As we enter our second night without power, I’m thankful my family has a generator to keep this home heated. So many people do not. The dark winter upon us should not be. Pray for our poor and elderly and for the ill prepared here in Texas and throughout this nation.
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Im pissed and i don't even live there
Haha stay warm Pede! My friend in Texas barely can get a bit of cold water from her homes frozen pipes. Too bad democrats global warming conspiracies aren't real.
I hate when libs are like "it's the HOTTEST summer in record! This is BAD!", as if the earth isn't billions of years old, and we don't just have temperature data for a couple of centuries, three TOPS.
How can any of us know that the way our earth changes isn't natural when we have less than 0.00000000001% of its history?
Earthquakes, hurricane's, tornado's, wildfires etc... are also due to global F'ing warming.
And their solution to all of those are the exact same: more government control.
You forgot Acid Rain
Tell her to leave her water on, just enough to let the water trickle out and open up the cabinet doors if the pipes are on an outside wall! Source : consumer reports
Oh so when pipes freeze in Texas, you mean the actual pipes to your house. Dayum.
Thanks for the tip! I actually did tell her that! I've dealt with frozen pipes a few times, as I'm in the terrible state of NY. I've used heat guns to get them going again a couple of times too.
Ah, you’re a professional snow wrangler 😉 !
Should have just blasted that dook on your patio and picked it up in the morning when it was frozen! In Houston, and so far so good, stay safe man.
I am sorry you have the chill issues, but you got me to laugh. The idea of doing what is logical and being seen as absurd.
That’s how you get frozen pipes.
Dude... melt the snow and dump it in your tank to flush.
Omg that sounds like HELL. I’m so sorry
I have a 15month old baby. We’ve been without power since 6:00am Monday. Please pray
I'm in the same boat, but the power company thinks I have power. I only have 110v, so my stove, water heater, and electric HVAC are dead. Since Sunday night.
I can't get anyone on the phone to tell them what's going on. It's not a rolling blackout, it's something broken either along the way to my house or at my house.
HVAC guy said to tell them I have no 220v at my electrical box, but I can't get through to a human to literally save my life.
We're all huddled in the baby's room with a tiny inefficient space heater. Rest of the house is 🥶
So to be clear what is your panel rated at? If you have power to some of the house the whole house will have power. Power comes in to the panel as a constant then is changed by the breakers and gauge of wire to either 110v or 220v as it then flows into the house. Check your breakers. Again if you have power to the panel you have power to all lines including the 220 lines
Standard 220VAC service comes in to your house via two 110VAC legs of service. Nothing is converted at the panel in your house.
What BigIgloo is describing is what happens when one of the 110VAC legs goes out. One side of his breaker panel has gone dark, meaning any 220VAC breaker only has half the power being supplied to the connected device.
He definitely need to call an electrician to have his service checked at the meter. If the meter is getting 220VAC from the power company, then the issue is with the house wiring.
That makes sense. The HVAC guy did say one of the legs was messed up in some way. Until you mentioned it I forgot he used the word leg. He was convinced it was an issue on the provider side or with provider equipment.
Thanks for your explanation, I love Trump supporters.
I honestly don't know what my panel is rated at. I tripped all the breakers. The HVAC guy told me it was an issue from the provider, and said something about the meter not running right either.
If I understood the system better I'd tell you more.
If the meter is not running right then it is a problem with the power coming to the house.
Call a local electrician to verify your meter is still getting 220VAC service. If it is, there is a problem with your house wiring, probably either at the meter or between the meter and your breaker box.
Is there anywhere you can go with power? Praying for you and your precious baby.
The roads aren’t very passable.
idk my job forces my freezing ass to drive 30 mins in to work and 30 home for the past 5 days. I have been taking it slow and slippin and sliding a bit but made it so far
Hope all is well and warm from MN..
Prayers from Upstate NY. We are probably getting that winter storm soonish...
🙏🙏🙏
Texans need to organize and push against windmills, and bring nuclear and natural gas plants online. Fuck this murderous green agenda. Old people are going to die, and millions are suffering.
Be more based, Texas. Fucking Texas Democrats make me livid right now. Destroy my livelihood then destroy the grid. What's next assholes?
Wtf Texas knock this woke shit off
Texas is supposed to be the one state thats not retarded
Sending prayers; what a nightmare for all of you out there! Especially since most aren't used to, or prepared, for the cold.
Consider checking on your neighbors if you're in one of the areas without water and/or power!
This is the best advice so far. 👍
All my neighbors disappeared. Not sure where they went, assume they went somewhere warmer. I did want to ask them about the status of their houses though. Too bad.
People were told rolling blackouts, 15 minutes to an hour. Those who lost power are coming up on 24 hours, with the prospect of 12-24 more. Many places lost water from their provider, or frozen due to long outages. These are areas that rarely see 32°. They don't have the provisions and knowledge cold areas take for granted. Add in that so few people are natural preppers. It gets to be a fine balance to help those needing help and to not let the masses know how stocked you are. I'll admit some satisfaction in not helping the obnoxiously stupid people on the neighborhood app. The covid spoiled the spoiled people even more. Why are the stores not open? Why is no one delivering, at 10 pm, at 12°, with the roads iced over? Who has what I need right NOW?🙄
I'm in upstate NY, getting a bit hammered with the cold. At least we got power here and the house is a least winterized.
Hopefully our Texan pedes stay warm throughout this disaster. And make sure the people responsible for this mess pay.
Praying for you all in Texas! It's 10 degrees here in south Louisiana at the moment, no power since 4 am yesterday. Generator is running heat lamps for our livestock and chickens, our fridge/ freezer, two small space heaters, and one electric blanket for my autistic brother. I am sleeping under 4 blankets and my thermometer says it's 56 in my bedroom right now. The ice, sleet is thick and breaking the trees around us and the car doors are frozen shut. I think vinegar and alcohol can melt it though if needed. The wind is horrible and we have done everything possible, but I still worry about my animals. :(
Praying for everyone suffering with worse!!!!!
Vinegar will help melt, but it is slow. Rubbing alcohol though. That will just work.
Thank you!
Fuck Austin's shitty windmills. I'm shivering. Couldn't get generator to turn over, even after using some carb spray. Using a candle now.
Hotels are always an option...
Hang in there, chad. Did you check the spark plug?
Yup, I got it to run for like 3 seconds, but gave up after like an hour of tugging
If you flooded the engine, pull the spark plug and clear off the tip with a propane torch. Get it decently hot to burn off any residual fuel (do this outside, of course). Hold onto it with pliers, it will heat up quick.
Once it cools off, reinstall and make sure you use the choke when trying to start.
Gasoline does not conduct electricity. Once a spark plug is fouled, it won't light off.
Thanks for the tips. The spark plugs did look a bit black when I'd looked at it. I'm guessing it's supposed to be metallic? But yeah, got it to start by using a battery jump starter plus carb spray
Carburetor is probably gummed up. Don't leave gas in the carb when you store the generator.
Berryman's carb cleaner will fix it. You can try taking off the air cleaner and spraying out the gum that way, but will probably have to remover at least the float bowl to clean. Dig around on the internet for instructions. There should be plenty of videos that show you what to do.
Thanks fren, I'll try that this weekend
Berrymans will eat paint, so protect your eyes and skin. Don't let the idiots at the auto parts store try to sell you Seafoam instead. It's just kerosene. While it will work, it isn't worth $8 a can. Berrymans was $2 a can at the farm and ranch store near me.
Probably has more energy resources than any other state, such a sad state of affairs thanks to the government.
They should have gone with nuclear energy
When you are young you assume the people running things have Americas interests in mind. When you get older you realize that corrupt pos and idiots get the reigns. What a dumbass society we have become. Common sense has been replaced by the best morons the country has to offer.
I'm worried about my 76-year-old brother who has no heat in southern Texas and the temperature is in twenties
Imagine if this happen under 'Drumpf"
I have power but no carpet or livable space because the fire main broke (right outside my apt) and flooded my entire apt. The guy said it's because the complex didn't have the hest turned on on the sprinkler control room that the pipe burst. I was so worried I'd get a rolling blackout in the middle, that would mean no fans, no vacuums, and no heat with 5 inches of water on the ground. I
Crappy soil in Texas. If a gnat farts around Houston all the power poles fall over.
Bad. Prayer said.
Stay safe and warm everyone!
Texans will be only the first casualties of the climate change hoax.
Turn on your water to a slow drip. No power here found one line partially frozen
This is the tip for those unfamiliar. Northeast US does this and it helps. If you are a well though...
Yes - the army etc should help them - I just hope they are as Texas has great leadership - it's truly criminal that the govt. can ruin ppls lives on a harebrained scheme and they face no repercussions.
They're all in DC protecting the POTATUS and his minions.
The TX Governor recalled the TX National Guardsmen deployed in DC after they were told to sleep in parking garage.
Been here all my life, have never been without power this long. There have been a shit ton of windmills placed all over surrounding us and it's fucking ugly and worthless. Fuck Austin, fuck Texas Democrats, fuck you twig boy Beeto O'Rorke, fuck you commies. And fuck you Elon musk for destroying our beautiful South Bay.
Just curious... if you had solar panels and kept them clear of snow, technically could you have electricity independent of the grid?
I mean, keeping them clear of snow is already a pretty big hypothetical...
Sure. All day.
The low temps mostly come at night... Mostly...
Good to see I'm not the only one who can't use "mostly" in a sentence without adding another at the end.
Yeah... that's right
I wonder if you can charge enough car batteries (or something... like Elon Musk's Powerwall, or maybe go buy totaled Teslas and use the batteries from them) using your panels during the day then power up during the night. I don't know.
Might just be a crazy idea, and I'm sure that Powerwall or totaled Teslas aren't cheap and could be a fire hazard... I'm not saying that you should do this, probably spend more than it's worth
You can build a powerwall out of discarded laptop batteries, but there's much better batteries available now. Search for the company Battery Hookup. They sell excess batteries from car and bus manufacturers.
That is a company doing good work. Reuse rather than landfill. Though I abhor the current state of "green tech and power" batteries are good to reuse if viable.
Imagine if we had some kind of technology that could store electricity...hmmm
Although panels have gotten to be more efficient, they are not yet a truly viable main power source for most. If they are clear of snow and the sky has sun, or some sun at least, they can generate. One would be able to run mostly small appliances, not necessarily 1500 watt heaters. Battery stores are a thing but costly.
power still kicking for me but no water sucks ass
Please spread the message that using combustion heaters such as propane heaters and grills will kill you from carbon monoxide poisoning, as well as a generator that the exhaust isn’t ventilated properly(fully outside)
The problem is not green energy, the problem is lack of planning.
In bad weather, solar and wind power can be unproductive, so there needs to be backup power generation and/or the ability to transfer power long distances along transmission lines.
Someone failed to plan properly.
Hopefully it's the ones who came from california
Heat with a coal stove. Always have heat even without power.
Most mortgage companies will not accept that as a primary heat source these days, so have it as a backup. That or a fireplace or wood burner with wood stores. My preference of any heat is radiators for primary in northern areas. No extra drying of the air.
Oh shit so this was Bidens Dark Winter plan all along to snuff out Trump supporters?! Evil!
Only the pussy hipsters who cant handle going without electric for more then a few hours. Our ancestors must be looking down in shame.
Lewisville TX has been without power for over 24 hours.
Fake news.
Coal plants are closed too. Natural gas pipelines frozen. Not winterized. Texas wasn't prepared for a hard winter.
100% agree.
Yea, Earth man, ya know like we totally just like the planet dude cuz ya know like yea man like dig it man
Is the Texas ercot blackouts green move? First I’ve heard of that. Haven’t been On patriot win all weekend
They transitioned a major part of our grid to wind energy. And most of the wind turbines are down because they’re iced up. Then there’s some other factors like a couple natural gas units going down due to frozen pipelines. Electrical generation in Texas is currently down about 40%. Millions are without power and have been for going on 24hrs now. They’re calling them “rolling blackouts,” but there’s not a lot of “rolling” going on. Mainly just one big, prolonged blackout that is expected to last possibly another 12-36hrs.
Don't rely on that 12-36 hr number. As someone in the northeast who gets a good ice storm every year, this shit can take days and days if trees take out lines.
Imagine freezing to death because of "global warming."
Don't have to imagine it, now.
Imagine freezing to death from climate change.
I live in a place we get record snow falls and very cold weather. We have no snow and it's warmer than most places in the US
Pro tip. Keep a faucet on slow drip and no frozen pipes.
Reality: the pipes aren’t buried very deep in TX, so many people’s water supply is frozen before it even reaches the house.
Why don't people have power in texas?
Extreme cold temperatures for the region causing a high demand to warm the homes. Add in the extreme cold freezing the windmills, which lowers production, and you have rolling blackouts. Plus the snow, and probably the power switching on and off from the blackouts is causing failures in parts of the grid.
20% is what I read is the amount of electricity the Texas grid is tied to, so when it went down, it taxed the grid and they had to blackout areas. Now some power is said to be coming from neighbor states causing rolling blackouts.