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Rafe wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 3:39 pm We lost power at 02:05 Monday and were without for almost 76 hours straight.

Well here I was thinking we had lost power longer than anyone in Texas -- from 8:00 Monday morning until 11:00 Thursday morning, 75 hours. You were out an hour longer than we were. We spent two nights in area hotels and one night at my daughter's house. We had a burst pipe at the washing machine but were home and cut the water at the street quickly enough to avoid a serious problem. Several taps froze in the house and wouldn't shut off, those are repaired now. Pool is frozen. No visible damage yet but a couple tiles fell off. I won't know until it completely thaws if I have more serious damage.

I'm in North Richland Hills, and our power went out this morning between 0630 and 0800. We're currently staying in a hotel in Hurst -- hotel rooms are in very short supply around here; there are also few restaurants open. We left the house at 1400 and it was 49 degrees inside. My biggest concern is my pool. I cut power to the pumps at the breaker panel so the ice wouldn't chew up my pump impellers when the power came back on. I have my fingers crossed that the underground pipes haven't burst.

I hope everyone stays warm and safe. I've lived in the Metroplex for almost 40 years and I've never seen anything like this. I'm looking forward to hearing the post-game analysis of this episode -- "rolling blackouts" became quite something else. Oncor website locked up most of the day; their phone line mostly busy signals.