Oh boy, AC in December? (Tampa: utilities, price, office)

[MortonR]

Originally Posted by LKJ1988

44 at my place this am. Not cold at all.

The Gulf is keeping you warm. 31F in Valrico this morning. Guess I should have covered some plants last night.

Meh. It’s Florida, they’ll grow back shortly.

RM

[BucFan]

Electric out. No problems during Irma, but evidently TECO can't handle cold.

[sinatras]

Originally Posted by BucFan

Electric out. No problems during Irma, but evidently TECO can't handle cold.

Oh for EFF's sake, are you kidding me? TECO IS THE WORST, I tell you. THE WORST.

Let me prepare myself right now for an outage.

[gypsychic]

Originally Posted by BucFan

Electric out. No problems during Irma, but evidently TECO can't handle cold.

Cold weather makes it go out????

[bobandsherry]

Originally Posted by BucFan

Electric out. No problems during Irma, but evidently TECO can't handle cold.

Just checked, a total of 720 customers reported without power. Keep on moving folks, nothing major to be found here.



TECO OUTAGE MAP

[Rabflmom]

Originally Posted by gypsychic

Cold weather makes it go out????

Has always been a problem throughout the state for the 40 years I have lived here. Back in 89 they did rolling shut offs throughout the state, but some areas-including Orlando were without power for about 3 days-including Christmas day itself. . Everyone is using their central heat or turning on portable electric heaters. This takes more power than just fans and air conditioning. I believe Florida gets power from Ga. sometimes to beef us up, but they are using their power for the freezing temps up there, too. So [power outages. Some areas have had wires down because of the winds, too. Old trees and limbs land on lines etc.

[bobandsherry]

Originally Posted by Rabflmom

Has always been a problem throughout the state for the 40 years I have lived here. Back in 89 they did rolling shut offs throughout the state, but some areas-including Orlando were without power for about 3 days-including Christmas day itself. . Everyone is using their central heat or turning on portable electric heaters. This takes more power than just fans and air conditioning. I believe Florida gets power from Ga. sometimes to beef us up, but they are using their power for the freezing temps up there, too. So [power outages. Some areas have had wires down because of the winds, too. Old trees and limbs land on lines etc.

I just posted an hour ago there was a total of 720 customers reported without power, now at 657. There's no rolling outages, there's no major outages in this area.

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by MortonR

The Gulf is keeping you warm. 31F in Valrico this morning. Guess I should have covered some plants last night.

Meh. It’s Florida, they’ll grow back shortly.

RM

I know plus the cold weather clouds. But it cleared a hour before sunrise and the temp went down 6 degrees in a hour to 38. I don't expect anything below 35 for my area.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by Roscoe Conkling

There's something reassuringly primeval about logs burning away in an open fireplace on a chill winter's evening.
Whether it's the smell of burning wood or the crackle of the logs or the constant and satisfying need to get up and chuck another log on.
Men especially like to poke around with the fire - it brings out the caveman in them.
I think it's one of life's great pleasures to be somewhere cold and wintry toasting my feet in front of a fire with a nice glass of single malt whisky and my dog laid out in front of the fireplace getting as close as he can to the heat.
But not for long mind.Give me a cloudless sky,a golden beach and a cold brewski any day.

Amen, best post of the day. We've had the fireplace and wood burning stove going the last few days.

[BucFan]

Originally Posted by Rabflmom

Has always been a problem throughout the state for the 40 years I have lived here. Back in 89 they did rolling shut offs throughout the state, but some areas-including Orlando were without power for about 3 days-including Christmas day itself. . Everyone is using their central heat or turning on portable electric heaters. This takes more power than just fans and air conditioning. I believe Florida gets power from Ga. sometimes to beef us up, but they are using their power for the freezing temps up there, too. So [power outages. Some areas have had wires down because of the winds, too. Old trees and limbs land on lines etc.

took 8 hrs to get it back - I called TECO and they said a lot of different areas in the TB area was affected - makes you appreciate elect - actually had to read a book to kill time (no TV, internet)....