Posted on 05/17/2024 7:00:55 AM PDT by Red Badger
Millions of Texas residents are without power after massive storms tore through the state on Thursday and toppled transmission towers.
The National Weather Service of Houston wrote on X:
“Severe thunderstorms moving across the Houston metro area have a history of producing damaging winds!”
“This destructive storm will contain wind gusts to 80 MPH! A tornado is possible!”
Shocking footage of the toppled transmission towers was shared by users on X.
Over a million Texans are without power, mainly in the eastern part of the state, poweroutage.us reported.
AOL.com reported:
Thunderstorms have killed four people and knocked out power to nearly a million homes and businesses in southeast Texas.
“We have a storm with 100 mph winds, the equivalent of Hurricane Ike, considerable damage downtown,” said the mayor of Houston, John Whitmire.
Two deaths came from fallen trees and one from a crane blown over.
The storm has now moved on to neighbouring Louisiana with flood warnings in place for the Gulf Coast.
In Houston, traffic lights were out, office windows blown through and glass strewn across the city’s streets.
Residents were warned to stay inside by the mayor, speaking on Thursday evening.
“Stay at home tonight. Do not go to work tomorrow, unless you’re an essential worker.
“Stay home, take care of your children. Our first responders will be working around the clock.”
Flash flood and severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for multiple counties heading into the evening, according to Houston’s National Weather Service office.
The city was working through a backlog of emergency calls, most of them about gas leaks and downed wires, the city’s fire chief said.
Wait until they get the 30 million acre wind farm built in the gulf.
That’s what happens when no one is around , they play
LOL! Hopefully individuals get through the effects of this storm.
Same storm delayed my flight out of DFW by 6 hours.
betting all those people out of power are wishing they had invested in sol...oh wait! cloud cover. never mind.
The things the Biden and his stooges never think about with wanting to go 100% electric for homes and autos.
Wind storms destroy wind turbines. Hail storms destroy solar arrays.
Wouldn't it make sense to generate electrical power inside robust structures that protect from weather? Like, say, coal plants, nuclear plants, etc.? Nah, that would make sense.
Unfortunately, above-ground transmission lines will always be vulnerable, regardless of generation source.
We’re happy that we invested in a GAS generator!
Fixing those may be the “easy” part. If the storm took those down, local distribution must really be a mess.
If you haven’t looked into a transfer switch to connect your generator to I highly recommend it.
Best hurricane prep item I ever invested in.
https://youtu.be/b0jb_H6q3Lw?si=ZoseVTA45Qce8CPz
Perhaps some of them have a hydrocarbon fuel-powered emergency generator for their homes.
Or they can try generating electricity by burning ERCOT press releases.
We’re happy that we invested in a GAS generator!
🙏So grateful that you’re okay, dear Jane🥰
Also happy that our RPOTUS has such a special day to celebrate as he Truths about:
Going to Barron’s High School Graduation. Great student, wonderful boy! Very exciting!!! DJT
Radar shows a huge TStorm beginning to pass over me now. Lots of thunder but the heavy rain is on its way (Mathis, TX).
Farmers at breakfast are really praying for it now. Hope it helps the corn.
Son and grandkids live in League City. Guess school is out today.
Ours auto switches. Whole house.
Maybe they should build huge underground wind tunnels to make the wind turbines spin. SMDH! Don’t fool with mother nature.
Underground utility lines.
Power companies, pennywise pound foolish. Cost should be shared by public $.
Nice 👍
Extension cords are for amateurs
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