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2021-02-15 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Nearly half of Texas wind capacity was offline because of frozen wind turbines

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Posted by 3dc 2021-02-15 13:28|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Back in 1977 some of the gas line supplies to Ohio froze up and stopped delivering downstream during the worst cold weather since the gas pipeline system had been deployed decades before. At some homes condensation inside their outdoor gas meters froze solid and gummed up the works. I hope that possibility has been somehow obviated.

Posted by Thineger Sproing6704 2021-02-15 14:38|| 2021-02-15 14:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Yay power rationing!

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-02-15 15:08|| 2021-02-15 15:08|| Front Page Top

#3 From a local rag:

With the extreme cold temperatures, equipment may not operate as intended, so outages could last longer than the intended time, Penzig stated.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-02-15 15:17|| 2021-02-15 15:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Those folks in the affected areas may need this

Posted by Prince of the Nebraskans3439 2021-02-15 15:23|| 2021-02-15 15:23|| Front Page Top

#5 'And one of the neat things about moving from Silicon Valley to Austin is they have that weather thing people make such a big deal of.'

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-02-15 15:31|| 2021-02-15 15:31|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm both angry and confused a lot of the time, Prince.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-02-15 16:04|| 2021-02-15 16:04|| Front Page Top

#7 And it was -43F wind chill around here this AM early. The big fans were still turning.

Must be a different lubricating mixture.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-02-15 16:06|| 2021-02-15 16:06|| Front Page Top

#8 I see California is exporting their brownouts to Texas. Soon the whole country will be able to benefit from green energy!

Posted by jpal 2021-02-15 16:07|| 2021-02-15 16:07|| Front Page Top

#9 Bet that's it exactly Mullah Richard; local drove by Local Big Farm and said only two were going; Local Big Farm didn't get any ice.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-02-15 16:18|| 2021-02-15 16:18|| Front Page Top

#10 Check your cattle futures, all.

When taking a roll of hay out to the herd I found a known rut had turned into a lump.

Poor little early spring calf huddled in the rut to get out of the wind and cold and snow. Turned into a frozen speed bump.

Spring cleanup is going to be messy.

Posted by Helmuth, Speaking for Noodleman3143 2021-02-15 19:47|| 2021-02-15 19:47|| Front Page Top

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