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Our entire city just lost water....ugh!

Still having rolling blackouts.  Some have been without power for 12 hrs.

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Our entire city just lost water....ugh!

Still having rolling blackouts.  Some have been without power for 12 hrs.

Oh no ... definitely not good at all.  Thanks for the updates. Worried about everyone.  **nononono*
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At 7 PM there are 3,845,168 customers without electricity in Texas. Like last night, tonight will feature the coldest weather we've seen in 30+ years. I'm sorry we can't give better news. I really am.

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Oh no ... definitely not good at all.  Thanks for the updates. Worried about everyone.  **nononono*
It's 10 pm and it's ZERO outside.  We have no water in a city of over 100,000 and they say that it will be off for 24 hours to FOUR DAYS.....DANG!!! 

Still having rolling blackouts.  This is getting serious fast.

Oh and get this....It's supposed to SNOW TOMORROW!  I'm waiting for the plagues to come as nothing would surprise me at this point.

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This is weird and horrible. Weird that Texas is getting so much snow. And horrible because of all the blackouts and everything.

I really do hope our members and the lurkers who pop by who live in Texas are ok.
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We lost power last night for about 5 1/2 hours.  I was very worried about the house pipes freezing.  Barn water was shutdown on Sunday.

Yesterday I hauled over 100 gallons of water with buckets from inside the house to water horses and cows.

I am so grateful the power is back on.  So co-workers are on their second day with no power.
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We got our power back 3AM this morning. My daughter is still without power. My son in Brownsville even lost power.

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We lost power last night for about 5 1/2 hours.  I was very worried about the house pipes freezing.  Barn water was shutdown on Sunday.

Yesterday I hauled over 100 gallons of water with buckets from inside the house to water horses and cows.

I am so grateful the power is back on.  So co-workers are on their second day with no power.

We have been VERY lucky so far here.  Everything working as it should so far.  Low temp this morning 3 degrees.
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We have been VERY lucky so far here.  Everything working as it should so far.  Low temp this morning 3 degrees.

We did have a couple house pipes freeze, like to the washer.
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We got our power back 3AM this morning. My daughter is still without power. My son in Brownsville even lost power.

We were out 2a-4a, in what was one of those rolling blackouts.   Not long enough (yet) to do any damage.  12 degrees this morning here. 
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I wouldn't call our outages "Rolling".

I lost power for 27 hrs.  My son's power was out for 8 hrs. My daughter has been out of power now for 15 hrs and counting. At least now the temp has come up. It's 20 now.

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Wow...  from the NWS in Lake Charles, Louisana....   Lake Effect Snow flurries being observed off Toledo Bend. Lived within 100 miles of that area of my whole life, and never heard of  this.
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Denton County 30 miles northwest of Dallas.  Today is Tuesday, 10:30 am central - temp now 7 degrees.  Were at 0 last night.  Wind chill was -30 last night.

We are feeding the birds good birdseed and they are in and out eating all day.  We put the pans with the seed under a table out there so snow would not get into the seed.

Here is why they do not freeze:

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Just lost power again, Dang It!

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Just lost power again, Dang It!
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You and I have talked before now about where you live and where we lived around the NASA area.  I am sorry your power is going in and out.  Seems to me the power up north of Dallas where we live, should be going on and off but it is not.  Our power has not gone out even once.  Now, I wrote that sentence, so probably our power will go out as soon as I post this.   :beer:

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Denton County 30 miles northwest of Dallas.  Today is Tuesday, 10:30 am central - temp now 7 degrees.  Were at 0 last night.  Wind chill was -30 last night.

We are feeding the birds good birdseed and they are in and out eating all day.  We put the pans with the seed under a table out there so snow would not get into the seed.

Here is why they do not freeze:

 https://www.audubon.org/how-do-birds-cope-cold-winter

Birds are swarming here. Have to refill all three feeders  3X a day now. Did see one dead Robin and Blue Jay out by the tree line though  Who knows, may have been sick and vunerable, and the freeze did them in,
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Birds are swarming here. Have to refill all three feeders  3X a day now. Did see one dead Robin and Blue Jay out by the tree line though  Who knows, may have been sick and vunerable, and the freeze did them in,
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Thanks for your bird post.  We can sit at the kitchen table where we are now, and there is a large window, and see the birds flying in and eating.  They live in our bushes and in the many bird houses we have.

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Thanks for your bird post.  We can sit at the kitchen table where we are now, and there is a large window, and see the birds flying in and eating.  They live in our bushes and in the many bird houses we have.

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Enjoy watching the birds.  3 feeders pretty much cover any bird we have.  One with sunflower, and second with mixed seeds, and a 3rd with meal worms.
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   Being that the city owns iits own Electric Company living near the Mayor and your City Council member does seem to have it's advantages.  Rolling Blackouts are throughout town, damn near 51% last I looked.  My bed and it's electric blanket is still the warmest thing in my old house.  Damn Germans went cheap when they built this thing in 1894 using Limestone blocks for insulation which obviously has a very poor RH factor.

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Enjoy watching the birds.  3 feeders pretty much cover any bird we have.  One with sunflower, and second with mixed seeds, and a 3rd with meal worms.
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We have peanuts for Jays and squirrels (have four squirrels in residence here), mixed seed, sunflower seeds, sunflower suet mix, and dried pumpkin seeds.  Had a pie that was left in the freezer too long, so we put that out there, it is made with blueberries/raspberries/blackberries/strawberries. (No, you cannot have a piece).  44444heart

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   Being that the city owns iits own Electric Company living near the Mayor and your City Council member does seem to have it's advantages.  Rolling Blackouts are throughout town, damn near 51% last I looked.  My bed and it's electric blanket is still the warmest thing in my old house.  Damn Germans went cheap when they built this thing in 1894 using Limestone blocks for insulation which obviously has a very poor RH factor.

*Even the Radio Station is down.
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I see you are in the Texas hill country.  I wonder if you have power lines down due to ice, as I think power lines in that part of the state have poles carrying the lines, as opposed to being underground.  This to you 44444heart