Houston will have extreme cold and temperatures could drop below 20 (MERGED) (Center: appliances, dryers)

[WRM20]

Originally Posted by oceangaia

NBC is wrong. Texas can (and did) borrow power from the eastern grid until the freeze hit them too and they needed the power for themselves.


"The Texas Interconnection is tied to the Eastern Interconnection with two DC ties, and has a DC tie and a VFT to non-NERC systems in Mexico."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Interconnection


It appears that inadequate preparations are the main culprit and those preparations can be mandated by the state while remaining independent. I see the solution as fixing our system not surrendering control of our system. We don't need the feds telling us what percentage of power must come from what source, that we must shut down operational coal plants, that we must pay federal taxes, etc.

The connection to the East is limited to 600MW, and is located in Northeast Texas in Titus County, on the site of the now closed Monticello coal fired generating plant. That plant, plus two other coal fired plants in East Texas, closed because they couldn't compete with gas on cost. Feds had nothing to do with that.

[Ghost Town]

Originally Posted by As Above So Below...

As long as we have power, who cares?

Well we are still in a high risk zone.
Power supply has been improved, but there is still increased demand for these two upcoming nights.
Fortunately most likely it's not going to drop below 20 as initially predicted.

[Ghost Town]

This article is from North Texas, but it is valid in South and Southeast Texas as well.
Water pipe bursts expected to get 'exponentially worse' as things start to thaw out

https://www.wfaa.com/amp/article/new...1-d6e505e23787

[Redlionjr]

Originally Posted by timtemtym

We keep getting these "once-in-a-lifetime" disasters in Houston.

Thankfully, our lights are back on in the Montrose area.

Hopefully our water pressure comes back on in time for Ted Cruz to finish his vacation in Mexico.

At this point might as well call them every now and then disasters.

[oceangaia]

Originally Posted by Ghost Town

Well we are still in a high risk zone.
Power supply has been improved, but there is still increased demand for these two upcoming nights.
Fortunately most likely it's not going to drop below 20 as initially predicted.

The power providers have exacerbated their own problems through failure to adequately communicate with their customers. Let's think about what is and will be happening. They really need people to lower their heat and reduce the energy load right now. But as a result of being without power and not knowing if their power will cut off at any second, those with power are cranking the heat to the max while they can.

[ParaguaneroSwag]

Much like my guy Redlion, I don't like either party myself. But there's plenty of evidence that Democrats do much bigger preventative measurememts and are willing to invest on disaster prevention. As much as Ed Emmett gets praise for, he sit on his ass watching Harris County's failure of a drainage system fail 3 years in a row and do nothing. And hate Lina for what you want, but she's 100% more willing to put the money where it matters in terms of disaster prevention.

This will no doubt cause a tiny blue wave, but I don't expect it to be that major. Most people who already don't care about the fallout of the republican party will already find ways to find a way to blame the democratic party. Heck, they're already doing it. There will be a difference, but not much.

[fnh]

The governing philosophies between the parties, summed up:

Democrats take your money and give it to other people.

Republicans take your money and keep it for themselves.

[WRM20]

Originally Posted by ParaguaneroSwag

Much like my guy Redlion, I don't like either party myself. But there's plenty of evidence that Democrats do much bigger preventative measurememts and are willing to invest on disaster prevention. As much as Ed Emmett gets praise for, he sit on his ass watching Harris County's failure of a drainage system fail 3 years in a row and do nothing. And hate Lina for what you want, but she's 100% more willing to put the money where it matters in terms of disaster prevention.

This will no doubt cause a tiny blue wave, but I don't expect it to be that major. Most people who already don't care about the fallout of the republican party will already find ways to find a way to blame the democratic party. Heck, they're already doing it. There will be a difference, but not much.

Lina Hidalgo is also putting money into areas that have been ignored in the past, because poor people don't contribute to election coffers. The County has spent tons of money on rich white folks in the past, but the RWF's are getting all whiny about how important they are and why isn't the money being spent on them.

[fitzy24]

I'm just waiting for Starbucks to open back up.

[AceTx]

I have two sources of information. Unfortunately, they dispute one another.

Information Source 1: Internet, including city water department. These sources say water is restored in Houston

Information Source 2: My kitchen faucet. No water coming through.

SEEKING 3rd Information Source: This forum.

Is water restored in Houston?