Are warnings all over the news?
Fairly more optimistic than the previous years because there’s no rain in the forecast this time. Freezing is more manageable if there’s no ice everywhere. Of course there’s still the danger of pipes bursting because of lack of winterization. Then the most obvious, the fear of losing power.
Texas, please don’t light camping stoves inside your houses this time, and please get carbon monoxide detectors.
Those photos a few years ago were painful to look at.
Well, the freeze that took out power broke the cold records by about ten degrees, during the height of covid. Shouldn’t be that big of a deal.
Sure hope you knocked on wood after saying that
Fuck I just jinxed it.
At least in 2021, it was a low of 3 degrees. This weekend it’s a low of 10 degrees, so seven degrees warmer. Plus only a 20% chance of snow.
I don’t have solar power, so the lights might still go out, but I still have a natural gas heater so I’m probably fine. I’m hoping we can keep the roads clear because I don’t want to use PTO until I can enjoy my time off.
Natural gas furnaces still need electricity to run the blower and exhaust fans
Neat, my heater is literally a gas burner on the wall, so it will work without electricity.
The pumps for the natural gas grid won’t be powered though. Now the question is if those have what I assume would be massive generators along the grid, which I doubt.
