Our manager is pissed because basically nobody came to work. Like...no shit? I have no clue why we didn't just close
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Texas-Era, brace for the cold snap.
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Thanks.Also, in case anyone wants more info on what's going on:
Texas’ power grid crumples under the cold
Competition for natural gas and frozen wind turbines are only some of the problems.arstechnica.com
German Twitter is going nuts and are saying we will have the same problems, because we focus a lot on renewable energy.
Bunch of morons.
Every wind turbine here has heated blades.
We finally had enough and went to stay with family that lives down the street. This is the warmest I've been all day, stoked for a hot shower lol.
it seems the power at my house had settled into like a 30 minute off 5 minute on cycle. I had it timed and it was super precise.
it seems the power at my house had settled into like a 30 minute off 5 minute on cycle. I had it timed and it was super precise.
Mine turned into a big baby because he had to let people go home. Like dude our cars are already buried and it's getting worse outside. I live 8 minutes away from work. It took me 20 minutes to get home. It's fucked here.
Make sure the exhaust doesn't get blocked and you start breathing carbon monoxide. Or call one of these places and see if they need help. It'll be warm at least.
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I really don't know what happened, but my heater, which was dead yesterday morning—fan completely busted and not blowing—just started working again out of no where.
1 min of power and then nothing.
I lived in a developing country where natural disasters didn't cause this sort of disruption. It's pathetic.
I lived in a developing country where natural disasters didn't cause this sort of disruption. It's pathetic.
Live in Jersey Village in Houston and haven't had power since 2am. I'm coasting fine so far but someone really dropped the ball.
i actually have off from work until Thursday so at least I'm getting paid for being frozen at home
i actually have off from work until Thursday so at least I'm getting paid for being frozen at home
Been having rolling blackouts for almost the entire day here in San Antonio. CPS Energy somehow managed to get the crews out there to start fixing some stuff.
Coming close to 24 hours without power. My apartment is close to 30°. Many layers of sweats and blankets. Hopefully we get a few hours of power tomorrow. I live in a lower economic area of Austin, ie brown and black, so I figure we'll be the last to get our power back on
"Ugh, fine, I suppose I'll help you one last time".
Same thing happened with a gas heater my dad had at home some years ago, it was like a damn furnace, but it stopped working in the previous hours of a very cold weekend and my dad was frustrated because he couldn't find a good replacement in time.
That POS gave us heat one last time before dying after the cold days ended. It was really strange.
16+ hours no power, cell signal sucks.
We have gas stove, hot water, and toilet. Under 3 comforters at home and I'm still cold. But that's my every work day anyway.
Still sucks. Getting dark as well, candles and shitty flashlights ahoy.
We have gas stove, hot water, and toilet. Under 3 comforters at home and I'm still cold. But that's my every work day anyway.
Still sucks. Getting dark as well, candles and shitty flashlights ahoy.
Somehow haven't lost power yet in North Austin despite my office down the road not having any since this morning. It's still scary out there, the roads are destroyed around here and people are STILL dangerously sliding all over the place.
Same boat. I legit live 10 mins from home but took a 30 min drive just to be safe. Nobody is coming to shop in these conditions, so they'll be SOL this whole week. 🙄
4G seems to be more consistent than LTE right now if you're having problems with your cell phone with the power off
Was reading that the department of energy has told ERCOT to cut back if emissions get over a certain threshold. Surely a few days is worth it so people aren't without power? I am a young guy who runs hot so I am mostly in once iced not playing video games. But there are people who are going hungry or getting ill over this. Surely that should be fine for a few days.
Only have lte, 3g, and 2g options in my g7 power settings. 3g seems to work much better.
Wait, so what's happening now? As someone ignorant to Texas' history/power structure, can someone give me a summary of the issue? Are there major snow storms causing the power outages? Or are there no storms but low temperatures, and there 's something unique about Texas that can't handle the cold weather?
Edit: nvm I saw the ars technica link posted. sucks.
Edit: nvm I saw the ars technica link posted. sucks.
I'm terribly sorry it's come to that, stay safe friend. I'd be more than willing to take you in if you live up in Montgomery County
We have our own power grid but other than that idk what's going on. Can't really be pinned on a singular thing rather than just fuckups all around. It's not like it doesn't get cold and icy here, it's not an uncommon site to see snow/sleet up in Hill Country and the Panhandle
I just want to reiterate what Boondocks said here. Please be very, very careful running your car engine while sleeping. Even if you're not in an enclosed space, if your car's exhaust gets blocked by snow or something else, you could get carbon monoxide poisoning, which is nothing to fuck with.
If your car is the warmest place you've got, your best bet is to get your car as warm as possible, get as many blankets/sleeping bags as you can, turn the engine off, and then go to sleep. If you get too cold, you can always start the engine back up. CO kills people, don't fuck around with it.
It can be, this is one of those times. I never want to hear some Republican fuck here making fun of Californians losing their power ever again
This is just sad.
Down at 3:44am, up at 4:07pm, down at 5:35pm. It's damn near 8pm now.
16 hours: 14.5 hours down, 1.5 hours of power.
Get the fuck outta here with that "rolling" nonsense.
16 hours: 14.5 hours down, 1.5 hours of power.
Get the fuck outta here with that "rolling" nonsense.
I'm thinking about driving to my friends place tomorrow morning if the power isn't back yet then.
It's about an 24 minute drive if avoiding highways...but soemthing tells me it'll take much longer than that
It's about an 24 minute drive if avoiding highways...but soemthing tells me it'll take much longer than that
Well its historic cold in a lot of places so it is very much an extreme that the system isn't equipped to handle. More specific reasons are detailed in this arstechnica article that was linked to earlier: https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/texas-power-grid-crumples-under-the-cold/
I appreciate that. My sister actually lives there in Conroe and she has been lucky so far. 2 blocks over from her though that neighborhood is out. It's still safer to tough it out here than to chance a 3 hour drive down I-45
Still haven't had one and I'm at peak anxiety right now, haha. Everyone else in my family has lost their power.
Posted earlier that I went to my parents place in Pflugerville because they never lost power. Went back to my apartment to drip the faucets, having forgotten to do that. As soon as I got back, their power went out too. Lame.
Gas stations are packed, everywhere. If it's not packed, it's not open.
Gas stations are packed, everywhere. If it's not packed, it's not open.
I have family in Conroe and they lost their power an hour ago.
Stay as warm as y'all can, fellow Texans.
14 hours no power.
Really don't give a shit about electricity or hot food or even keeping warm.
Pretty much just singularly want my water pipes to survive this bullshit.
Really don't give a shit about electricity or hot food or even keeping warm.
Pretty much just singularly want my water pipes to survive this bullshit.
