Cold blast freezes natural gas pipelines and wind turbines, 5 MILLION are left without power and electricity and oil prices surge to record highs.
: Cold blast freezes natural gas pipelines and wind turbines, 5 MILLION are left without power and electricity and oil prices surge to record highs
- Three people were killed in North Carolina in the early hours of Tuesday when a tornado ripped through Brunswick County, destroying homes, downing power lines and snapping trees in half
- One person died in Kentucky after losing control of their semi truck on the I-64 and hit a guard rail, police said
- In Louisiana, a man, 50, died in Lafayette Parish after slipping on an icy sidewalk and striking his head
- A 78-year-old man also died in Texas after falling down on his front lawn and becoming stuck out in the cold
- The youngest victim was in Tennessee, were a 10-year-old boy tragically fell into a frozen pond and drowned
- In Texas, wind turbines – which account for a fifth of the state’s energy – have frozen solid and contributed to the state’s power woes with temperatures plummeting to a bitter -20F
- More than 4 million people in the Lone Star State were without power last night and many residents took desperate refuge in their cars for warmth as their homes turned to ice blocks
Global Warming My ASS!
Germany’s largest wind farm is covered in snow (Panels) and they are having brown outs.
Good Job Greenies!
My sister-in-law in San Antonio says it is 49 degrees inside her house and she has been without power all night.
Kcir – you’re a label behind with your comment. Global warming is so yesterday. Climate change – yes, that’s the ticket – covers all of the earth’s environmental woes – man made of course.
Hey, you know what give two shits about how “cold” it is?
Nuclear power.
You know what else couldn’t care less about “snow loading”?
Buried power lines.
Sad as it is, it’s about time we take a hard look at what we are to become after this transition phase. I’m thinking DOD style. If internet is now a right, well damn it, make nuclear power plants shore duty for the MM’s, both shiny and rusty pipers. Make those transmission lines DOD property as well. Power would be too cheap to meter if we didn’t have Bocha Bazi Banker Boys running the shit show
Texas, particularly the southern parts, isn’t really well equipped to handle extended periods of extreme cold and snow.
The buildings and homes there really aren’t designed for extended periods of cold weather, and most of the people don’t have heavy winter clothing readily available to hrlp deal with power outages shutting off the heat.
FWIW, refineries there are shutting down from the cold, so you might be ready for gas price increases and even shortages in some areas as well.
“Germany’s largest wind farm is covered in snow …. ”
I was thinking about that last night, solar panels under snow, and wondering what the quickest way to deal with it would be. Maybe flying helicopters over a few feet above them to blow the snow off and get them producing electricity again?
Is this Winter storm named Uri short for urinate? If it is the climate gods must be angry at us for not believing in globull warming and are pissing snow and extremely cold weather all over us just to get back at us for our unbelief in their bs. We just have some snow here in the Inland NW, maybe 2 to 4 inches and our extremely cold weather peaked last weekend. Thank God for hydroelectric dams in this part of the country until the ecoweenies try to breach them all to save the salmon. Ecoweenies suck!
@ Stirrin the pot
You are 100% correct. Sorry. I will go out into the snow and Flog myself in penance. Thank you.
If I can return the favour:
Stirrin the pot is now “reefered” to as “Blending the medical use Cannabis”
Windmill powered snowmen and automobiles! THAT’S the answer!!! 🤪
Well I am in just outside New Braunfels about 7 miles west in 306. About 5 inches of snow drifting to about a foot or so in in someplace. Got down to 9 degrees last night. Frozen water line from well house to main house.(yes it could have been deeper but hey its South Texas and its nothing but rock here) Power was out yesterday from 5am to 11 pm.
Gonna be without water till the great thaw of 2021 happens. Probably this weekend .
Oh well that Texas weather for you. I figure its just a reminder of why I live here.
Its been probably 8 to 10 years
since the last big ice storm so I will take it any day of the week.
Global warming is a bitch.
Kcir – “…Stirrin the pot is now “reefered” to as “Blending the medical use Cannabis”…”
Who me? Naahhhh, those days are long gone. Wait a minute, medical use you say? Hmmmm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACfNSqsi_mE
There have been several orders for Globull Warming from Texas.
“Gonna be without water till the great thaw of 2021 happens.”
Might want to have some supplies on hand to do some quick repairs -even temporary ones- to that line when it thaws, Frozen pipes and fittings often break somewhere to let off expansion pressure from the freezing and that shows up as soon as the thaw happens and the water starts flowing again.
ANON
Yepper, I have all the water valves closed and once The GREAT THAW happens then it slowly open the valves and hopefully no burst pipes but if there is then its repair time. Am a old retired Plumber. I can fix a burst pipe in no time. look for leak ,dig hole, repair/replace pvc pipe, fill hole. easy cheesy.
the winter storm in Texas has proven solar panels and wind turbines are useless
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Green Energy is = to no energy.