Posted by CenTex Farmall on February 18, 2021 at 08:12:49 from (107.242.125.49):
In Reply to: Texas posted by teddy52food on February 18, 2021 at 06:35:23:
From what I have heard, a number of the conventional plants were not fully winterized for such cold temps and various sub systems were affected resulting in shutdowns. Also, one of the nuke plants went offline because of sensor issue or sensor sensed something (as reported by the news). Mostly these problem were preventable.
The windmills were having problems with ice buildup from freezing rain but they don't account for a high percentage anyway and were not really a factor. However it does show how they are vulnerable to weather.
The electric being off resulted in water pumps being shutdown and low system pressure. Apparently when it's low there is more risk of reverse flow in the system or something like that. Our local water had low pressure at two different times but never went off. They have a backup generator that can run the pumps at capacity but the generator went offline for some reason for a few hours but was fixed. Then once the power was on, it was intermittent and the pumps tripped due to power surging. (as was explained to me).
Our house is on COOP power and never went "out" but starting Monday evening they did rotating blackout: 4 hours on and 30 minutes off, very predictable. That stopped last night and power has been on continuously. Shout out to out local COOP power! Half the local area belongs to ONCOR (giant utility) and their power was out for two days.
The whole thing is overblown in the news IMO. This is not the first time we've had icy cold weather; it just doesn't happen often. It seems like the first priority is to assign blame. There's plenty to go around but it's all in little bitty bites and everyone needs to look in the mirror first.
The REAL problem is that most people have no plan or reserve for any emergency of any kind. They've gotten too complacent because things go well most of the time. Then when something happens they want the Gov to rescue and bail them out. You don't have to be one of those live-in-a-bunker-world-ending-prepper types. You just need a little extra food, a little extra fuel, flashlights, etc. and also pay attention to the weather forecast. Just a small effort to keep you out of trouble when things don't go perfect. Half the country has weather like this every single year and it's no secret how to get through it, even if it only happens once every thirty years.
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