit tree that was lost too. It was so productive that the neighbor just told everyone to take as much as we wanted, any time.Ryan the Temp said:
I have a Meyer lemon I planted in the Spring. It replaced the 13-foot grapefruit tree I lost in the last Icepocalypse. At least it's small enough I can enclose it and use a shop light.
We had 2 massive ones in the green belt behind my house that apit out hundreds. Was a real shame to lose.
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FYI, I just found a bunch of incandescent Christmas light strings at At Home - used to be Garden Ridge. Had a bunch of expensive ass landscaping put in that I really don't want to die.
Is it better to drip outside faucets or wrap them really well?
Probably 2 schools of thought here. Like brisket and the fat side.
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Probably 2 schools of thought here. Like brisket and the fat side.
Thanks!
Cromagnum said:Irish 2.0 said:
How big are they? An old blanket and a drop light with an incandescent bulb can do wonders
The ones this year are new. And I know the blanket / light bulb trick. But ERCOT ****ed us last year. I have no reason to believe they won't again.
ERCOT is only partially to blame. Thank all the subsidized wind/solar taking over the grid too. The more of that we get, the more volatility we will see in the grid
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FYI, I just found a bunch of incandescent Christmas light strings at At Home - used to be Garden Ridge. Had a bunch of expensive ass landscaping put in that I really don't want to die.
The yard and landscaping at our house is crap. It was a mess when we bought the house last year and I started to try to bring the yard back but then it didn't rain for 5 months so it went to hell again. Hopefully this freeze really kills stuff so I can start over.
Duck Blind said:
Is it better to drip outside faucets or wrap them really well?
Probably 2 schools of thought here. Like brisket and the fat side.
Thanks!
Even during Feb 21 freeze, wrapping was enough for me. But I wrap really well. Insulation/cloth wrap followed by a bib cover, then I wrap that heavily in plastic/duct tape. I always fear dripping outside faucets will just result in an icy mess?
Indoors I definitely drip.
htxag09 said:
Can't wait for all the Texags and social media posts….."only in Texas can I wear shorts then it be freezing 12 hours later" or some stupid ass **** like this is a phenomenon the rest of the world doesn't see fairly often….
"If you don't like the weather in Texas just wait a few minutes."
Which, you know, applies to every part of the continental US except maybe a small strip on the west coast.
Even if ERCOT is able to provide power, 40 mph wind gusts are going to take down some tree limbs causing outages.
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