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Campfire 'Bwana
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“Running out of energy in Texas is like starving to death at the grocery store: You can only do it on purpose, and Texas did.” - Tucker Carlson Ouch.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I believe the power plants are producing just exactly what they are told to produce.
In these times there isn’t much that would surprise me
Now I’m off to bed. Been almost 1/2 an hour! Time for the power to go off again!
Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
WS
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In light of these power outages I've been practicing the bow drill.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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“Running out of energy in Texas is like starving to death at the grocery store: You can only do it on purpose, and Texas did.” - Tucker Carlson Ouch. Fact. Nobody has run out of 'energy" or infrastructure. They are more frightened of new laws concerning the environment than they are their consumers.
The only thing worse than a liberal is a liberal that thinks they're a conservative.
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Campfire Ranger
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“Running out of energy in Texas is like starving to death at the grocery store: You can only do it on purpose, and Texas did.” - Tucker Carlson Ouch. QFT
"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." -- Thomas Jefferson
We are all Rhodesians now.
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Campfire Ranger
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“Running out of energy in Texas is like starving to death at the grocery store: You can only do it on purpose, and Texas did.” - Tucker Carlson Ouch. #TexasStrong 🦫
Curiosity Killed the Cat & The Prairie Dog
“Molon Labe”
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Texas, I'm sorry, I know it was colder than 9uck down there but not that cold.
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Campfire Ranger
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To put it in perspective, according to the Austin Statesman, 34,000 MW of generating capacity was forced off the grid on Monday, 20,000 of which was thermal (gas, coal and nuclear).
Why can’t they keep a coal plant running? How much hydro power does Texas have?
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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Texas, I'm sorry, I know it was colder than 9uck down there but not that cold.
It's not that cold. I haven't taken off my Crocs. We're just pissed off that Democrats are deciding when we can, or can't, watch TV.
The only thing worse than a liberal is a liberal that thinks they're a conservative.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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Texas, I'm sorry, I know it was colder than 9uck down there but not that cold.
It's not that cold. I haven't taken off my Crocs. We're just pissed off that Democrats are deciding when we can, or can't, watch TV.
The only thing worse than a liberal is a liberal that thinks they're a conservative.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Campfire 'Bwana
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If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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Campfire Tracker
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Texas, I'm sorry, I know it was colder than 9uck down there but not that cold.
It was single digits in DFW. The Panhandle got to -11. Not much to you Montana guys, I know, but down here, the houses aren’t set up for cold weather. Most of the fireplaces are as much “decorative” as they are functional. Down in Houston, the outages are not just electrical. The water plants don’t have the power to maintain pressure, so now you’ve got folks who can’t even get water. Most will ride it out, and have a story or two to tell, but it’s just a real clusterfugg, right now, and probably could have been prevented if EPA hadn’t made it so rough on a few of the coal plants, and ERCOT had insisted on a few “contingency plans”...
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Campfire Ranger
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I bailed on my house mid-morning to visit my Uncle today (Korean war vet). He's in a USDA retirement community, the USDA ag office is at the end of his road, and the town's north fire station across the road from that - his electricity Has Not Been Disturbed. Read into that what you will.
"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." -- Thomas Jefferson
We are all Rhodesians now.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I haven't lost power once, everyone else I know has, my brother has been without since Sunday night.
God bless Texas-----------------------
Old 300
I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull
Its not how you pick the booger..
but where you put it !!
Roger V Hunter
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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I bailed on my house mid-morning to visit my Uncle today (Korean war vet). He's in a USDA retirement community, the USDA ag office is at the end of his road, and the town's north fire station across the road from that - his electricity Has Not Been Disturbed. Read into that what you will. We don't really have to "read into" it. The power company told us that they were only allowed to give so many people service and we weren't them.
The only thing worse than a liberal is a liberal that thinks they're a conservative.
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Campfire Outfitter
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Not just Texas but a lot of places , people are learning how much they are not self dependent
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Campfire Tracker
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Guys with the people in charge of things now these power rationing days will only get more frequent. If you live where it does or can get cold get a wood stove that does not require electricity. Get a water supply that does not depend on the water company so you at least have something to fall back on. Living without utilities isn't ideal but you can make it more bearable.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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We are on the 12th “power on” since 2:00a.m.
It’s horseschidt.
Been shopping whole house generators on my phone most of the day.
Learning lots. We have 36KW Generac Quiet Source whole house generators at both of our houses that are plumbed into natural gas. They work great. Expensive, but worth it for the peace of mind that they give you. I'd never be without a whole house generator again.
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Campfire Savant
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We are on the 12th “power on” since 2:00a.m.
It’s horseschidt.
Been shopping whole house generators on my phone most of the day.
Learning lots. We have 36KW Generac Quiet Source whole house generators at both of our houses that are plumbed into natural gas. They work great. Expensive, but worth it for the peace of mind that they give you. I'd never be without a whole house generator again. I’m thinking I need one
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I haven't lost power once, everyone else I know has, my brother has been without since Sunday night. I haven’t either, neither has my ex MiL who lives like a mile away. My son lives maybe three miles away has been losing it on and off. The only thing I can figure is the Ex MiL and me are in an older neighborhood, maybe a completely different local power grid.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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