Texas continues its march toward 3rd world status: Day 4 of no power

[two_iron]

Imagine the fucks given by Texans of what non-Texans think.

It's like dividing by zero.

 

[Manonthestreet]

What I would do is install more green energy...

 

[1srelluc]

Imagine the fucks given by Texans of what non-Texans think.

It's like dividing by zero.

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Particularly non-Harris County citizens.

 

[Toro]

Texas can’t handle cold weather, hot weather, or storms with its shit power grid. It is an embarrassment to the rest of the nation. No wonder CNBC rated the state as #50 in quality of life. Houston is now the nations 3rd largest city and it has had no power for 4 days. Unprecedented number of people living in the third world. Its people deserve better than the incompetent social justice warrior right wingers who run that state.

I wonder if Ted Cruz has left the state? Im sure the Federal Government will bail them out… again.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/12/weather/houston-texas-power-outages-heat-friday/index.html

CNN —
Half a million Houston-area homes and businesses may not have their power restored until next week amid sweltering summer heat, even as many in the region struggle to access fresh food, air conditioning and safe drinking water.

More than 1 million power customers in southeast Texas – mainly between Galveston and north of Houston – are still without power after Hurricane Beryl hurtled into the Gulf Coast on Monday, leaving at least 10 people dead in Texas, two dead in Vermont and one dead in Louisiana.

The outages have debilitated infrastructure across the region, including hospitals, assisted living facilities and water treatment plants, leading to mounting frustrations from residents that Houston’s main utility, CenterPoint Energy, was not more prepared for the storm.

That's not uncommon after a hurricane.

 

[odanny]

This is always a problem in Texas with power generation when storms hit.

Being stubborn and ignorant is never a good combination.


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When a massive winter storm came through Texas in February, causing days-long blackouts across the state, many people learned for the first time that Texas has its own electric grid.

In the rest of the continental U.S., power plants connect to a larger grid. There is one grid that serves the Eastern half of the country, and one that powers the Western half. Energy produced in one state can be used in another, and power companies can buy energy from out of state.

But not in Texas. Here, electricity is generated and used only within state lines.

And that's one reason the February blackouts lasted so long. With minimal connection to power plants in other states, Texas didn’t have access to electricity produced in places where snow and ice weren’t shutting things down.

Why Is Texas On Its Own Electric Grid?

During the February blackout, much of Texas didn’t have access to electricity produced in states where snow and ice weren’t shutting things down.

www.kut.org

 

[crossbody]

This is the truth right here that they cannot speak about, but I will. They will just say we have a crew dispatched to that location.

However, several of the Centerpoint employees are on summer vacation. This is routine for them to go on vacation with their children during the summer.

It was easy to get everyone's electricity reconnected in May after the tornado because no one was on summer vacation.

 

[Maxdeath]

Incompetent and short sighted.

Planning for hurricanes seems like a good idea when you get hit with hurricanes.

Yes they should build strong enough power poles to withstand hurricanes. Remove all trees and not allow any structures that could loose any things like roofs or metal within half a mile or more of any power line.
Look at those areas that loose power because of other natural phenomena. They should make sure that there is no way that heavy ice and snow can not knock out their power. Same thing goes for those areas affected by tornados, flash floods mud slides, or fires.
You really are missing a few thought processes

 

[crossbody]

Yes they should build strong enough power poles to withstand hurricanes. Remove all trees and not allow any structures that could loose any things like roofs or metal within half a mile or more of any power line.
Look at those areas that loose power because of other natural phenomena. They should make sure that there is no way that heavy ice and snow can not knock out their power. Same thing goes for those areas affected by tornados, flash floods mud slides, or fires.
You really are missing a few thought processes

right the transformers need to be on metal poles not wooden poles that snap in half.

 

[crossbody]

You have to hand it to the crazy people. Texas is sooo bad.
They had a hurricane with very high winds. Why oh why did they not prepare by having power poles and lines that could not be knocked over by high winds or falling trees? But let power be knocked out by a tornado or an ice storm and these same low IQ crazies are completely silent

Everything was prepared that could be prepared.

 

[Marener]

Yes they should build strong enough power poles to withstand hurricanes. Remove all trees and not allow any structures that could loose any things like roofs or metal within half a mile or more of any power line.
Look at those areas that loose power because of other natural phenomena. They should make sure that there is no way that heavy ice and snow can not knock out their power. Same thing goes for those areas affected by tornados, flash floods mud slides, or fires.
You really are missing a few thought processes

Where I live, trees are not allowed to extend over power lines. They’re trimmed to be below them.

You don’t have to remove “all trees”.

But I live in a state with competent government and haven’t seen a power outage more than an hour in the last decade.

 

[Maxdeath]

This is always a problem in Texas with power generation when storms hit.

Being stubborn and ignorant is never a good combination.


Freeeedummmmbbbb.......



When a massive winter storm came through Texas in February, causing days-long blackouts across the state, many people learned for the first time that Texas has its own electric grid.

In the rest of the continental U.S., power plants connect to a larger grid. There is one grid that serves the Eastern half of the country, and one that powers the Western half. Energy produced in one state can be used in another, and power companies can buy energy from out of state.

But not in Texas. Here, electricity is generated and used only within state lines.

And that's one reason the February blackouts lasted so long. With minimal connection to power plants in other states, Texas didn’t have access to electricity produced in places where snow and ice weren’t shutting things down.

Why Is Texas On Its Own Electric Grid?

During the February blackout, much of Texas didn’t have access to electricity produced in states where snow and ice weren’t shutting things down.

www.kut.org

One of the reasons for the blackout was they got hit with a once in a century cold freeze. The freeze froze natural gas pipelines that were suppling fuel for power plants.
Maybe they could have gotten power from other states or it might have been too much of a drain on those other states and brought down their power grid also. No way to tell. But adding that many homes and businesses may really have been more then the grid could handle.

 

[Maxdeath]

right the transformers need to be on metal poles not wooden poles that snap in half.

Any idea of how many poles that would mean?

 

[crossbody]

Any idea of how many poles that would mean?

Texas would not have the money to do it unless Trump got in office. It's hundreds of thousands of them.

 

[Maxdeath]

Where I live, trees are not allowed to extend over power lines. They’re trimmed to be below them.

You don’t have to remove “all trees”.

But I live in a state with competent government and haven’t seen a power outage more than an hour in the last decade.

During a hurricane trees can be broken off and fly a number of yards.
Good for you. Your idea of competent maybe a lot different then most others

 

[odanny]

One of the reasons for the blackout was they got hit with a once in a century cold freeze.

I understand what you're saying, but I think we are past all descriptions of "once in a century" description of weather events, the old rules no longer apply, and these disruptions from severe weather events are no longer outliers, they've become commonplace, due to climate change.

I just noticed in 2024 that newscasts are finally admitting this obvious truth. That is a symptom of a much larger problem, but I digress.

 

[Marener]

During a hurricane trees can be broken off and fly a number of yards.
Good for you. Your idea of competent maybe a lot different then most others

”Can” but probably don’t.

 

[crossbody]

Breathe you will be fine. At some parks, and multipurpose centers. you can go get cool and go charge any devices you need to charge.

Focus on this... school starts for kids in 3 weeks. Focus on getting kids ready for school..

 

[Maxdeath]

I understand what you're saying, but I think we are past all descriptions of "once in a century" description of weather events, the old rules no longer apply, and these disruptions from severe weather events are no longer outliers, they've become commonplace, due to climate change.

I just noticed in 2024 that newscasts are finally admitting this obvious truth. That is a symptom of a much larger probem, but I digress.

And yet I do not see all your complaints when residents have power go out because of flash flooding, tornados, fires, or other disasters.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

What I would do is install more green energy...

Yeah windmills and solar panels will certainly withstand a hurricane

 

[crossbody]

Read post #26 that is why people are still waiting. That is why transformers and wires are still on the ground.