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Re: texans got trouble [Re: Savell] #7190023
02/20/21 01:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Savell
...my uncle by marriage worked the prison over that way .... but I was probably too young to read the sign back then lol

... I’m sure it had to do with the sun setting though lol

Your right on old boy.


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Re: texans got trouble [Re: danny clifton] #7190024
02/20/21 01:14 AM
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... well boys I’m off to bed with a gut full of beef, snuff and beer... everybody I know is fine as well

... kiss my Native Texan .....Awwww never mind lol

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Re: texans got trouble [Re: Savell] #7190028
02/20/21 01:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Savell
... well boys I’m off to bed with a gut full of beef, snuff and beer... everybody I know is fine as well

... kiss my Native Texan .....Awwww never mind lol

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THATS RACIST !! LOL good night Savell.

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Re: texans got trouble [Re: danny clifton] #7190080
02/20/21 04:20 AM
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Awful lot of people in this country living in projects, apartments, etc. Not much opertunity for them to "prepare". Power outages somewhat commen here. Many have small generators for back up. If you own your own home being prepared for unexpected circumstances is pretty much a necessity!

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Re: texans got trouble [Re: Boco] #7190117
02/20/21 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Boco
People need to become more self reliant.
Pretty bad when a whole place crumbles like a house of cards from a little bit of(not even real) cold weather.
Weakness is being revealed.


Once in a while I even have to agree with Boco.

Re: texans got trouble [Re: danny clifton] #7190124
02/20/21 08:33 AM
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The Texas thing was something never seen before. One certain Canadian whines about the ice melting up north, then hates on Americans in Texas when they get unseen cold move in. A small generator is handy no matter where you live. Even for camping, they are a necessity for making coffee in the Keurig first thing in the morning. smile
$500 will buy a suitable 2000W unit.


Life ain't supposed to be easy.
Re: texans got trouble [Re: danny clifton] #7190128
02/20/21 08:36 AM
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I don't know how it all works as far as electricity rates other than, A. I pay my bill B. I like electricity, C. I agree with anyone who likes it D. I believe we should keep liking electricity
But news has begun about people's new electric charges hitting their inbox. It makes for head spinning. I wouldn't want to be the governor or anyone around him for a while.

Some on these stories are hype for sure, but I'm glad I didn't sign up for a variable rate plan with electric carrier at either my home or our seminary apartment.
One of two of these bills would have made for a "WHAT?" scenario.
We'll see how it shakes out, but at $9 per kilowatt on some reports, and hot mics catching energy company executives gloating how record profits are now predicted because of Texas, makes me wonder.... are some of these people driving blue colored fiats in charge of some of this? A little retribution perhaps? From the greenies?

If so, Texans don't like to be played. I watched the movie.

Major news now has reports.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/some-tex...ket-as-high-as-17000-during-winter-storm

And the social media is ALIVE!!
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Re: texans got trouble [Re: Squash] #7190132
02/20/21 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Squash
Originally Posted by Boco
People need to become more self reliant.
Pretty bad when a whole place crumbles like a house of cards from a little bit of(not even real) cold weather.
Weakness is being revealed.


Once in a while I even have to agree with Boco.

People everywhere become complacent when things are so good for so long. Heck, even the city of N'awleans, built 7' below sea level was surprised when they got hit by the hurricane that filled the city up to sea level. That was guaranteed to happen....just a matter of time. Some day Miami will get wiped out and nobody will understand why.

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Re: texans got trouble [Re: Gary Benson] #7190137
02/20/21 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Gary Benson
The Texas thing was something never seen before. One certain Canadian whines about the ice melting up north, then hates on Americans in Texas when they get unseen cold move in. A small generator is handy no matter where you live. Even for camping, they are a necessity for making coffee in the Keurig first thing in the morning. smile
$500 will buy a suitable 2000W unit.


Empathy doesn't come easily for some folks Gary. For others, they think a humble prayer for a fellow human in need is a "thing' for someone else to take care of because "people deserve what they get," which some may not realize, is a pagan theology - people get what they deserve from the gods - as old as time, but we've just scrubbed the g.o.d. word off of the concept so we think we came up with it. Nope. GGGGGGGGGGgrandpa might have said the same thing about his neighbors.

Plenty of good people around here however, doing things like cutting up old trees in their yard, and handing out free wood to the needy among us. Bless all of them Lord.

Blessings,
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Re: texans got trouble [Re: danny clifton] #7190155
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Used to be when we had a disaster like New Orleans under water the president would get blamed for it, and for not doing enough fast enough. What changed?

Re: texans got trouble [Re: walleye101] #7190157
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Originally Posted by walleye101
Used to be when we had a disaster like New Orleans under water the president would get blamed for it, and for not doing enough fast enough. What changed?


That is a great observation! But I think you already know the answer.

Re: texans got trouble [Re: trapdog1] #7190158
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Originally Posted by walleye101
Used to be when we had a disaster like New Orleans under water the president would get blamed for it, and for not doing enough fast enough. What changed?


That is a great observation! But I think you already know the answer.


Yep

Re: texans got trouble [Re: danny clifton] #7190172
02/20/21 09:34 AM
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From Jan 2021 until November 2024, there will be no national disasters is the good news.
No major network will be dispatched.
No cameras will roll.
No one will commentary on them, even if it's the 2nd most populace state.
Especially if that populace state did not vote according to major news agency philosophy and wisdom experts.

And then, as JB is already hinting, there may be no national disasters from January of 2025 until November of 2029.

The decade is covered in wondrous assurance from the WH.
The media may as well vacation in Cancun or Cozumel.


Re: texans got trouble [Re: trapdog1] #7190173
02/20/21 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by trapdog1
Originally Posted by walleye101
Used to be when we had a disaster like New Orleans under water the president would get blamed for it, and for not doing enough fast enough. What changed?


That is a great observation! But I think you already know the answer.


So your saying if Biden had gone down to Texas and threw the folks some paper towels? maybe some them little hand warmer packets?? People be fawning over him???
You lost me?

Let the finger pointing and name calling begin!

Mac


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Re: texans got trouble [Re: danny clifton] #7190179
02/20/21 09:41 AM
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I know what I'm saying.
Turn up the nuclear, coal, and natural gas furnaces when it gets colder.
Drill baby drill.

And torpedo those ugly wind turbines that dot the landscape more and more - and more and more - but seem to be wimps when it gets cold?!?

Re: texans got trouble [Re: danny clifton] #7190181
02/20/21 09:45 AM
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I thought all you's were for free enterprize-supply and demand economics,not government controlled pricing.
Other things are being revealed besides weakness in the infrastructure.

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Re: texans got trouble [Re: danny clifton] #7190187
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Originally Posted by danny clifton
still wonder what happened to shut the power off in tx. no way the demand for kilowatts was higher than a 97 degree day with 92% humidity

danny I'm a retired lineman. I hardly believe that the news or Fakebook is getting the story right. I'm not there but if the ice buildup was that bad transmission lines that feed substations are on the ground. It takes 10x more time to put things back with ice. Also there will be just as much damage when the ice goes off. Flipping lines and burning them down. It is good thinking to run to the substations and turn them off when ice is coming off. Just think about beating ice off fuses,breakers,and anything else trying to get power back on. Wind turbines are not a high % of the grid power. They are like lollipops for people to see. You folks with generators be very careful. If you backfeed 120v back through a transformer it comes out 7200v back on the primary line. Heaven forbid that the cell phone towers have generators for backup. People aren't as tough as they used to be.

Re: texans got trouble [Re: Macthediver] #7190235
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So your saying if Biden had gone down to Texas and threw the folks some paper towels? maybe some them little hand warmer packets?? People be fawning over him???
You lost me?

Let the finger pointing and name calling begin!

Mac[/quote]

Yes. Exactly right.

Re: texans got trouble [Re: danny clifton] #7190295
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I hope that the appropriate lessons learned are acted on, cause one thing I know is, If it's happened before...it WILL happen again.

Re: texans got trouble [Re: danny clifton] #7190304
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I feel bad for all the people going through this crap but I consider myself lucky for getting to experience this once in a lifetime event in Tx. Never seen ice like that even in MN. Was on one road that had at least one to two inches of ice covering it. Solid ice. No known freeze proofing method known could have defeated this stuff!

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