Free Republic 1st Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $74,563
92%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 92%!! Thank you everyone!! God bless.

Keyword: freezingblizzard

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • How did Alberta survive wicked cold snap? Thanks for nothing, solar power

    01/15/2022 5:32:43 PM PST · by canuck_conservative · 29 replies
    Edmonton Journal via National Post [Canada] ^ | Jan. 14, 2022 | David Staples
    How close would a solar and wind-dependent power grid have come to giving us the electricity we needed during the three-week freeze in Alberta where the average temperature was -22 C from Dec. 15 to Jan. 9?... Alberta needs a supply of about 10,500 MW (megawatts) on average, said Mackay. If they are running at maximum capacity, solar can provide 736 MW and wind 2,269 MW.... If we had been reliant on far more solar and wind, how would we have done? “You’d have to start with rolling blackouts or brownouts,” Mackay said. “If we lost the bulk of our...
  • Florida man charged after 4 found dead at Canada-US border

    01/21/2022 12:17:43 AM PST · by Governor Dinwiddie · 6 replies
    KSTP Eyewitness News ^ | January 20, 2022 | Staff
    A Florida man was charged Thursday with human smuggling after the bodies of four people, including a baby and a teen, were found in Canada near the U.S. border in what authorities believe was a failed crossing attempt during a freezing blizzard. The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota said Steve Shand, 47, has been charged with human smuggling after seven Indian nationals were found in the U.S. and the discovery of the bodies. Court documents filed Wednesday in support of Shand’s arrest allege one of the people spent a significant amount of money to come to...