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Surprised no thread about this, unless I missed something. Looks like a whole world of hurt down there, yikes. How y'all doing? Heard from my cousin-in-law in Houston. They are rotating power 2 hours on 3 off, after being without for 2 days, and have had 2 other families move in with them because they have a fireplace.
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sucks to see, Texas has been getting nailed the last few years. hurricanes, arctic storms, etc. crazy.
The extreme cold doesn't happen here very often, especially for more than a couple of days. There are a lot of people welcoming less fortunate folks into their homes to share heat and food and I have heard that there are shelters open, but it is a little difficult getting there because of the bad roads.
Extended cold weather does not suit me well, even without the power and water problems. I don't know how you folks up north stand it.
Stay safe and stay warm.
Did get out and have a little fun yesterday!
The red dot is my house.
One of the benefits of having our local PUDs are that we have quite a bit of redundancy in our grids so electricity isn't usually knocked out for very long, at least for most people. Without the need for every single connection to be a 'profitable connection', they are able to make decisions based more on overall service level than on what makes immediate financial sense. Not sure if PUDs are prevalent in that part of the country, but with all of the natural disasters it would certainly make sense to have them!
We've lived in Texas for 13 years and never seen anything close to this! We are from the PNW, so we can adapt easily, but this place is not built for this shit at all!!
Pit Row
Hope it get's sorted soon. Aint too much worse than a freezing cold house.
Here in our area we don't get the most snow in the country, but on my 6-7 minute commute home in the evening I will see at least 5-10 private trucks with plows on them. I didn't see a single one of those in the Portland area. None.
It's pretty unreasonable to expect a city/county to spend hundreds of thousands or even millions on snow removal equipment that might only get used once every 10-20 years I suppose, and I certainly can't imagine most of the areas hit hardest in Texas to be as prepared for it as we are. Just doesn't make sense.
I am surprised that their electrical grid isn't at least as good as ours, though.
My wife was at home with our boys and only lost hot water for a time. It was frustrating being at work and not being able to help especially when she texted me this😂
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