Posted on 02/18/2021 9:45:20 AM PST by Red Badger
Things are really real down in Texas rn.
Here's just a sample. Too many to post see link for many more:
“Why would anyone have a light fixture turned on while water is dripping over it?”
Apartment walkway light that are on 24/7 and cannot be switched off so burglars or rapist cannot shut them off and do some bad deeds in the surprise of darkness.
I am guessing it was just on, and then the pipes froze and burst.
Cue the “cold weather is a result of global warming” articles by the msm.
Memphis area, mostly very cold, snow especially side streets, insufficient plows on the small side, surrounding counties snowed in, Population to small to avoid removal equipment. Driveway snowed in, we have dozens of teens who if not so lazy could earn money clearing snow out of driveways/walks, don’t even do grass in summer. 80 yr old hub is at least keeping walk cleared in front with a back brace on.
lol
It's shocking you would say something like that.
Heard from a friend who lives near Houston - he drove out to check on his grandparents when the thing began and has been there since. They have a country place with a wood stove and a generator. He doesn't. But he will.
Well I’m sure that everyone living in Montana and North Dakota is impressed.
I heard (no pun intended) about flying pigs
This is gender insensitive
Only the sows are flying
What about the boars (no more puns) are they too lazy?
They haven’t plowed the roads yet?
Yeah, it’s really grim down there. I can’t imagine the amount of damage. People and animals are suffering. And dieing.
WHAT?
“ Why would anyone have a light fixture turned on while water is dripping over it? I know Texans aren’t used to the cold, but they do understand how electricity works, right?”
As any blue water sailor would say,
“It’s ok, it’s FRESH water.”
Be careful out there. ;)
Where in Oregon, if you don’t mind my asking? I remember some pretty good ice storms in Portland and the Willamette Valley when I was young, seems like practically every winter. Sure is pretty with a half-inch or more of glass-clear ice coating everything, but devastating to trees and wires. We used to get out our ice skates and skate around the neighborhood. It was hilly enough there so that driving was out of the question.
“Now, understanding how electricity works, are you going to reach for the wall switch to turn off that ceiling fan?”
No, I’d probably flip the circuit breaker, then turn it off.
One word:
BARBEQUE!............................
We may be about to get a view of what things will be like when this goes nationwide. Desperate people do desperate things.
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Burst pipes everywhere.
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