htxag09 said:AgLiving06 said:
My freaking next door neighbor just got power back. The split on the grid is between our houses.
Could also be something specific to your line or transformer. Think the pole transformers in our hood each serve four houses.
your points are too valid and make too much sense. You really think all the idiots out there would vote yes on something like this if it even raised their electrical bill .50 cents a month??? People are stupidFitch said:The Lost said:Fitch said:
Old discussion, but more relevant every passing year: At some point the City / Centerpoint just has to figure out how to bury distribution lines. This doesn't happen in other metros.
Saying this as one who has built subdivisions with buried electrical which weathered the derecho and Beryl fine, but am spending another balmy evening without power in the heights.
It's not that they don't know how, it's they know people don't want the rate raise that would be needed to do it.
That's where I say do the cost analysis and give people the opportunity to vote for the bonds or increased rates to do it. I've paid to move transmission lines and bury distribution lines through the course of new construction projects - yes it's a premium, but after how many of these outages does that scale tip to being worth it?
There's plenty of conversation about buying thousands of dollars in generators here. Just using a cost of $3500 for example, multiplied times the number of Beryl outages (2.5M) and that's $8.75B. At a million dollars a mile that's enough for all 6,200 miles of roads in Houston and leaves 40% unspent or for debt service or R&M. Amortize that cost into an electric bill for 15 years as a bond across the service area and the rate increase is $19/month.
Cinco Ranch Aggie said:Peek @ Highland Knollsttha_aggie_09 said:
That's great! Where approximately are you?
But, our power literally just went poof again. WTF!
sosolik said:
Looks like there is a major Comcast outage within the last 20 minutes.
AgLiving06 said:
My freaking next door neighbor just got power back. The split on the grid is between our houses.
Forum Troll said:
Cell service seems to have improved in the last hour or so. Still nothing in Sienna otherwise. No updates from xfinity either.
sosolik said:
Looks like there is a major Comcast outage within the last 20 minutes.
AgLiving06 said:htxag09 said:AgLiving06 said:
My freaking next door neighbor just got power back. The split on the grid is between our houses.
Could also be something specific to your line or transformer. Think the pole transformers in our hood each serve four houses.
I drove around and their side down several streets has it.
There's no line damage on the transformers near me...so I suspect it's one of the fuses that blew before the storm that popped again.
TxAg82 said:
A lot of trees have actually already been removed. At least 3 trees where completely across Gosling between Woodlands Pkwy and Research immediately after the storm. Haven't seen any electric crews. Although I suspect much of the problem lies outside the Woodlands proper.
CAR96 said:
What kind of 'damage' can come to a home that has no electricity in this heat?
I lost at 10:05 am on Monday and have not been back to the house.
RJHouston said:
Same with Xfinity
yuphtxag09 said:RJHouston said:
Same with Xfinity
Comcast & xfinity are the same company, no?
TXTransplant said:TxAg82 said:
A lot of trees have actually already been removed. At least 3 trees where completely across Gosling between Woodlands Pkwy and Research immediately after the storm. Haven't seen any electric crews. Although I suspect much of the problem lies outside the Woodlands proper.
That's good to know. The trees we saw were along the 45 frontage road. There were down lines and trees resting on lines that hadn't been removed. I was surprised.
sosolik said:
Looks like there is a major Comcast outage within the last 20 minutes.
gougler08 said:AgLiving06 said:
My freaking next door neighbor just got power back. The split on the grid is between our houses.
It's probably center point screwing with you after all the complaining
Diggity said:I just want to point out that I've never seen someone more willing and enthusiastic to help others than you when an event calls for it (besides maybe Mattress Mac).Sea Speed said:
I am headed to league city tomorrow and can bring about 15 gallons of gas, a generator, a chainsaw and a polesaw if anyone needs any of these things.
Good bull my friend!
Pasquale Liucci said:
+1
I haven't always seen eye to eye with Sea Speed on everything (except maybe the Nichols collective) but he's good people
Our (Sienna) HEB is on a generator and has been open since the jump.Bonfired said:Forum Troll said:
Cell service seems to have improved in the last hour or so. Still nothing in Sienna otherwise. No updates from xfinity either.
Xfinity just keeps sending out the generic "we're working on it" text. I haven't seen a single truck out in our section of Sienna, but they've got the HEB up and running.
