Texas is frozen. There are rolling blackouts and I currently have no broadband or cable service, and no water. If this gets through, I was able to send it through a mobile hotspot. In the meantime, I'll try to poll as I can.
It really cold in Texas now I have been reading. It's just a little below freezing here now and the forcast looks like things are going to be warming up over the next few days.Really, really cold, by Texas standards. Where are you?
In the early part of winter is when we always find out what needs to be fixed with water lines and stuff.And, indeed, our entire infrastructure.
I hope it'll be warming up there as well and all the folks in Texas can get back to normal soon.I hope so, too. We're having to learn a whole new set of life skills in a couple of days.
Really, really cold, by Texas standards. Where are you?
And, indeed, our entire infrastructure.
I hope so, too. We're having to learn a whole new set of life skills in a couple of days.
I hope the weather gets back to a more seasonal norm soon.ERCOT is the company that runs Texas' power grid, and they were tonight recommending that those who have power (of which we are among the lucky few) conserve power as much as possible. They are asking that we turn down our thermostats to the coldest we can stand, unplug everything we're not using,
ERCOT is the company that runs Texas' power grid, and they were tonight recommending that those who have power (of which we are among the lucky few) conserve power as much as possible. They are asking that we turn down our thermostats to the coldest we can stand, unplug everything we're not using, use lights sparingly, and don't run high-energy devices like washers and dryers. They are asking this because apparently there is a risk of the ENTIRE TEXAS POWER GRID COLLAPSING. And if that happens, they say, it will need to be essentially rebuilt from scratch and that could take MONTHS. Holy Hell. I'm all for rebuilding Texas' energy infrastructure from scratch, but not this way.
On a technical note, I may be able to construct a solar-powered BBS using my phone's wifi hotspot as an internet connection. I hope it doesn't come to that, though.
In my favor, we do have power for the time being, all of my devices are charged, and I'm fairly well-stocked on clean underwear and socks. So there's that.
On a technical note, I may be able to construct a solar-powered BBS using my phone's wifi hotspot as an internet connection. I hope it doesn't come to that, though.
as long as the BBS is online everything's fine ;)Absolutely! ;-)
Sometimes I think we need even harsher weather until we start to do something really significant, instead of putting batteries in 2500kgUnfortunately, I would tend to agree with you.
heavy vehicles to transport one person and call it a solution.
Jeff wrote to Avon <=-
outage. We have some that we're trying to conserve, but we're washing dishes, watering the dogs, and flushing toilets with melted snow and
ice from outside.
Jeff wrote to Avon <=-That's a great idea!
outage. We have some that we're trying to conserve, but we're washing dishes, watering the dogs, and flushing toilets with melted snow and ice from outside.
It really cold in Texas now I have been reading. It's just a little
below freezing here now and the forcast looks like things are going to
be warming up over the next few days.
In the early part of winter is when we always find out what needs to be fixed with water lines and stuff.
I hope it'll be warming up there as well and all the folks in Texas can get back to normal soon.
I think tonight and possibly tomorrow night are supposed to be the end of tge "hard freeze" warnong nights in my area. I'm dreading seeing how many of my plants died as a result.
Yes, Texans are complaining about the cold,
And some businesses and schools closed. Most of Texas doesn't regularly get this sort of weather, there are many people who moved here from the north to avoid it.
A little over a decade ago, we had a hurricane hit and huge areas Houston lost power. I lived not far from where I do now, and didn't have electricity or running water for over two weeks.
This is what we have when Houston Texas claims to be the energy capital of tge world.
A hurricane is another thing altogether. Even with good infrastructure a hurricane could just rip it all out. It would be gr
if we could bury these power lines underground. That would protect them from the weather but then they become harder to
maintain.
A hurricane is another thing altogether. Even with good infrastructure
a hurricane could just rip it all out. It would be gr if we could bury
these power lines underground. That would protect them from the
weather but then they become harder to maintain.
Not to mention underground lines areeco-unfriendly as heck.
You have to pot a whole lot of rubber around high-tension underground lines. Aerial lines you can deploy with no isolation whatsoever.
With the sort of high-tension I suspect is being used in the US in order to jump long distances with the power grid, underground isolatiojn for the wires would become even more of a problem.
I'm dreading seeing how many of my plants died as a result.
A little over a decade ago, we had a hurricane hit and huge
areas Houston lost power. I lived not far from where I do
now, and didn't have electricity or running water for over
two weeks.
This is what we have when Houston Texas claims to be the
energy capital of tge world.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could generate the power we need in our homes?
Then we could be done with all the high tension lines and bills from the pow company.
I don't expect to see that in my lifetime but I have hope for the future.
supply. Quality is never very good. There is no way you are
going to run a delicate piece of electronics (say, a
computer) if the signal in the wire is not recognizeable as
a sine wave and the frequency is not somehow stable.
Tesla wanted to deliver electric power via wireless
stations. Now, that would have been awesome :-)
Did you see the tv series "Tesla Files" (2018). One of the
early episodes had the guys trying to replicate the "wireless"
transmission of the electrics.. and it worked.
Jeff wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
On 17 Feb 2021, Jimmy Anderson said the following...
Jeff wrote to Avon <=-That's a great idea!
outage. We have some that we're trying to conserve, but we're washing dishes, watering the dogs, and flushing toilets with melted snow and ice from outside.
I never, ever imagined my Texan self saying, "Welp, time to go gather
more snow." But here we are.
I'm dreading seeing how many of my plants died as a result.
It is a shame to lose all that planning and expectation of your
crop.
Although my house was originally built with just electric
baseboard as the only source of heat, my family installed wood
stoves when the hydro rates skyrocketed one year.
I've reverted back the electric (good enough for me) - and the
cost is actualy lower than if I was to factor in the cost of
wood, the TIME to haul it in, cleaning up, chimney cleaning -
it's a fair compromise. I just cope with lower than usual temps
in the house and close off the rooms that I don't need.
When the electrics go out, I can always fire-up one of the wood
stoves (there are 2, one for downstairs and one in the main
living area) using any batch of wood I may find laying around
the property: bark, bits of scrap lumber, old furniture, etc.
..as long as I remember to go wood-hunting!
My least favorite
thing about winter is when it freezes, thaws, freezes and thaws. That's when things you need tend to break.
My least favorite thing about winter is when it freezes, thaws, freezes
and thaws. That's when things you need tend to break.
...but it also makes for some nice maple syrup.
Texas is frozen. There are rolling blackouts and I currently have no broadband or cable service, and no water. If this gets through, I was able to send it through a mobile hotspot. In the meantime, I'll try to poll as I can.
It really cold in Texas now I have been reading. It's just a little below freezing here now and the forcast looks like things are going to be warming up over the next few days.Really, really cold, by Texas standards. Where are you?
In the early part of winter is when we always find out what needs to be fixed with water lines and stuff.And, indeed, our entire infrastructure.
I hope it'll be warming up there as well and all the folks in Texas can get back to normal soon.I hope so, too. We're having to learn a whole new set of life skills in a couple of days.
Really, really cold, by Texas standards. Where are you?
And, indeed, our entire infrastructure.
I hope so, too. We're having to learn a whole new set of life skills in a couple of days.
I hope the weather gets back to a more seasonal norm soon.ERCOT is the company that runs Texas' power grid, and they were tonight recommending that those who have power (of which we are among the lucky few) conserve power as much as possible. They are asking that we turn down our thermostats to the coldest we can stand, unplug everything we're not using,
ERCOT is the company that runs Texas' power grid, and they were tonight recommending that those who have power (of which we are among the lucky few) conserve power as much as possible. They are asking that we turn down our thermostats to the coldest we can stand, unplug everything we're not using, use lights sparingly, and don't run high-energy devices like washers and dryers. They are asking this because apparently there is a risk of the ENTIRE TEXAS POWER GRID COLLAPSING. And if that happens, they say, it will need to be essentially rebuilt from scratch and that could take MONTHS. Holy Hell. I'm all for rebuilding Texas' energy infrastructure from scratch, but not this way.
On a technical note, I may be able to construct a solar-powered BBS using my phone's wifi hotspot as an internet connection. I hope it doesn't come to that, though.
In my favor, we do have power for the time being, all of my devices are charged, and I'm fairly well-stocked on clean underwear and socks. So there's that.
On a technical note, I may be able to construct a solar-powered BBS using my phone's wifi hotspot as an internet connection. I hope it doesn't come to that, though.
as long as the BBS is online everything's fine ;)Absolutely! ;-)
Sometimes I think we need even harsher weather until we start to do something really significant, instead of putting batteries in 2500kgUnfortunately, I would tend to agree with you.
heavy vehicles to transport one person and call it a solution.
Jeff wrote to Avon <=-
outage. We have some that we're trying to conserve, but we're washing dishes, watering the dogs, and flushing toilets with melted snow and
ice from outside.
Jeff wrote to Avon <=-That's a great idea!
outage. We have some that we're trying to conserve, but we're washing dishes, watering the dogs, and flushing toilets with melted snow and ice from outside.
It really cold in Texas now I have been reading. It's just a little
below freezing here now and the forcast looks like things are going to
be warming up over the next few days.
In the early part of winter is when we always find out what needs to be fixed with water lines and stuff.
I hope it'll be warming up there as well and all the folks in Texas can get back to normal soon.
I think tonight and possibly tomorrow night are supposed to be the end of tge "hard freeze" warnong nights in my area. I'm dreading seeing how many of my plants died as a result.
Yes, Texans are complaining about the cold,
And some businesses and schools closed. Most of Texas doesn't regularly get this sort of weather, there are many people who moved here from the north to avoid it.
A little over a decade ago, we had a hurricane hit and huge areas Houston lost power. I lived not far from where I do now, and didn't have electricity or running water for over two weeks.
This is what we have when Houston Texas claims to be the energy capital of tge world.
A hurricane is another thing altogether. Even with good infrastructure a hurricane could just rip it all out. It would be gr
if we could bury these power lines underground. That would protect them from the weather but then they become harder to
maintain.
A hurricane is another thing altogether. Even with good infrastructure
a hurricane could just rip it all out. It would be gr if we could bury
these power lines underground. That would protect them from the
weather but then they become harder to maintain.
Not to mention underground lines areeco-unfriendly as heck.
You have to pot a whole lot of rubber around high-tension underground lines. Aerial lines you can deploy with no isolation whatsoever.
With the sort of high-tension I suspect is being used in the US in order to jump long distances with the power grid, underground isolatiojn for the wires would become even more of a problem.
I'm dreading seeing how many of my plants died as a result.
A little over a decade ago, we had a hurricane hit and huge
areas Houston lost power. I lived not far from where I do
now, and didn't have electricity or running water for over
two weeks.
This is what we have when Houston Texas claims to be the
energy capital of tge world.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could generate the power we need in our homes?
Then we could be done with all the high tension lines and bills from the pow company.
I don't expect to see that in my lifetime but I have hope for the future.
supply. Quality is never very good. There is no way you are
going to run a delicate piece of electronics (say, a
computer) if the signal in the wire is not recognizeable as
a sine wave and the frequency is not somehow stable.
Tesla wanted to deliver electric power via wireless
stations. Now, that would have been awesome :-)
Did you see the tv series "Tesla Files" (2018). One of the
early episodes had the guys trying to replicate the "wireless"
transmission of the electrics.. and it worked.
Jeff wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
On 17 Feb 2021, Jimmy Anderson said the following...
Jeff wrote to Avon <=-That's a great idea!
outage. We have some that we're trying to conserve, but we're washing dishes, watering the dogs, and flushing toilets with melted snow and ice from outside.
I never, ever imagined my Texan self saying, "Welp, time to go gather
more snow." But here we are.
I'm dreading seeing how many of my plants died as a result.
It is a shame to lose all that planning and expectation of your
crop.
Although my house was originally built with just electric
baseboard as the only source of heat, my family installed wood
stoves when the hydro rates skyrocketed one year.
I've reverted back the electric (good enough for me) - and the
cost is actualy lower than if I was to factor in the cost of
wood, the TIME to haul it in, cleaning up, chimney cleaning -
it's a fair compromise. I just cope with lower than usual temps
in the house and close off the rooms that I don't need.
When the electrics go out, I can always fire-up one of the wood
stoves (there are 2, one for downstairs and one in the main
living area) using any batch of wood I may find laying around
the property: bark, bits of scrap lumber, old furniture, etc.
..as long as I remember to go wood-hunting!
My least favorite
thing about winter is when it freezes, thaws, freezes and thaws. That's when things you need tend to break.
My least favorite thing about winter is when it freezes, thaws, freezes
and thaws. That's when things you need tend to break.
...but it also makes for some nice maple syrup.
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