2020-21 Winter weather; bring it on

[Biff Tannen 45494]

I have a timer on my phone set for every 40 minutes to get up and run interior faucets (they are all already dripping).  This may be overkill, but I'm not in any mindset to deal with broken pipes.

[Hook1997 5287]

1 minute ago, Biff Tannen said:

Evil Mopac twitter giving them hell for this

It’s down to $494 now and the only hotel left in Austin according to Priceline.

[Wanker Bob 379]

Now on hour 14 straight with no power. Luckily the house is still about 57 so cold but not insane. Neighborhood next to mine just got power within last hour so hoping I'm next. 

Between the pandemic and this I'm not liking the way Texas runs shit when it hits the fan. They're the leave you in the woods to die type. 

Edited February 16, 2021 by Wanker Bob

[Biff Tannen 45494]

4 minutes ago, Kringelbert Fishtybuns said:

And do what exactly?  Send power back to customers, drop grid frequency and we lose the whole damn state for a week.  

I don't KNOW Margo.  That's why I asked.  You think the average storm trooper knows how to install a toilet main?

[dcar00 14035]

6 minutes ago, bluto said:

Soooo thinking thread title’s “bring it on” will be the modern “seems like he sucks”

Parliament is definitely no longer allowed to start any winter weather thread.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8799]

Winters fucking stupid. And I hate it. Don’t wish this on any of you. [mention]Parliament [/mention] obviously does but he’s a psycho buckeye from Grand Forks...worst of both worlds

[Gardner Barnes 1562]

 

God damn I just laughed loud enough to wake up my wife.

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 943]

8 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

I don't KNOW Margo.  That's why I asked.  You think the average storm trooper knows how to install a toilet main?

At the current MW prices, anybody that can produce is producing and everybody else is trying to get online ASAP.

But the grid requires a really small band of frequency (generation supply vs demand to take the power) or the whole thing shuts down and everybody is proper fucked.

[4th&Five 41459]

21 hours mofos!!!! We having fun yet???

[Biff Tannen 45494]

1 minute ago, Kringelbert Fishtybuns said:

At the current MW prices, anybody that can produce is producing and everybody else is trying to get online ASAP.

But the grid requires a really small band of frequency (generation supply vs demand to take the power) or the whole thing shuts down and everybody is proper fucked.

Ok then.  You're lucky I'm Church of England.

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 943]

3 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Ok then.  You're lucky I'm Church of England.

Since I came off as harsh, typical MW prices are between $20-30.  Spot prices today were over $5000 for most of the day and maxing out over $9000+ adders. 
 

If they could get 20k hamsters to consistently get a MW out, they would.

[Red Five 40660]

I’m just north of you.  Just north of Davis Ln. Wi-Fi still working best I can tell from 1000 miles away.  

I’m between you two and everything still on.

[Enchubben 5509]

1 hour ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

The new borns and olds make this real scary... their room temps should be near 80, on a normal night. Hope everyone here keeps the little ones warm

JFC who sleeps near 80 degrees? I’d be sweating through my damn mattress.  My kids as infants liked it close to 70 since they were swaddled so tight. Any hotter and they woke up sweaty. 

Now old people I could see them sleeping at 80. I still don’t understand how that is remotely comfortable.

[troph 24562]

9 degrees right now. Mother of God. 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8799]

JFC who sleeps near 80 degrees? I’d be sweating through my damn mattress.  My kids as infants liked it close to 70 since they were swaddled so tight. Any hotter and they woke up sweaty. 
Now old people I could see them sleeping at 80. I still don’t understand how that is remotely comfortable.

I sure as hell am not sleeping at anything above 75 either. Our upstairs thermostat is at like 71 with the master floor vents closed so it can heat my each of my kids’ rooms a few more degrees. Don’t need them waking up at 615 because their feet are freezing. lol

[tx 3 putt 76366]

Picture from my bedroom window. I’ve been without power going on 20 hrs.

 

and they’re still empty. No one has moved in yet 

Edited February 16, 2021 by tx 3 putt

[SimonBolivar 10920]

Had power for about 5 seconds. Just enough time to have the heater create a burning smell to freak us out. So it is possible to send us power. But here we are 20 hours straight without it. Rolling my ass.

[bluto 4890]

Dare I say it but there’s actually some solid insider perspective of what’s going on from a couple Texags posters. Gotta sort thru a mile of texags idiocy and bullshit but poster ‘gone maroon’ is dishing some intel on ercot and their mismanagement of the grid.

https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3182697/

[washparkhorn 9935]

3 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Picture from my bedroom window. I’ve been without power going on 20 hrs 

Had one of those situations during a Denver outage. Neighbor across the street had power and and we had none plus  twin newborns. Neighbor with power (who reminds me of @Armybrat) saw it, plugged in an extension cord and brought it and a big space heater to the door. He offered us his finished basement (mother in law space) to get out of the cold.   

One hell of a guy and a great neighbor. 

[washparkhorn 9935]

3 minutes ago, bluto said:

Dare I say it but there’s actually some solid insider perspective of what’s going on from a couple Texags posters. Gotta sort thru a mile of texags idiocy and bullshit but poster ‘gone maroon’ is dishing some intel on ercot and their mismanagement of the grid.

https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3182697/

FFS - those fuckers are morons.   Got a page number?  Page one is a beating. 

[bluto 4890]

FFS - those fuckers are morons.   Got a page number?  Page one is a beating. 

Oh no, if I did it you gotta do it too ... I at least gave a direct link to the thread, counts for something

[washparkhorn 9935]

Just now, bluto said:

Oh no, if I did it you gotta do it too ... I at least gave a direct link to the thread, counts for something

[washparkhorn 9935]

There is an eerie Apollo 13 helplessness in following this from afar. 

Lovell's wife and family.

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

Yeah I feel for you guys. As far as I know, my grandparents and aunt and uncle are without power still in Williamson, as well as my BIL and SIL in Tarrant.  Unsure of mother’s status. 
 

they are playing a stupid and deadly game. Just alternating half the allowed circuits every hour, or a third every hour so everyone gets an hour of juice for every 2 without, should be plenty of MW savings. Why is this so difficult and inequitable?

 

and god have mercy on any of you that are on a variable rate plan. 

Edited February 16, 2021 by Pato del Muerto

[Telegraph_it 3354]

2 hours ago, Anastasis said:

Just be careful for Carbon monoxide buildup. 

Yea. I have a monitor. Battery powered. 

[washparkhorn 9935]

41 minutes ago, bluto said:

Oh no, if I did it you gotta do it too ... I at least gave a direct link to the thread, counts for something

What do I do with aggy when it appears in this form?

aggy quote: "reminds me, I have a salsbury steak hungry man in the freezer. sounds kind of good"

This quote is Authentic authentic frontier gibberish. 

How does that happen to a human?

 

Edited February 16, 2021 by washparkhorn

[Homercles 10205]

Coming up on hour 7 of no power in cedar park.  Apparently some parts of the neighborhood got it back in under 2 hours but the rest of us still down.  They say to call the PEC number to report but in the 2-3 hours after an outage starts I get no bandwidth like mid-day Saturday at ACl so what’s the point?

[ultimaton 2966]

Back up - for now - in 78628. About five minutes shy of three hours this time. 

[Michael Knight 12896]

at least the power companies won't suffer 

 

 

[tx 3 putt 76366]

Legalized mafia 

[royiv 9157]

Our power in Houston (Montrose) came back on right at the 24 hour mark. I'm not holding my breath that it stays on, but at least we're getting the house warmed up.

[phdhorn 6224]

Joined the Power Out Club at 1:30. Oh well, at least I had a good run through most of the bad weather.

[Post Oak 20184]

26 hours for me.  Going to have to make some tough decisions when the sun comes up tomorrow.

[bolverk 29399]

I'm at just over 24 hours without power. I've used up most of the firewood and have decided to burn the last I have in the morning when the temp is the lowest. I've been heating up cans of soup/chili in a saucepan over the fire. The fire went out a couple of hours ago, and it's fucking frigid. I'm going out to the car to keep my cellphone charged and warm up some.

[tx 3 putt 76366]

Houston East End / 2nd Ward. Closing in on 24 hrs. Thank god for a gas stove. Hot meals and leaving a burner on for heat has saved me. 

[NIUHuskies 504]

So jealous of gas stoves and fireplaces right now...

[ultimaton 2966]

Out again in 78628

[bolverk 29399]

I've got a gas stove but it won't ignite without power, which is nice, I guess.

[tx 3 putt 76366]

2 minutes ago, bolverk said:

I've got a gas stove but it won't ignite without power, which is nice, I guess.

I keep a bbq lighter for this situation 

[Hook1997 5287]

Glad I decided last minute Saturday to go town to stay with a friend.  I live a half mile from my closest neighbor and outside of town has had a lot of power outages.   Also my car is in the shop and delayed bc of this now so I would have had no place to warm up if the power was out.

[Hagbard Celine 10758]

8 hours ago, 89Horn said:

Near you, but out since 2am.

Most infuriating thing?  Driving by empty office buildings with power north side of 183 at Oak Knoll/Riata WITH LIGHTS ON IN EMPTY OFFICES.

duly noted

[cactusflinthead 27594]

3 hours ago, bluto said:

Dare I say it but there’s actually some solid insider perspective of what’s going on from a couple Texags posters. Gotta sort thru a mile of texags idiocy and bullshit but poster ‘gone maroon’ is dishing some intel on ercot and their mismanagement of the grid.

https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3182697/

I had to wade through a lot of bullshit to find the diamonds.

[Catpfish 618]

Out for over 8 hours. Power comes back...for 10 minutes and out again. It sucks but so many of you have it so much worse. Hang in there.

[wildcat09 29239]

Power came back on right at 3:00 in Willowbend. Went exactly 24 hours without. House got down to 48. Hopefully if this isn’t permanent they at least give me enough time to get it back up to 60. 

[Hagbard Celine 10758]

6 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

Not to go full CR but the infrastructure of this country is teetering on third world at this point. I’m half drunk, cold af and dramatic but FUCK!

and if you point out who is to blame for this you get neg rep

[Hagbard Celine 10758]

6 hours ago, Xian said:

So ive been reading up on ERCOT. They have tied into other grids in the past (including after ike), anyone know if they are doing that now?? 

from my readings (wiki and texas tribune) it seems in general their decision to avoid buying power from other grids is a political, not technical decision. Apparently when they tie in to others they risk bringing down federal oversight.  
 

i swear to god, if this has been made worse due to them fearing federal oversight. Fucking Charges should fly. Fuckers need to be in jail 

 

edit: Texas tribune article i mentioned above  

and if you point out who is responsible for this you get neg rep

[Hagbard Celine 10758]

6 hours ago, troph said:

We have to start holding people accountable.

well, the governor, state legislature and state senate are the ones responsible.  good luck storming the castle.

[Hagbard Celine 10758]

5 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

This...this can’t go unpunished. Right? I mean, I know humans are stupid, but this is beyond negligent. 

you're talking about jail time for republican elected officials, politicians and purchased hangers-on.

[Etexhorn13 3036]

25 mother fucking hours later we now have power back in Oak Forest.

[wildcat09 29239]

Maybe all the olds that would’ve voted to stop that will freeze to death.