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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:16:41 PM EDT
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PLOT TWIST:
OPs friend actually works for the power company and is just fucking with people. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:17:37 PM EDT
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Blame on the Global Racism Epidemic
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:22:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It wasn't very long ago I had some Texas folks bragging about their power grid. That must have been awhile ago... It's been quite a few years since it was good. We have way to many west coast immigrants. Found a cool website. You can check your state. https://poweroutage.us/area/state/texas And, I'm working on fixing our power issue.  
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:24:58 PM EDT
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Tell them to come on down in person and put their money where their mouth is.
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:32:47 PM EDT
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The only real problem we are having right now is economics - and virtually none of this is really the grid.
We don't get hard ice storms often. It is/was cheaper to hang wires than bury them. People wanted cheap - and that is what they paid for. They don't want to pay extra for constant tree trimming, not to mention it is ugly. So for a lot of areas, the trees have not been trimmed aggressively either - money and looks. I live somewhat rural, we might have some fucked up looking trees, but they tend to be trimmed aggressively. It has been a long time since we lost power due to ice. We have plenty of land, so we have plenty of trees - so we either trim aggressively or cut the bastards near the power line down. Get into a denser town, less free land, trees are closer to power lines or they simply don't have trees. But the other issue is the ice formation is apparently localized this time. I have been sitting with a 32 degree low this whole time, have not seen any freezing. My dog kind of hated me last night though. My dog woke me up at 3:30 wanting to go out. I put him out, and put on noise cancelling headphones (I was going to leave him out for at least 30 minutes so he did would not want to go out again before morning (he has a thick winter coat, does not mind playing in the cold for a bit). I did not hear the rain start. Damn he was wet when I let him back in. I gave him a good towel down, and I don't think he has ever been happier for my attention. Hogs have been acting irregular through this whole storm. Have seen them out in the open in the day several times. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:32:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Texas is only good at creating narratives around things they didn’t do Well "everything is bigger in Texas." |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:33:21 PM EDT
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You sir, are being very rude. I'm going to instruct them not to restore your power until we receive a written apology. Good day!
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:34:37 PM EDT
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I love the Texas hate threads…..
Shitty states just latch on to anything they can. 
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:36:04 PM EDT
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I thought people in Texas were tough, must be all the Californians who moved there.
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:37:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The only real problem we are having right now is economics - and virtually none of this is really the grid. We don't get hard ice storms often. It is cheaper to hand wires than bury them. People wanted cheap - and that is what they paid for. They don't want to pay extra for constant tree trimming, not to mention it is ugly. So for a lot of areas, the trees have not been trimmed aggressively either - money and looks. I live somewhat rural, we might have some fucked up looking trees, but they tend to be trimmed aggressively. It has been a long time since we lost power due to ice. But the other issue is the ice formation is apparently localized this time. I have been sitting with a 32 degree low this whole time, have not seen any freezing. My dog kind of hated me last night though. My dog woke me up at 3:30 wanting to go out. I put him out, and put on headphones (I was going to leave him out for at least 30 minutes so he did would not want to go out again before morning. I did not hear the rain start. Damn he was wet when I let him back in. I gave him a good towel down, and I don't think he has ever been happier for my attention. Hogs have been acting irregular through this whole storm. Have seen them out in the open in the day several times. Bluebonnet Coop don't play that. We have ugly chopped up looking trees anytime they get near a powerline. They're hell on trees. Our power also hardly ever goes out.
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:37:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The TX butt hurt is amazing. Especially from posters that have no idea what they're talking about. Don't feed the trolls, especially the ones afraid to even list their state ! |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:41:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I thought people in Texas were tough, must be all the Californians who moved there. 
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:41:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Beto ran on exactly that and still lost by 11 points. This has nothing to do with the "grid" by the way. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: If Texas ever again elected a Democrat Governor it will be because of the shitty Texas power grid. Beto ran on exactly that and still lost by 11 points. This has nothing to do with the "grid" by the way. Umm, what? Downed power lines most certainly are part of the power grid. You can’t be serious on that. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:43:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Your welcome. Nice power grid you have down there btw. I haven't lost power in years up here in Oklahoma. We learned to keep our trees trimmed though. Can't lose what you don't have. Oklahoma is a God-forsaken wasteland of dirt, ugly women and buck-toothed "men" who lack the ability to walk upright. Even Arkansas looks down on Oklahoma. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:44:02 PM EDT
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This is not a power grid issue. There is more than enough power being produced to meet demand. The local problems are from things like branches falling and taking out power lines
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:44:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Umm, what? Downed power lines most certainly are part of the power grid. You can’t be serious on that. The power plants were all running just fine. Are you seriously going to blame the governor for tree damage to transmission lines? How liberal of you. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:46:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It wasn't very long ago I had some Texas folks bragging about their power grid. We always will. 
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:48:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The power plants were all running just fine. Are you seriously going to blame the governor for tree damage to transmission lines? How liberal of you. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Umm, what? Downed power lines most certainly are part of the power grid. You can’t be serious on that. The power plants were all running just fine. Are you seriously going to blame the governor for tree damage to transmission lines? How liberal of you. Nice redirect. I don’t blame the governor for any of it. I blame the power companies for not maintaining the lines properly including trimming the trees back aggressively. But many people do blame the government when shit like this happens. And they use it. But keep your head buried in the sand. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:49:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I love the Texas hate threads….. Shitty states just latch on to anything they can. Lol, no shit. I would rather not have power ever than live in OK or KS. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:50:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is not a power grid issue. There is more than enough power being produced to meet demand. The local problems are from things like branches falling and taking out power lines The lines are part of the power grid. This is a grid issue. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:52:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The lines are part of the power grid. This is a grid issue. Funny, the power company says differently. Also, it's already proven to be a loser election wise. What do you expect this mythical future democrat governor to do to alleviate the issue? |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:52:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol, no shit. I would rather not have power ever than live in OK or KS. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I love the Texas hate threads….. Shitty states just latch on to anything they can. Lol, no shit. I would rather not have power ever than live in OK or KS. What’s wrong with living in the most boring states in the country? Not to mention farm fed white pasty women. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:54:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: LOL Texas is a joke of a state. Temps barely dip below freezing and huge swaths of the state come to a standstill. How many times has this happened in the last few years? This is at least the third or fourth time. Upgrade your shit, jesus. Go drive around with a loaded rifle and get back to me. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:55:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Your welcome. Nice power grid you have down there btw. I haven't lost power in years up here in Oklahoma. We learned to keep our trees trimmed though. I applaud your ability to type while retarded. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:57:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Go drive around with a loaded rifle and get back to me.  Attached FileOther states just get pissed that we don’t live in a shithole and have money. I get it. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:57:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If there are failures again, I would have lost a bet there, thinking they would have learned from the last time, and prepared accordingly with improvements. I mean, we can give countless billions to Ukraine, why not improve our power infrastructure - assuming cost had anything to do with it? And yeah, I know the difference between state and federal gooberment. dude...they have added 18 new windmills and 300 acres of solar...this stuff takes time. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:58:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Funny, the power company says differently. Also, it's already proven to be a loser election wise. What do you expect this mythical future democrat governor to do to alleviate the issue? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The lines are part of the power grid. This is a grid issue. Funny, the power company says differently. Also, it's already proven to be a loser election wise. What do you expect this mythical future democrat governor to do to alleviate the issue? Again, you are accusing me of believing that government is the answer when I never said that. I said it will be used as an issue. O’Rouke tried it, but is an idiot and failed. The fact that he did as good as he did should scare the shit out of you. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 2:59:44 PM EDT
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I didnt mean to make this a hate texas thread
I like Texas. But damn I feel for the energy company as Im only catching the people who fat finger the number. Which is quite a fuckin few |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:00:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Can't lose what you don't have. Oklahoma is a God-forsaken wasteland of dirt, ugly women and buck-toothed "men" who lack the ability to walk upright. Even Arkansas looks down on Oklahoma. And drunk Indians. Don't forget the ubiquitous drunk Indians. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:02:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If there are failures again, I would have lost a bet there, thinking they would have learned from the last time, and prepared accordingly with improvements. I mean, we can give countless billions to Ukraine, why not improve our power infrastructure - assuming cost had anything to do with it? And yeah, I know the difference between state and federal gooberment. It's ice on the lines and trees causing damage. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:02:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It wasn't very long ago I had some Texas folks bragging about their power grid. What fucking exactly power grid do you know of that survives ice storms? I’m all ears. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:04:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: LOL Texas is a joke of a state. Temps barely dip below freezing and huge swaths of the state come to a standstill. How many times has this happened in the last few years? This is at least the third or fourth time. Upgrade your shit, jesus. Yet another asinine commentary. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:04:35 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:07:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Again, you are accusing me of believing that government is the answer when I never said that. I said it will be used as an issue. O’Rouke tried it, but is an idiot and failed. The fact that he did as good as he did should scare the shit out of you. Oh the drama. The sky is falling, We're all gonna die, etc. 11 points is not "doing good". In fact it's pretty much a massacre and is right in line with the loss percentage of democrats who have been stomped in governor races since Anne Richards in 1995. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:08:40 PM EDT
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Speaking of wrong numbers.
One of my duties at work is answering after hours telephone calls for animal control. Unfortunately, the name of my city matches a City in Nevada and people OFTEN Google the city's name and animal control and click the first telephone number they see without noticing it's a different state. My first month on the job and someone said there was a stray dog passing xyz casino. I told her I lived here several years and while I have not been on every street, but I certainly had never seen a casino before . I asked her if she knew she was calling Texas and she apologized and hung up.
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:11:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Go drive around with a loaded rifle and get back to me. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: LOL Texas is a joke of a state. Temps barely dip below freezing and huge swaths of the state come to a standstill. How many times has this happened in the last few years? This is at least the third or fourth time. Upgrade your shit, jesus. Go drive around with a loaded rifle and get back to me.  Attached File |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:12:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Start telling them crazy stories like the lizard people caused the outage and they're eating the repairmen you keep sending out Avatar checks out |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:17:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ice forming on wires and damaging them probably caused the issue, not like the negatives temps we had a couple of years ago. Exactly. There are multiple ways to failure. The Icepacolypse never should have happened and was brought about by bad policy as much as anything. The ice storms are a different issue and unless people want to pay to have the power companies bury all the lines, are just one of those things they'll have to deal with. Same as Hurricane outages, it's not really the power companies fault with most hurricane outrages, because you cant or it's too expensive to bury all the lines. Relying on solar power in winter is a travesty that should have had people strung up for the deaths that resulted from invariable outcome. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:18:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Exactly. There are multiple ways to failure. The Icepacolypse never should have happened and was brought about by bad policy as much as anything. The ice storms are a different issue and unless people want to pay to have the power companies bury all the lines, are just one of those things they'll have to deal with. Same as Hurricane outages, it's not really the power companies fault with most hurricane outrages, because you cant or it's too expensive to bury all the lines. Relying on solar power in winter is a travesty that should have had people strung up for the deaths that resulted from invariable outcome. Texas should take a note from your state of _______. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:20:18 PM EDT
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hold on? Texas is having power issues again this year?
LOL...TEXAS IS BEST STATE. EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD BOW TO TEXAS, TEXAS IS BEST, TEXAS HAS THE BEST EVERYTHING. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:23:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: hold on? Texas is having power issues again this year? LOL...TEXAS IS BEST STATE. EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD BOW TO TEXAS, TEXAS IS BEST, TEXAS HAS THE BEST EVERYTHING. LA hardly has roads. When we drive to Florida every year there are the rest of the states, then there is the shit show of LA. You will most likely need an alignment after. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:23:27 PM EDT
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I claim it is not a grid issue - but that is because who pays for tree trimming. The electrically companies (the grid) tends to trim aggressively. But once you get to the final mile, the cities tend to be tasked with trimming. They often do not trim aggressively. To that in part it is the home owner's fault. They bitch when the city makes their trees fugly. At one point, they were too fucking cheap to bury their lines or to buy houses with large enough lots to actually have room for both the power lines they needed and the trees they wanted.
I can not make bets, but I also bet that higher end newer neighborhoods (last 30 years of construction), have underground utilities. Cheaper subdivisions (both older, and current) opted for cheaper above ground utilities. --- My new house site is more than 100 yards from the grid poles - I am seriously going to consider burying those 100 years. The my utility had a 50 yard right of way - it does not let anything get over 10' in that 50 years - generally by spraying the living fuck out of it with herbicide every 10 years. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:24:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: hold on? Texas is having power issues again this year? LOL...TEXAS IS BEST STATE. EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD BOW TO TEXAS, TEXAS IS BEST, TEXAS HAS THE BEST EVERYTHING. I mean...we do have the best Pendejo...Beto! |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:25:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: LA hardly has roads. When we drive to Florida every year there are the rest of the states, then there is the shit show of LA. You will most likely need an alignment after. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: hold on? Texas is having power issues again this year? LOL...TEXAS IS BEST STATE. EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD BOW TO TEXAS, TEXAS IS BEST, TEXAS HAS THE BEST EVERYTHING. LA hardly has roads. When we drive to Florida every year there are the rest of the states, then there is the shit show of LA. You will most likely need an alignment after. Not to mention new struts and/or shocks. LA roads remind me a lot of New Mexico roads. I-40 to Albuquerque is nothing but an endless road hazard. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:27:21 PM EDT
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Lol, I haven't lost power for more than couple minutes since Feb 2020.
I kind of wish I would, I bought a whole home genny and a bunch of propane but haven't had the chance to use it. Just a couple test runs. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:27:27 PM EDT
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Ice storms are the worst.
I put in back up power because of one. Natural Gas has never let me down. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:28:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not to mention new struts and/or shocks. LA roads remind me a lot of New Mexico roads. I-40 to Albuquerque is nothing but an endless road hazard. No joke. When pulling a trailer there are multiple times I’m wondering if something just broke loose after hitting one of the unavoidable 25 foot deep potholes. |
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:30:58 PM EDT
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We are a contractor for a lot of utilities. Frozen trees falling over, people skidding into power poles, etc etc etc. Nothing to do with Texas we get this shit all over the country.
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:32:14 PM EDT
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Here in Georgia we lose power to ice storms every few years. 1 day to 2 weeks. A few years ago the power company hired a tree service to aggressively kill/cut anything close to a power line. Way more than their regular trimming. But we really haven't had a bad ice storm since. Neighbors Leyland Cypress grew up through the powerline. They finally cut it down completely. Neighbor not happy. Oh well.
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Posted: 2/2/2023 3:32:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Texas, your grid is failing. Texas is only good at creating narratives around things they didn’t do, like invent chili, a Mexican leftovers dish.
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