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dhoobler wrote: ↑Sun Feb 21, 2021 2:47 pm

MaduroBU wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:00 am

My understanding is that the amount of water vapor in the natural gas going through the pipelines was high enough to be a problem at very low temperatures, thus the clogs were dependent upon the freezing temperature of water, not the gas itself.

Pipeline natural gas is dried to a maximum water content of seven pounds per million standard cubic feet. That works out to about 0.014 mole percent. It has a dew point of -40 F (-40 C). It is unlikely that water froze in the natural gas pipeline and contributed to the grid failure.

Rafe wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 3:39 pm Well, this'll teach me to open a topic about upcoming bad weather. I think I jinxed myself.

We lost power at 02:05 Monday and were without for almost 76 hours straight. Gas fireplace was the only source of heat. Thermometer said we hit 32 inside the house for a few hours. Lost water about 05:00 Wednesday and thought the main supply line had frozen because we lost water to all faucets at the same time. Went out into the 9-degree tundra and shut-off the valve at the meter. Turned out the MUD had turned off the water intentionally due to very low pressure and so they could switch over to a single operating plant from two. Water was off for about 90 minutes. And how did the MUD notify us of this? They posted it on their website instead of emailing or alert-texting customers. Neighbor across the street who had internet from a satellite provider told us about the water on Friday morning. Turned the supply line back on and, sure enough, after the typical spitting and hissing, stuff started flowing. At least we had no pipe bursts. AT&T got our internet service back up about noon today, Saturday.

We were very lucky. Other than one large pine tree limb that gave up the ghost under the weight of some ice (didn't fall on the house or hit any cars, and frankly wasn't looking too healthy to begin with) it doesn't seem--so far--like we sustained any physical damage. But in terms of power and plumbing, this was worse than either Hurricane Ike or Hurricane Harvey.

mrvmax wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:29 pm Watch out people, some of us are about to get screwed royally:

https://www.click2houston.com/news/loca ... be-costly/

Paladin wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 12:32 pm Latest from Zerohedge:

To biggest takeaway from the largest controlled blackout in American history is that trust in private corporations and government to manage your well-being is set to collapse even further. Parts of Texas are effectively a third-world country this week - maybe being a prepper and storing a few cans of beans, a couple of coins of silver, a few Bitcoins, some ammunition, a generator, and clean water might not be a bad idea.

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Tue Feb 16, 2021 4:14 pm

philip964 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 16, 2021 3:08 pm

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Tue Feb 16, 2021 1:22 pm

Mel wrote: ↑Tue Feb 16, 2021 12:46 pm

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Tue Feb 16, 2021 6:45 am It just so happens that larger homes are far less likely to have heat pump systems because a heat pump would never heat a 2500 plus square foot home. I get so tired of everyone looking to be a victim. Next thing we will see is morons playing the race card.

I have to respectfully disagree here. My 2500 square foot home has been heated by a heat pump without a glitch for over 23 years. My wife & I built the house and it is properly insulated. The heat pump rarely calls in the auxiliary electric strips (Last few days exception).

I have been servicing HVAC systems for 35 years and know what I am talking about. Your home would heat much more effeciently, and cheaper with gas. One exception would be if you live in an area without natural gas lines(propane can cost as much as using electricity to heat a home). Maybe I should have worded it differently. I was tired from no sleep for so long. I should have said never heat a home as effeciently as gas heat. But the main point of the post was that larger homes use natural gas for heating the vast majority of the time.

I would agree, except that I switched to Griddy a few years back.
It’s been great until two days ago. I have not lost power, as I am near a hospital. However I believe I am now paying $500 a day to run the small fan on my gas furnace. At $10 a KWh things get expensive quickly. Griddy is not telling me what I am using or at what price for the last two days. They say it’s because they have not gotten the information from the supplier. Usually I know every morning from the previous day. I am just really glad I switched from electric heat to gas heat last year.

Imagine what it would cost to run 15KW of electric heat strips pulling 60 amps at your rate! Holy cow! 10 dollars a KWH??? My god!

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Tue Feb 16, 2021 1:22 pm

Mel wrote: ↑Tue Feb 16, 2021 12:46 pm

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Tue Feb 16, 2021 6:45 am It just so happens that larger homes are far less likely to have heat pump systems because a heat pump would never heat a 2500 plus square foot home. I get so tired of everyone looking to be a victim. Next thing we will see is morons playing the race card.

I have to respectfully disagree here. My 2500 square foot home has been heated by a heat pump without a glitch for over 23 years. My wife & I built the house and it is properly insulated. The heat pump rarely calls in the auxiliary electric strips (Last few days exception).

I have been servicing HVAC systems for 35 years and know what I am talking about. Your home would heat much more effeciently, and cheaper with gas. One exception would be if you live in an area without natural gas lines(propane can cost as much as using electricity to heat a home). Maybe I should have worded it differently. I was tired from no sleep for so long. I should have said never heat a home as effeciently as gas heat. But the main point of the post was that larger homes use natural gas for heating the vast majority of the time.