392heminut Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 9 hours ago, 98Z5V said: I don't get it, brother - it's 54* on my back patio right now, in AZ. At 10:50pm. We're not that far apart, and all this cold shiit is missing AZ big time. That's crazy... Fukker! Sunday started out okay here, wet but the sun was shining. Looked like it had rained the night before. A couple of hours later it all went to schit! It was snowing and blowing and I'm thinking WTF just happened! By the end of the day everything is covered with about 6" of snow and Monday morning it's still there, with a nice layer of ice underneath. We're 30 miles from the Mexican border and it's like I'm back in Kansas. Fukk my life! Oh, and to top it off, Sunday when it's snowing and blowing Josh sends me a picture. He's out at my property in Vail getting some wood he has stored out there and the sun is shining, the grandsons are playing and my daughter-in-law is wearing shorts. That's only 200 miles away. He said it was beautiful weather! Dammit, I gotta get this house sold and get over to Arizona! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 Still fukin snowing. Neighbor was out with his snow blower did my driveway. Never lived in an area where everyone is so nice and introduce themselves. Snows up to the mailbox. Finally got in the backyard I was clean to the ground. Can't tell from overnight. Good day to be inside. Be safe everyone springs coming. 🍺🍺 #1 rule especially for older people is Don't Fall... that's no joke. 😘 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armed Eye Doc Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 This was at property yesterday. This was beside the road to the property. It was not as tall as it looks. It is about 4 feet high, but the ground under it is almost that much higher than the road. I just like the look of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARTrooper Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 We are having a heat wave now!!! 10 degrees! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beantown Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 30 minutes ago, ARTrooper said: We are having a heat wave now!!! 10 degrees! We are too. At least the rain stopped. No way it'll dry out enough to work tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNP Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 Wow @Armed Eye Doc that’s a fair amount of snow! Will that be pretty common there? Going to need a nice cabin next to the stock tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzukiray Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 What's all that WHITE stuff in all your pictures?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtallen83 Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 Had perfect range conditions this morning, -26 at 0630. Just getting ready to head out and they hit us with one of those rolling blackouts, no damn announcement so I gotta treat it like it might not be back soon and start organizing to keep pipes from freezing and making sure Mom was good. I find it puzzling, record increases in the power bill over the last decade, that money went for wind power and decommissioning Hydro and nuke power. The coldest mornings tend to not have much wind.............. but rolling blackouts are a good solution short of actually reinvesting in the infrastructure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armed Eye Doc Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 3 hours ago, DNP said: Wow @Armed Eye Doc that’s a fair amount of snow! Will that be pretty common there? Going to need a nice cabin next to the stock tank. Thankfully, we get snow once a year on average. This is the most I can remember since being here, about 15 years. I'm over it and ready for spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsquared Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 12 hours ago, Armed Eye Doc said: This was what I woke up to this morning. 82 inside? That's kinda overkill to counteract the outside Temp ain't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 16 minutes ago, Rsquared said: 82 inside? That's kinda overkill to counteract the outside Temp ain't it? At least the humidity inside is low, so the guns are safe... On a serious note, Tejas is really getting fucked up right now - it is bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrade Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Heard something on the news today, Texas relies on windmills for approximately 25% of their power, lost almost all that power because the WM's froze up. That's not good with these temps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belt Fed Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 At 83 i'm bettin there is a wood stove going. it's hard to control the temp or it is with mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armed Eye Doc Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 That temp is on my dad's side of the house. It is set at 72. I guess the shelf with the thermometer is in line with a vent. He is 91 and wants to be warm. And, yes Texas is messed up at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtallen83 Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 This whole blackouts in the middle of a cold snap thing has me thinking my next prep needs to be an independent heat source for the house. Everyone here was burning wood in the 70's, made good money on it and it was always part of everyday chores on the farm, god I a hated hauling and stacking wood............ but it's free, kinda. @Armed Eye Doc They told us Texas was at fault for our outage this morning, makes perfect sense a "problem" in Texas over a thousand miles from where I live should cause my power to go out on the coldest morning of the winter. We're number two in wind power production and use percentage to ya'll there in Texas, IF the wind was blowing here we would have sent you some wind power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, jtallen83 said: @Armed Eye Doc They told us Texas was at fault for our outage this morning, Tejas has a very very low energy reserve - because they've never needed a higher energy reserve. The Glenn Beck program tonight went over a whole lot of this on tonight's show, so it's worth searching and listening to. Very good info on the "why" this is happening to Tejas right now. Not the temps - that can't be avoided - but the blackouts that are fucking people up... Edited February 17, 2021 by 98Z5V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunuckgaucho Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 20 minutes ago, jtallen83 said: They told us Texas was at fault for our outage this morning, makes perfect sense a "problem" in Texas over a thousand miles from where I live should cause my power to go out on the coldest morning of the winter. We're number two in wind power production and use percentage to ya'll there in Texas, IF the wind was blowing here we would have sent you some wind power. With the way the electrical grids are connected 1000 miles is nothing. BC Hydro up here has a division that looks after the buying and selling of electricity all over North America, California being one it's biggest clients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armed Eye Doc Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 As I recall, there are 3 major power grids in the country. There is one in the east, one in the west and one in Texas (mostly). I believe they are all separate and do not send power from one to another. I state that from memory but I could be wrong. I have not heard anything about it, but I can't help but think of a certain person who said they wanted to bankrupt the coal industry. How many power plants were shut down as a result? Wind power is great under normal circumstances but is crap in emergency situations. Too much wind is as bad as too little. There has to be reliable, standby generating power source for the high demand times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 the wind mills in tjax froze up so I herd.. worming for tax your ass or freeze! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belt Fed Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Think i just heard the power company is going to shut off everyone's eledtricity for an hour at 1:30 in the mornings. and do it several times until the grid can catch up. pretty sure that's what i heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mrmackc Posted February 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, Armed Eye Doc said: As I recall, there are 3 major power grids in the country. There is one in the east, one in the west and one in Texas (mostly). I believe they are all separate and do not send power from one to another. I state that from memory but I could be wrong. I have not heard anything about it, but I can't help but think of a certain person who said they wanted to bankrupt the coal industry. How many power plants were shut down as a result? Wind power is great under normal circumstances but is crap in emergency situations. Too much wind is as bad as too little. There has to be reliable, standby generating power source for the high demand times. Yes Doc so if you hope to have electric energy in emergencies you best provide it yourself. Like a 20KW propane or Natural gas generator, kept maintained. I found them complete for around $6K. relying on politicians to keep you safe is kind of like a baby bird sitting in the nest with it's mouth open hoping Mom will always come back with a worm and drop it in your mouth. Drill and frac baby! That Biden idea of "transitioning from coal and petroleum" to wind and solar don't work, and probably never will. I figure more Americans will die from freezing and slick roads than ever will die from Nuclear power plants. Go Nuclear ! Edited February 17, 2021 by mrmackc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armed Eye Doc Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, mrmackc said: Yes Doc so if you hope to have electric energy in emergencies you best provide it yourself. Like a 20KW propane or Natural gas generator, kept maintained. I found then complete for around $6K. relying on politicians to keep you safe is kind of like a baby bird sitting in the nest with it's mouth open hoping Mom will always come back with a worm and drop it in your mouth. Drill and frac baby! That Biden idea of "transitioning from coal and petroleum" to wind and solar don't work, and probably never will. I figure more Americans will die from freezing and slick roads than ever will die from Nuclear power plants. Go Nuclear ! I do have 2 smaller generators. I have looked at the whole house generator in the past. With the new land, I don't know if I want to put one in the current house. We might not be here that long. One for the property would be a good idea though. I would need a large propane tank. I will start to look at them as we get things moving out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmackc Posted February 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Armed Eye Doc said: I do have 2 smaller generators. I have looked at the whole house generator in the past. With the new land, I don't know if I want to put one in the current house. We might not be here that long. One for the property would be a good idea though. I would need a large propane tank. I will start to look at them as we get things moving out there. The standby generators are very portable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 It's a great alternative 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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