Winter storms
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Winter storms
Hope you folks in Texas and neighbouring states are staying warm.
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Re: Winter storms
If they got no power, no internet you won't get much response.
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Re: Winter storms
My daughter lives in Dallas and so far has power and only a couple of frozen, but not burst pipes. Certainly cold 3 degrees f yesterday morning.
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Re: Winter storms
Bloody global warming strikes again.
But they definitely dant want to blame wind and solar, rather they seem to want to blame frozen gas turbines.
But they wouldn't need an additional source of power like nearly as much if they had had base load power running rather then switched off half the time depending on what energy wind and solar actually produced.
But they definitely dant want to blame wind and solar, rather they seem to want to blame frozen gas turbines.
But they wouldn't need an additional source of power like nearly as much if they had had base load power running rather then switched off half the time depending on what energy wind and solar actually produced.
I'm soft and I don't care.
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Re: Winter storms
Ted Cruz left the building
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Re: Winter storms
We had a few rolling blackouts for a few minutes but never lost power nor did we lose water. Water pressure was low but adequate for showering, etc. Not sure what the truth of the matter is but we have put way too much faith in wind and solar which both failed and the back up generating power that we used to have has been done away with in the quest for green BS. Spending billions on power that's 'iffy' when the manure hits the fan. Only an idiot would think that was a good idea...
As for Ted Cruz.... only wish is that he was running this country instead of the socialist idiots that are determined to bring us into the 3rd world. Ted fights for us which is something the other senator might want to give a shot at some day...
As for Ted Cruz.... only wish is that he was running this country instead of the socialist idiots that are determined to bring us into the 3rd world. Ted fights for us which is something the other senator might want to give a shot at some day...
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Re: Winter storms
Good luck fighting idiocy, green is good in optimal conditions but in less then optimal conditions it's actually useless.
But people only remember when it works, not the problems when it doesn't.
But people only remember when it works, not the problems when it doesn't.
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Re: Winter storms
Hope you are well and have services restored.
Seems the reason for failure are more complicated than you think. Wind turbines operate without failure in freezing climates because they are spec’d with heaters. No doubt that was not part of the Texas spec. Article below is an interesting read and have enjoyed that publication since I was a teenager...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/art ... er-grids1/
Keep well and safe
Seems the reason for failure are more complicated than you think. Wind turbines operate without failure in freezing climates because they are spec’d with heaters. No doubt that was not part of the Texas spec. Article below is an interesting read and have enjoyed that publication since I was a teenager...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/art ... er-grids1/
Keep well and safe
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Re: Winter storms
I think it’s more of a case that the Texan power grid is not designed for extreme cold. It appears that this extreme cold weather affected both renewable and carbon based production. (Not sure about the nuclear) and I guess that having their own power grid hindered getting supply from neighbouring states.
Happy to be proven wrong.
Rod (a proud supporter of coal mining)
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Re: Winter storms
I used to have a stove rated for coal. Every now and then when it was really cold I would throw a bag of coal in it. Love the amount of heat it out out and how long the coal would last.Rod wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 4:33 pmI think it’s more of a case that the Texan power grid is not designed for extreme cold. It appears that this extreme cold weather affected both renewable and carbon based production. (Not sure about the nuclear) and I guess that having their own power grid hindered getting supply from neighbouring states.
Happy to be proven wrong.
Rod (a proud supporter of coal mining)
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Re: Winter storms
So the media was saying Texans was stripping everything of wood and burning it. Did any blaserbuds have to tear down the neighbours fence to start a fire pit?
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Re: Winter storms
Media lies. Some things never change. Country folks always have a way to take care of business. City folks, not so much. They are helpless without big daddy/brother leading them by the hand. Between the Covid nonsense and this I'm a believer that if we ever lost utilities for a couple of weeks the city dweller population would be reduced to a manageable number. Makes me want to move out into the boonies even more. Off the grid and self sufficient. As long as I don't have to put up a windmill so they can find me.....
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Re: Winter storms
It was very cold here, by Texas standards, no doubt. I've been here 15 years and nothing even close to this happened during that time. I hear the winter of '89 had a very bitter cold snap, but that's just what I've heard.
The thing is that Texas is usually very hot, sometimes crazy hot, like 47 days in a row over 100 degrees here in Dallas. The homes here are just not designed for 0 degree temperatures, as they are really a once in 25 or 30 years event. I've lived for extended periods (many years) in comparatively cold environments like Switzerland and Lake Tahoe (CA/NV), places where it's not unusual to wake up to three or four feet of drifted snow, but everything, including the public infrastructure, was designed to accommodate the ambient environment.
I was fortunate to have had no pipes burst, but was subject to rolling blackouts of varying duration for perhaps three or four days, which made productive work very problematic; but work was very understanding, as most of our team members are located in Texas. The situation was frequently uncomfortable, but never dangerous for the self-reliant. It was bad enough that several of my co-workers sent their kids to stay with parents or significant others who still had heat and power.
I will make this observation about Ted Cruz and his trip to Cancun: if I'd have been able to spend the week in Cancun, I'd have left in a heartbeat, so I don't blame his wife one bit. He's a **Federal** official, not a **State** official, so there's nothing useful he could have actually done. The hit pieces on him are very similar to the what happened to George Bush after hurricane Katrina, where the media shoveled the blame for public service failures on the **Federal** government, instead of on the **State** and **Local** governments where it truly belonged. They gave the Mayor of New Orleans and the Governor of Louisiana a complete pass on the failures, which was either intellectually dishonest, or betrayed a stunning ignorance of the American Federal system of government by the media. Draw your own conclusions.
The thing is that Texas is usually very hot, sometimes crazy hot, like 47 days in a row over 100 degrees here in Dallas. The homes here are just not designed for 0 degree temperatures, as they are really a once in 25 or 30 years event. I've lived for extended periods (many years) in comparatively cold environments like Switzerland and Lake Tahoe (CA/NV), places where it's not unusual to wake up to three or four feet of drifted snow, but everything, including the public infrastructure, was designed to accommodate the ambient environment.
I was fortunate to have had no pipes burst, but was subject to rolling blackouts of varying duration for perhaps three or four days, which made productive work very problematic; but work was very understanding, as most of our team members are located in Texas. The situation was frequently uncomfortable, but never dangerous for the self-reliant. It was bad enough that several of my co-workers sent their kids to stay with parents or significant others who still had heat and power.
I will make this observation about Ted Cruz and his trip to Cancun: if I'd have been able to spend the week in Cancun, I'd have left in a heartbeat, so I don't blame his wife one bit. He's a **Federal** official, not a **State** official, so there's nothing useful he could have actually done. The hit pieces on him are very similar to the what happened to George Bush after hurricane Katrina, where the media shoveled the blame for public service failures on the **Federal** government, instead of on the **State** and **Local** governments where it truly belonged. They gave the Mayor of New Orleans and the Governor of Louisiana a complete pass on the failures, which was either intellectually dishonest, or betrayed a stunning ignorance of the American Federal system of government by the media. Draw your own conclusions.
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Re: Winter storms
Its amazing that people are so ignorant of the federal and state powers. Same situation here. When the states have responsibility and screw up, people want the federal government to do something.