They pull this shit outta their asses. I live in the weakest area of the east Texas grid; and if anyone so much as lets a fart, the electricity goes out. But, I'm here to tell y'all that I've had absolutely no interruptions in the course of the storm.
I'm in East Texas too, and we've had power the whole time as well. Even though Texas has it's own power grid (ERCOT), it doesn't actually cover the whole state. The county I'm in is not on the ERCOT grid, is yours? I also figure this is why we haven't had the rolling blackouts like so many others in the state.
Montgomery County, a bit north of Conroe (near Willis), and it is on the ERCOT, but Walker Co, just north of me, isn't. I also live out in the country, not in city-limits. Perhaps the blackouts only affect cities?
That's cool, I'm currently in Polk County, but I spend a lot of time in that area and even lived in Willis for a few years (2010-2013). I'll assume you're also familiar with SHECO then... their outage map shows all power is currently on, but at the beginning of all this, the rolling blackouts were only in counties on the ERCOT grid. As far as blackouts only affecting cities, my mom lives in Walker county, out in the sticks west of Huntsville, and the power at her place has been off and on every few hours the last few days, obviously part of the rolling blackouts. Thankfully, they appear to have ended, at least in her area, because she had power all day today. I just can't figure out the logic to any of this, none of it makes any sense.
Side note: I'm a building designer (basically a notch below architect). If you know where Sam's Liquor and Donuts is in Willis, the building going up behind them is one of our designs. It's not the prettiest thing, but the owners cheaped out on the nicer features we had planned.
If she's out on Hwy 30, going to Shiro and Roans Prairie, maybe she came under the authority of the Bryan-College Station generating plant? They appear to have new infrastructure out there.
They pull this shit outta their asses. I live in the weakest area of the east Texas grid; and if anyone so much as lets a fart, the electricity goes out. But, I'm here to tell y'all that I've had absolutely no interruptions in the course of the storm.
I'm in East Texas too, and we've had power the whole time as well. Even though Texas has it's own power grid (ERCOT), it doesn't actually cover the whole state. The county I'm in is not on the ERCOT grid, is yours? I also figure this is why we haven't had the rolling blackouts like so many others in the state.
http://www.ercot.com/content/wcm/landing_pages/89373/sized-county-map-6.27.19.jpg
Montgomery County, a bit north of Conroe (near Willis), and it is on the ERCOT, but Walker Co, just north of me, isn't. I also live out in the country, not in city-limits. Perhaps the blackouts only affect cities?
That's cool, I'm currently in Polk County, but I spend a lot of time in that area and even lived in Willis for a few years (2010-2013). I'll assume you're also familiar with SHECO then... their outage map shows all power is currently on, but at the beginning of all this, the rolling blackouts were only in counties on the ERCOT grid. As far as blackouts only affecting cities, my mom lives in Walker county, out in the sticks west of Huntsville, and the power at her place has been off and on every few hours the last few days, obviously part of the rolling blackouts. Thankfully, they appear to have ended, at least in her area, because she had power all day today. I just can't figure out the logic to any of this, none of it makes any sense.
Side note: I'm a building designer (basically a notch below architect). If you know where Sam's Liquor and Donuts is in Willis, the building going up behind them is one of our designs. It's not the prettiest thing, but the owners cheaped out on the nicer features we had planned.
Edit: Walker county IS on the ERCOT map.
If she's out on Hwy 30, going to Shiro and Roans Prairie, maybe she came under the authority of the Bryan-College Station generating plant? They appear to have new infrastructure out there.