Rumblings of a potential ice storm setting up for next weekend. Forecast will obviously change, but something to keep an eye on.
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My whole home battery backup is being installed Tuesday so it would be a good test! Bring it on
Not looking forward to the nextdoor posts but kinda am.
"My loblolly is bent over, will it freeze and crash into my roof?"
"My loblolly is bent over, will it freeze and crash into my roof?"
Fantastic. My six year old has asked if it's going to snow "tomorrow" every day for the last two months.
Mega Lops said:
Not looking forward to the nextdoor posts but kinda am.
"My loblolly is bent over, will it freeze and crash into my roof?"
Fifty internet points to the first person who has an employee ask if they can work from home because of the forecast.
Anti-taxxer said:
Fantastic. My six year old has asked if it's going to snow "tomorrow" every day for the last two months.
trying to explain to my 2 oldest that snow in Houston is incredibly rare continues to fall on deaf ears.
Anti-taxxer said:
Fantastic. My six year old has asked if it's going to snow "tomorrow" every day for the last two months.
my 5 year old had a blast in the 4 inches of snow we had last year, and has been making plans for what to do/make/play in the snow for a year now,, hard to get her to understand that's a once in a generation kind of thing
https://ts.la/eric59704
we did a recap on snowfall in my childhood vs my children's timeframe.
damn - The 90s sucked for snow in houston!
damn - The 90s sucked for snow in houston!
FarmerJohn said:
Fifty internet points to the first person who has an employee ask if they can work from home because of the forecast.
+ eleventy-billion points if the employee is named Brenda or Debra
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The forecast now is for 29 down here. Dang, that is right on the line for winterizing for me. Hopefully they will move it up or down to make it an easy decision.
My bad fellas... Heading to Saskatchewan tomorrow, guess I'm bringing the cold back with me Friday evening.
no Mostly Foggy Recollection or Cromagnum analysis yet?
07ag said:Anti-taxxer said:
Fantastic. My six year old has asked if it's going to snow "tomorrow" every day for the last two months.
my 5 year old had a blast in the 4 inches of snow we had last year, and has been making plans for what to do/make/play in the snow for a year now,, hard to get her to understand that's a once in a generation kind of thing
100%. Mine refuses to accept that it's not a regular occurrence.
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damn - The 90s sucked for snow in houston!
I recall it ONCE when I was a kid.
Hate cold weather so fu@king much. Same for hurricane season it's like some of y'all pray for it to happen here.
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batchuser said:
Hate cold weather so fu@king much. Same for hurricane season it's like some of y'all pray for it to happen here.
Goodness! You must be a miserable sack. You are ok for what, like 3 months out of the year? You should probably go ahead and move. No hurricanes in El Paso.
batchuser said:
Hate cold weather so fu@king much. Same for hurricane season it's like some of y'all pray for it to happen here.
El Paso is waiting with open arms.
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cryption said:
My whole home battery backup is being installed Tuesday so it would be a good test! Bring it on
What happens when your batteries run out?
Omfg why hasn't centerpoint used the ungodly fees everyone pays to put the GD power lines beneath the surface?!
cryption said:
My whole home battery backup is being installed Tuesday so it would be a good test! Bring it on
Those are cool, and seem like a lower maintenance solution over Generacs. How long will it run your house on or off AC? Can you add some charge w/ a portable generator if you need extended coverage?
My neighbor has solar panels and a home battery system. I keep meaning to ask him how long it can run and if it powers the whole house.
Mega Lops said:
Omfg why hasn't centerpoint used the ungodly fees everyone pays to put the GD power lines beneath the surface?!
Too expensive. Easier and less expensive to maintain easements and ROWs. Now if they'd just actually do it.
need to use some of that fed money in the Trump BBB to drop the lines beneath the ground. What the hell are our elected reps doing in DC?Marauder Blue 6 said:Mega Lops said:
Omfg why hasn't centerpoint used the ungodly fees everyone pays to put the GD power lines beneath the surface?!
Too expensive. Easier and less expensive to maintain easements and ROWs. Now if they'd just actually do it.
Surely not taking a serious issue like icy Texas tree limbs snapping off causing MAJOR power outages in The H seriously.
Literally nothing would phase underground power lines in Houston if Centerpoint would just get their ever loving sh$t together.
Wouldn't making infrastructure updates to accommodate the more frequent bitter cold snaps the last few mean they would have to admit the antithetical of global warming? They'll never do that.
CDUB98 said:cryption said:
My whole home battery backup is being installed Tuesday so it would be a good test! Bring it on
What happens when your batteries run out?
I feel like this needs a John Madden explanation…
you can't just bury power lines. They have to be design and installed/encased in red concrete called a duct bank. That duct bank has to be designed using neher-mcgrath to determine the temperature rise. The cables then have to be spaced out to dissipate that heat. To the point that the duct bank would be very expensive and need a pull box every 100'. Because any failure of a cable would be astronomical to replace.Mega Lops said:need to use some of that fed money in the Trump BBB to drop the lines beneath the ground. What the hell are our elected reps doing in DC?Marauder Blue 6 said:Mega Lops said:
Omfg why hasn't centerpoint used the ungodly fees everyone pays to put the GD power lines beneath the surface?!
Too expensive. Easier and less expensive to maintain easements and ROWs. Now if they'd just actually do it.
Surely not taking a serious issue like icy Texas tree limbs snapping off causing MAJOR power outages in The H seriously.
Literally nothing would phase underground power lines in Houston if Centerpoint would just get their ever loving sh$t together.
It is just completely and totally unpractical.
Get out of here with your facts.
Ragoo said:you can't just bury power lines. They have to be design and installed/encased in red concrete called a duct bank. That duct bank has to be designed using neher-mcgrath to determine the temperature rise. The cables then have to be spaced out to dissipate that heat. To the point that the duct bank would be very expensive and need a pull box every 100'. Because any failure of a cable would be astronomical to replace.Mega Lops said:need to use some of that fed money in the Trump BBB to drop the lines beneath the ground. What the hell are our elected reps doing in DC?Marauder Blue 6 said:Mega Lops said:
Omfg why hasn't centerpoint used the ungodly fees everyone pays to put the GD power lines beneath the surface?!
Too expensive. Easier and less expensive to maintain easements and ROWs. Now if they'd just actually do it.
Surely not taking a serious issue like icy Texas tree limbs snapping off causing MAJOR power outages in The H seriously.
Literally nothing would phase underground power lines in Houston if Centerpoint would just get their ever loving sh$t together.
It is just completely and totally unpractical.
Every 100'?
No.
okay, even at 500' the cost to install buried power lines would be astronomical compared to OH.maroon barchetta said:Ragoo said:you can't just bury power lines. They have to be design and installed/encased in red concrete called a duct bank. That duct bank has to be designed using neher-mcgrath to determine the temperature rise. The cables then have to be spaced out to dissipate that heat. To the point that the duct bank would be very expensive and need a pull box every 100'. Because any failure of a cable would be astronomical to replace.Mega Lops said:need to use some of that fed money in the Trump BBB to drop the lines beneath the ground. What the hell are our elected reps doing in DC?Marauder Blue 6 said:Mega Lops said:
Omfg why hasn't centerpoint used the ungodly fees everyone pays to put the GD power lines beneath the surface?!
Too expensive. Easier and less expensive to maintain easements and ROWs. Now if they'd just actually do it.
Surely not taking a serious issue like icy Texas tree limbs snapping off causing MAJOR power outages in The H seriously.
Literally nothing would phase underground power lines in Houston if Centerpoint would just get their ever loving sh$t together.
It is just completely and totally unpractical.
Every 100'?
No.
you sound reasonable and propose good solutions. Why aren't you in DC proposing how to sink our power lines? You have solutions. I applaud this kind of forward thinking.Ragoo said:you can't just bury power lines. They have to be design and installed/encased in red concrete called a duct bank. That duct bank has to be designed using neher-mcgrath to determine the temperature rise. The cables then have to be spaced out to dissipate that heat. To the point that the duct bank would be very expensive and need a pull box every 100'. Because any failure of a cable would be astronomical to replace.Mega Lops said:need to use some of that fed money in the Trump BBB to drop the lines beneath the ground. What the hell are our elected reps doing in DC?Marauder Blue 6 said:Mega Lops said:
Omfg why hasn't centerpoint used the ungodly fees everyone pays to put the GD power lines beneath the surface?!
Too expensive. Easier and less expensive to maintain easements and ROWs. Now if they'd just actually do it.
Surely not taking a serious issue like icy Texas tree limbs snapping off causing MAJOR power outages in The H seriously.
Literally nothing would phase underground power lines in Houston if Centerpoint would just get their ever loving sh$t together.
It is just completely and totally unpractical.
I would support this kind of investment of putting the power below the surface. We need to be mindful of how bad the power lines are going down during these freak and frequent ice storms.
Literally no downside and all the upside to putting power lines in the ground in our area.
A rule of thumb is $1,000,000 per mile of underground power. Some communities in Houston have them. The weakness is that those underground duct banks are still fed by overhead lines somewhere.
That is distribution not transmission. I believe what the nerds here are wanting buried is all of the transmission - but I could be wrong.
Anyone that thinks it can be buried doesn't even know the difference.
Good luck burying the transmission. Yes, I was talking about distribution.
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