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:
Yeah. It sucks if you aren’t prepared.
One of those little silver pocket-size emergency bags will keep you alive. I keep them and hand warmers and such in our vehicles. Never had to use them yet.
With what? We have snow once or twice a decade. I've not seen such widespread snow here in my lifetime. Does it really make sense to have snowplows that get used every 5 to 10 years?
Yeah, they have busted pipes in the ceiling, that’s why.
All of the pull-chains in my house are those little metal beaded ones. I don't think I'd be interested in using that. I'd do like the earlier poster mentioned and kill the breakers, then turn off everything that needs to be shut down.
When the weather gets like that don’t drive anywhere. Snow tires won’t help much if at all. Chains might.
When you get in an AWD vehicle and it slides all over the place, park it and stay home.
They run water pipes thru attics in TX sometimes. We don’t have basements here. Now you have to be savvy enough to check
where the pipes are in your house and someone has to wrap them before winter low temps if they are in the attic. Broken pipe equals icicles on the ceiling fan until temp gets high enough to collapse entire ceiling on your head.
I’m sure they already have the trucks. Same trucks to haul dirt and rock. All they need is the plow itself which aren’t that expensive. It’s not like you buy a whole special plow truck.
LMAO!! Ya just tried to contribute here, and thot you’d getaway scot free!!
When a hurricane hits Florida power company trucks from as far away as Canada drive down to help. Are there no snowplough anywhere that can help?
Hvac in the attic had a from the condensation overflow pipe stopped up with ice and broke, thus releasing the water down the fixture. I am dealing with exactly the same issue now. Our temperature that morning was minus 13 degrees, which is a 100 year low temp. Folks in the south are not prepared because this is a “Biblical” storm and might not be seen again in these parts in our lifetime. I do suggest though, that one not run the fan while it has water dripping from it.
LOL..
still a few bugs in the system
mark
After 2 days without, our power came on overnight, water this morning, ATT cell phone working. Had none of that since Monday night. Still we were fortunate. A Rice student lost several family members in a house fire.
And meanwhile we are shipping grain and meat to them.
I've read that Texas is not connected to the National Grid. We have our own independent electrical grid. ERCOT. Not supported by Chinese money whatsoever.
FWIW
When do we want it? NOW!
“understanding how electricity works,” I make sure my hands are dry, put on dry, preferably rubberized gloves and boots, and turn off the switch. (Strictly speaking, if the switch is dry and my hand is dry, it’s perfectly safe to operate a wall switch even if I am standing in water. A metal “chain” hanging below a wet fan or light could be “live”, however. )
Now, if so much water is coming down that I can’t maintain a dry layer of insulative protection, I head for the circuit breaker.
FWIW, ice may or may not be somewhat conductive depending on the impurities in the water it formed from.
Someone said it’s supposed to get to 70 next week.
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