Stay Warm and Safe the Next Few Days

[Pawpaw]

Apparently the rolling blackouts are over. I know we've had power for almost 12 hours. Last night was the best night's sleep I've had all week.

Oncor ends controlled power outages as leaders and lawmakers begin pointing fingers

[MaduroBU]

I'm focused upon the temperatures in Midland, since I assume that once temps in the Permian Basis stay above freezing, natural gas will start to flow and energy prices will come down. That's a wild guess, so anyone's insight is more than welcome.

[Pawpaw]

[philip964]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ted-cr ... isis-texas

Ted Cruz took OP advice and went to Cancun

[Paladin]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ted-cr ... isis-texas

Ted Cruz took OP advice and went to Cancun

That's reducing load on the grid... in style!!!

[Paladin]

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.

[philip964]

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.

I always love it when you come into a store for water and you see the big stacks of beer right as you come in telling you, if your thirsty, we have no water, but we have beer.

Missing Poster on pole in Austin.

[Paladin]

Missing Poster on pole in Austin.

I think the libs are jealous!!! They wish they thought of it.

[crazy2medic]

Found the true meaning of a THREE DOG NIGHT, Labs slept on the bed covered in some throws, and they helped keep my feet warm when the electricity went out!

[RoyGBiv]

Warmed up enough today to make it possible to shovel off the ice from the front walkway to the mailbox. No mail delivery, but, it's safe to walk to the box now.

One more night below freezing and then we defrost.

[philip964]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nat ... 497383001/

I have noticed a small change. Let’s just say I see a little Texas bashing going on. Red State, its own power grid, went to Trump, making a mess of a little old cold weather. Ted goes to Cancun.
Needs more green energy. Maybe a change in leadership, Beto shows his face. Any one seeing this too. I’m not desperate. Anyone here desperate? Anyone thirsty or hungry?

Pelosi to investigate Texas power outages.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5394 ... er-outages

CNN reports man searched for 8 hours for food.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/us/texas ... index.html

Texas blackouts hit minority neighborhoods especially hard.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/clim ... ities.html

Millions of Texans without drinking water.

https://apple.news/APILPXMOpSqqh0LG2UAf6OQ

But did you know about Oregon? From local news.

https://komonews.com/news/local/oregon- ... -ever-seen

Did you know 14 states facing blackouts? Not NYT.

https://www.insider.com/texas-snow-stor ... ncy-2021-2

Just me? Or is everything politics now.

[mrvmax]

Watch out people, some of us are about to get screwed royally:

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

[The Annoyed Man]

The stars at night,
Are big and bright,
'Cause there’s no lights in Texas

[powerboatr]

our water has been less than 10lbs since saturday.
i have 100 gallon storage so it just refills real slow, our water company (southwest water/Monarch) provides our water to 900 or so residents
they are absent and we were told today from the main office in ca, that they are looking for a well that is not frozen??? what a line of doooo doooo
we have a well here on-sight, and we are stand alone with no tie in to any other water supplier. the lady had no answer about how they would get us an unfrozen well to access ???? we have adequate bottled water in case it goes south. we are used it n our community, but PUC keeps letting them raise rates.
and no mail since friday,

[crazy2medic]

We are Suppose to thaw out today, high is suppose to be 40
We'll See