Stay Warm Texas

[wehrme]

Hey Texas. Chili -has- beans and chili powder. Power problem solved. Hang in there. :Joker3:

 

[Sunman]

Sorry to see your damage Zook. Never have had the ceiling fall in but have had frozen and broken pipes over the years in the Houston area. I live out in the country now (past 13 years) about 70 miles NW of Houston. Use propane for heat and a water well for water. Monday the power was off and on all morning but then came on and stayed on ever since (knock on wood). If I loose power then no heat because even though I have propane there is no electricity to run the furnace.

Also if I loose power then the well pump won't run and no water so I have to turn the breaker off to the well pump in case the pipes freeze. So far so good. Has been down to 10 degrees here and 4" of snow. Two more nights to get through and then warm up starts Saturday. My two daughters and their families have not fared as well. One lives in Pfluggerville (north east side of Austin) and has had no water for past three days. Their power has been off and on (mostly off) for the past three days but they have a natural gas fireplace and can at least keep it fairly warm in part of the house.

My other daughter that lives in Katy has a broken pipe and the water shut off to the house. Their power was off and on for a couple of days so they had no heat. Power finally came back on and has stayed on since yesterday morning. They are on a waiting list for a plumber who will be there sometime Saturday. At least they now have heat so they are doing OK now.

It's been a fun week. Lived out here 13 years and never seen it down into the teens on temps except one other time and that was only for one night. Can not get off my property because of icy driveway and roads. Two more nights of sub-freezing temps to go and then the warm-up.

Stay safe and warm everyone.

Sunman

 

[paws]

Has been a real challenge with so much electrical outage. Been conserving phone use as don’t know how long electric will be on in order to charge them. No electric..no internet.. no heat..no fresh cooking (all electric house here). Same about charging this Ipad.

Monday was worst night for temp...5*..and no electric or heat source.

Thankful that I listened to the warnings and prepared before it hit as to water and food...already had all the LLBean clothes from having lived in west Texas and going through this same mess during winters out there...

Doggies have been real champs...I even was brought an elderly friend’s dog to care for as she was taken to the home of a friend who is allergic to dogs...yeppers..Carla has definitely gone to the dogs...5 now during this mess. I was shocked that they drove Harley over here..it was SO icey...she lives about 7 miles away via a twisty, up/down road.

There is light at the end of the tunnel...tomorrow it will be in the 40’s and up each day from there.

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers...MUCH appreciated. Now back on charge while we have electric.

 

[Jack Klarich]

I admire you Texans, You are a tough group

 

[rhino 2]

I admire you Texans, You are a tough group

They don't know what tough is......I had to walk 3 miles to school in the snow with only one shoe.....I had to let my brother use the other one...Only the rich kid living on the hill had two shoes....Boy did we hate him......

 

[nucseal]

I feel like we are stuck inside of a snow globe and some asshole keeps shaking it!

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[Sully]

 

[nucseal]

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[PosseRider]

I feel like we are stuck inside of a snow globe and some asshole keeps shaking it!

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That's cause your in it,Pat :laugh::laugh:

 

[PosseRider]

Glad to hear all my Hill Country friends are making it. Even u Pat. :clapping: Heat wave here in SW Ohio. 27* & about a foot of snow. Our electric was off yesterday for 11 hrs. Pole was down. We were fine. A few yrs ago, I bought a generator that will run the whole house. Us northerners do, do a few things right.. 2 stage snowblower eats right through 12" of snow also. Better days ahead friends, hang in there.

 

[PosseRider]

They don't know what tough is......I had to walk 3 miles to school in the snow with only one shoe.....I had to let my brother use the other one...Only the rich kid living on the hill had two shoes....Boy did we hate him......

I bet it was uphill both ways too! Right ?

 

[rhino 2]

I bet it was uphill both ways too! Right ?

That go's without saying..........Just saying.!.

 

[LadyonaMission]

Damn Randy, sorry to hear and see this, I'm sure a lot of our folks are having a rough time also, haven't heard from Lola for 3 days, wonder how San Antonia is fairing.

Power went out around 2AM Monday. It came on a couple of times Tuesday for a few minutes then nothing until yesterday around 5:45 PM. It has been snowing all day so I am hoping it doesn't go out again.

 

[Sunman]

I think ERCOT is going to have to answer a lot of questions about why the power grid was not protected and prepared for this cold snap. The weather people were predicting this for a week before it got here. Poor planning and pure incompetence. Maybe there is a bunch of leftist greenies running ERCOT.

Sunman

 

[1dn5up]

Don’t know if it’s true or not , I herd the wind mill heaters were not installed :Shrug:

 

[nucseal]

Well we are back to riding weather. 4" of snow yesterday and very little left today! Now that is what you call TEXAS!

 

[rhino 2]

Don’t know if it’s true or not , I herd the wind mill heaters were not installed :Shrug:

It’s true ...And they thought they were not needed so they didn’t install them...

 

[Sunman]

It’s true ...And they thought they were not needed so they didn’t install them...

Maybe "they" should have to pay for all of the damage caused by broken water pipes due to no heat because the power was off? Not to mention the people that died because of lack of heat and related issues.

Sunman

 

[Fearless]

Regardless of who did or didn't I am saddened my the misery that all of the people in the region are going through. In PA we expect those sorts of events and if wise are prepared. This is once in a hundred years event no one is going to be prepared for something like it. Really horrible event for sure my thoughts and prayers for all freezing is not enjoyable. Please becareful. Fred

 

[Marc H]

The finger pointing on his is getting interesting.I really hate this for everyone affected or injured by it. https://www.khou.com/article/news/v...mits/507-50b56a9c-f84f-4db3-9c29-3c97435196fe