Mine is fine since the power came back at 3:15 this morning. It even worked for that 10 minutes around midnight that we had power.
No issues with gas.
No issues with gas.
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where do you evac to that has no CO2, the moonGuitarsoup said:
Meanwhile, on the neighborhood Facebook group
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.
Main transmission lines need to be in right of way with nothing that can fall into lines. That isn't perfect, but it will help.
All new neighborhoods need buried lines. The cost to do it up front and coordinate with utilities is easier then. Then go back and fix problem areas. Hell tell people if they bury lines and their power goes out they get first prioriry
CAR96 said:
Yes I heard Tachus service was never lost. Heard Verizon was doing well, ATT to be spotty.
My parents have whatever the currently named suddenlink entity internet is and it's been down the whole time.
I bet they switch.
CAR96 said:
Anyone with Tachus internet service?
Can you comment on how their service has been during the post storm conditions?
Tachus has been awesome. We had a brief outage Monday night around 9 that lasted 5 minutes. Other than that, it's been working just fine.
They even sent this email out on Sunday:
BQ_90 said:where do you evac to that has no CO2, the moonGuitarsoup said:
Meanwhile, on the neighborhood Facebook group
Excuse me what?
Anyone know if 2332 Robinhood has power?
I switched to Tachus the day they finally installed the line to my house. I was on DSL before because both services will work assuming you have power on both ends.
DSL is based upon the old copper lines and that has outages measured in hours over years and fiber needs way less power, hence the small generac at stations. My dad used to design communication systems, so i got to learn this by proxy.
During the ice storm we had internet due to DSL and the interlock.
If you're in kingwood or woodlands and can get them, move to Tachus.
~egon
PS - i don't work for them or own any stock of them.
DSL is based upon the old copper lines and that has outages measured in hours over years and fiber needs way less power, hence the small generac at stations. My dad used to design communication systems, so i got to learn this by proxy.
During the ice storm we had internet due to DSL and the interlock.
If you're in kingwood or woodlands and can get them, move to Tachus.
~egon
PS - i don't work for them or own any stock of them.
BQ_90 said:where do you evac to that has no CO2, the moonGuitarsoup said:
Meanwhile, on the neighborhood Facebook group
The issue here is CO, not CO2. Chemistry can be hard.
Ag06Law said:BQ_90 said:where do you evac to that has no CO2, the moonGuitarsoup said:
Meanwhile, on the neighborhood Facebook group
The issue here is CO, not CO2. Chemistry can be hard.
It's just one extra O. What harm can it cause? CO, CO2, whatever.
She lives!
I've been thinking about the "this is only a Cat 1" comments and comparing this damage to Ike. I'm sure there will be much more about this with better analysis, but I think the way Beryl maintained it's strength through the Houston Metro area allowed it to punch much higher than a Cat 1. I have wind data at IAH Beryl and peaked at 55 mph. Ike peaked at, you guessed it, 55 mph. Ike had 3 hours over 50 mph while Beryl was only 2.
I know there will be much better ways to look at this, but I wanted to point out that part of the reason this feels like Ike (cat 3/4) is because it was like Ike as it hit our major populations.
Not that should make anyone feel better, but hopefully explains what we are dealing with a little bit.
I know there will be much better ways to look at this, but I wanted to point out that part of the reason this feels like Ike (cat 3/4) is because it was like Ike as it hit our major populations.
Not that should make anyone feel better, but hopefully explains what we are dealing with a little bit.
She hit harder than 55 around downtown.
It was 90 in my bedroom last night. I wasn't in there, I was downstairs on an air mattress in front of our window unit, but it's going to get worse everyday. We can't live like this for a week or more.
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I just moved into the hood. My power came on around 345-4pm, but a transformer blew around 9:30pm. Another long hot night.atmtws said:
Got power back in 77009 around 4:30. Made a few circles around the neighborhood throughout the day and never once saw a CP truck. Did see multiple Public Works trucks though clearing downed trees from the streets. Hang in there everyone!
Pics from a street over:
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.
This probably isn't true, but additionally, there are a lot more factors that need to be considered anyways.
Such as all the business throughout the city that currently are closed due to no power. How much of an economic hit is Houston taking right now because of it? How many workers who are hourly aren't being paid right now?
If we look at it purely on an inconvenience to homeowners, that misses the bigger issue of an economy at a standstill for an undetermined amount of time while we all sit without power. I bet that alone overcomes most extra cost factors.
But even if we don't go to that extreme...we as a city have normalized losing 100k-500k customers to outages in our normal storm events. There is something seriously wrong that our grid can't handle routine storms, let alone a hurricane.
Anybody in Kingwood know where there's reliable gasoline?
My dad said HEB has it, but long lines...the junky CenterPoint map showed the front of kingwood may be doing better on power.
He's got about a days worth of gasoline before he's got to venture farther out to find more.
My dad said HEB has it, but long lines...the junky CenterPoint map showed the front of kingwood may be doing better on power.
He's got about a days worth of gasoline before he's got to venture farther out to find more.
I'm in a cult de sac and half of it has power and the other half doesn't. Makes no F*ng sense
I would think from Kingwood head east you would have more luck to get gas.
plowboy1065 said:
I'm in a cult de sac and half of it has power and the other half doesn't. Makes no F*ng sense
Yep. We had a transformer fuse blow right before the storm hit. I talked to the CenterPoint guy and he said he'd fix it, but it would probably blow again.
Much of my neighbor has power back (including my neighbor). There's zero damage to the poles that would power my house, so it's probably that fuse again...Who knows how long CenterPoint will take to go fix it.
Only fortunate thing (maybe) is the CenterPoint update says the outage at my house is over 100 customers, so that "should" put us up higher on the priority list.
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lots of gas stations on east side of Houston have gas
AgLiving06 said:
Anybody in Kingwood know where there's reliable gasoline?
My dad said HEB has it, but long lines...the junky CenterPoint map showed the front of kingwood may be doing better on power.
He's got about a days worth of gasoline before he's got to venture farther out to find more.
The FB groups say that SpeedyStop at North Park And Woodland Hills and Costco.
Speedy takes cash only
AgLiving06 said:
Anybody in Kingwood know where there's reliable gasoline?
My dad said HEB has it, but long lines...the junky CenterPoint map showed the front of kingwood may be doing better on power.
He's got about a days worth of gasoline before he's got to venture farther out to find more.
Neighbors in 77346 found some on 1960 east toward Dayton.
Marauder Blue 6 said:AgLiving06 said:
Anybody in Kingwood know where there's reliable gasoline?
My dad said HEB has it, but long lines...the junky CenterPoint map showed the front of kingwood may be doing better on power.
He's got about a days worth of gasoline before he's got to venture farther out to find more.
Neighbors in 77346 found some on 1960 east toward Dayton.
I was going to say this. My Mom who lives in Atascocita said the neighbors were going to Dayton for gas.
BowSowy said:Then that's completely uselessCDUB98 said:
The devil is in the details. The map is say the circuit is energized, that's it. And it very well could be true, but local conditions on the ground prevent certain local circuits from connecting.
I didn't say it was useful. Only commenting on a possibility of their piss poor map.
I'm officially starting to lose my mind
Yea....the panicky toilet paper crowd is back at it again...only it's gas this time. Dumbasses.AgLiving06 said:
Anybody in Kingwood know where there's reliable gasoline?
My dad said HEB has it, but long lines...the junky CenterPoint map showed the front of kingwood may be doing better on power.
He's got about a days worth of gasoline before he's got to venture farther out to find more.
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3 hours of sleep in 48 hours is getting me there tootexasaggie2015 said:
I'm officially starting to lose my mind
I sent the wife and kids with her parents. Other cousins are there so the kids are entertaining each other fine.
I'm staying at the house to run the generator and keep fridges cold, keep an eye on things, etc. I have a couple portable ac units (thanks Ag07), but may need to relocate to a kids or guest room tonight, though. Negative of big rooms and tall ceilings….
No idea how or why those of yall without generators are doing it. Gtfo of dodge and get a hotel…..
I'm staying at the house to run the generator and keep fridges cold, keep an eye on things, etc. I have a couple portable ac units (thanks Ag07), but may need to relocate to a kids or guest room tonight, though. Negative of big rooms and tall ceilings….
No idea how or why those of yall without generators are doing it. Gtfo of dodge and get a hotel…..
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But even if we don't go to that extreme...we as a city have normalized losing 100k-500k customers to outages in our normal storm events.
This is an exaggeration to tote your bias around on.
The derecho was not a normal storm event.
You've been completely proven wrong on costs by the posters here who actually do it, but I guess your pride won't allow you to come out of your delusion, because then you'd have to admit your whole CP ***** shtick is a fabrication.
agree with this. ((For the majority of Houston)) Beryl felt as bad as Ike. Obviously for peak impact, storm surge what we got was way less than what Bolivar got for Ike.
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But even if we don't go to that extreme...we as a city have normalized losing 100k-500k customers to outages in our normal storm events.
This is an exaggeration to tote your bias around on.
The derecho was not a normal storm event.
You've been completely proven wrong on costs by the posters here who actually do it, but I guess your pride won't allow you to come out of your delusion, because then you'd have to admit your whole CP ***** shtick is a fabrication.
Yawn...Nothing is exaggerated.
I believe during the derecho we lost near 1 million customers.
100k-500k is the normal storms.
And no, nothing have been proven wrong on costs. You've and others have made up nonsense and general statements that we all know aren't true.
Edit: and we both know the truth. This gets put to the vote, it passes easily. There are massive amounts of lines that can be buried that don't cost massive amounts of money.
We were on Suddenlink and would have an outage every month or so, and calling them to get any kind of fix would be a 2-3 day out appointment. As soon as Tachus was available, I signed up and haven't had any regrets. Hell, I signed up on their site to get the needed number of interested parties to get them to come out and install it. I almost put a sign in my yard like many around me.
I've had 1 outage with them since I've had them, and when I called their support number, some dude in The Woodlands picked up. He had me go through the typical restarting of the modem and router, and then he did some things on his end and determined it was their issue. I was fully expecting someone to come out in a few days, but he had someone out there that afternoon to fix it. Dude drove up, rooted around the green box in the yard near the street and had it up and going in about 5 minutes.
My neighbor across the street is still on Suddensuck and came over yesterday to see if Tachus was working. He's going to be switching as soon as things get back to normal.
I've had 1 outage with them since I've had them, and when I called their support number, some dude in The Woodlands picked up. He had me go through the typical restarting of the modem and router, and then he did some things on his end and determined it was their issue. I was fully expecting someone to come out in a few days, but he had someone out there that afternoon to fix it. Dude drove up, rooted around the green box in the yard near the street and had it up and going in about 5 minutes.
My neighbor across the street is still on Suddensuck and came over yesterday to see if Tachus was working. He's going to be switching as soon as things get back to normal.
CowtownAg06 said:
I've been thinking about the "this is only a Cat 1" comments and comparing this damage to Ike. I'm sure there will be much more about this with better analysis, but I think the way Beryl maintained it's strength through the Houston Metro area allowed it to punch much higher than a Cat 1. I have wind data at IAH Beryl and peaked at 55 mph. Ike peaked at, you guessed it, 55 mph. Ike had 3 hours over 50 mph while Beryl was only 2.
I know there will be much better ways to look at this, but I wanted to point out that part of the reason this feels like Ike (cat 3/4) is because it was like Ike as it hit our major populations.
Not that should make anyone feel better, but hopefully explains what we are dealing with a little bit.
I think the fact that most of Houston was on the dirty side of the storm contributed to this. Lots of rain folllowed by strong winds for 8 hours is a recipe for downed trees
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