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Polar Vortex: ETA

granddi — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:13:57 GMT

Looks like North and Central Texas will see the arrival of the Polar Vortex approx. Jan 11. Expect sub -zero temperatures, snow and ice and the worst of all the stress on the grid= power failures.

Texas is probably the only state that does not share power with a regional grid.

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SharkE — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:29:39 GMT

Probably because it's the biggest state in the union

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Lakelife62 — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:44:34 GMT

You get what you pay for.

Good luck. Stay warm.

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PA Mom-mom — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 21:04:30 GMT

@granddi Well, good luck and God bless! At least you have time to prepare for the outage. Not like the times when you get hit with a t storm or tornado. I guess this is where those battery operated or propane operated generators come in handy.

My brother lives in the DFW area, and one winter they were on vacation when a neighbor called to say there was water pouring out of their front door! Watch out for those pipes!

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gidgetgh — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 21:13:12 GMT

@SharkE wrote:
Probably because it's the biggest state in the union

@SharkE - actually, Alaska is the largest state.

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SharkE — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 22:44:50 GMT

Alaska

Texas

California

Looked it up I never think of Alaska LOL

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Cakers3 — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 23:40:55 GMT

@SharkE wrote:
Alaska
Texas
California

Looked it up I never think of Alaska LOL

@SharkE @gidgetgh True but Alaska is third from the bottom for least population. California I believe has the most people and I know Texas is second in population and growing.

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BlueFinch — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 23:50:47 GMT

Oh great. More crazy TX weather. It's been unseasonably hot in central TX. It's 81 degrees now and we may have a record breaking 86 tomorrow, for this time of year. I'm still using my air conditioner and fans.

I hope they're wrong about the Polar Vortex. Texans, and our power grid are not equipped to handle severe winter weather. People died the last go around.

From what I'm hearing, great steps haven't been taken to prevent loss of power from happening again. Just lots of excuses.

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gizmogal — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 23:55:22 GMT

@SharkE wrote:
Probably because it's the biggest state in the union

Texas is not the biggest state, not by population and not by land area.

Alaska is the biggest state in the union by land area. California is the biggest state by population.

Texas is the only state of the contiguous states not part of the national power grid, largely because Texas power companies chose to keep their operations completely within the state's borders, mostly to avoid federal regulations. Texas does not supply power to any other state and cannot receive power from outside its own system.

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Cakers3 — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:08:51 GMT

@gizmogal As said earlier Texas is second highest population.

Coastlines are a different issue too.

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Still Raining — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 15:06:43 GMT

I would take a January 11, 2025 forecast with a grain of salt. Shucks my watch can't even figure if it is going rain in the next 30 minutes.

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Cakers3 — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 15:08:51 GMT

@monicakm wrote:
@Cakers3
I know Texas is second in population and growing.

Growing with people from CA.

@monicakm Some are confusing largest land mass/coastlines with population. You and I have definitely seen populations expanding 😟

The traffic has been horrific plus the infrastructure construction to keep up makes things even worse.😧

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LTT1 — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:20:06 GMT

@granddi @Cakers3 @Still Raining @monicakm @gizmogal

I believe I was living in TX the last time the power grid was mentioned because it failed

but I cannot remember why it was being discussed?

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Cakers3 — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 14:46:49 GMT

@LTT1 wrote:
@granddi @Cakers3 @Still Raining @monicakm @gizmogal

I believe I was living in TX the last time the power grid was mentioned because it failed
but I cannot remember why it was being discussed?

@LTT1 It was minutes away from shutting down completely.

We did not lose power but DS and family did for 3 days and stayed with us. Considering they lived only a few minutes away.

Market manipulation. That's all I will say.

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LTT1 — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 16:14:47 GMT

@Cakers3

Oh...that's interesting!

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CherryHugs — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 16:38:58 GMT

We are to get super cold temps this weekend and maybe up to 2 inches of snow.

So far only a tiny bit of snow on the grass so far this winter. And alot of more spring like temps than winter!

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BlueFinch — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 17:17:46 GMT

Our central TX weather guys are scratching their heads. At least this morning, they're stating, that the weather predictions being reported, are probably not accurate for our central location.

But, the final recommendation was to prepare for it "just in case". So we were advised to wrap pipes, plus our typical protection for freezes. Just in case tells me --- they really have no idea, at this point.

Seems the best plan here is to just go look outside, check my thermometer and figure it out myself...LOL.

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Cakers3 — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 17:25:15 GMT

@BlueFinch wrote:
Our central TX weather guys are scratching their heads. At least this morning, they're stating, that the weather predictions being reported, are probably not accurate for our central location.

But, the final recommendation was to prepare for it "just in case". So we were advised to wrap pipes, plus our typical protection for freezes. Just in case tells me --- they really have no idea, at this point.

Seems the best plan here is to just go look outside, check my thermometer and figure it out myself...LOL.

@BlueFinch Yep.👍

That dog's not hunting.🤣

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wagirl — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 15:02:26 GMT

Think the PNW will be spared from this vortex---maybe get a little chilly but no snow or ice or minus temps--it's been none stop rain for weeks now but hear by Monday there may be calm dry weather.

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Cakers3 — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 15:19:19 GMT

So far some colder days and a few nights of 32°and below.

With the weather report ending with "we'll have to see" .🙄😄

Fortunate we are die hard northeners so this weather hitting here is easier for us.

I'm not seeing much about the grid so 🤔