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02-02-2011, 10:29am | #1 | ||||||
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Rolling blackouts in Texas
10-45 minutes at a time.
Takes our ADP system 30-40 minutes to reboot. |
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02-02-2011, 10:33am | #2 | ||||||
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Happened to us this morning. Called it in and got a message that the Texas grid is at emergency levels, therefore rolling blackouts to help control the grid.
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Been watching it all over the news! Haven't lost it yet, but prepared in case it does!
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Yeah, we got ours at some dark hour this morning.
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A move straight out of the Kenny Lay playbook.
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we just finished our second blackout here at work, sucks
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Just had about an hour and a half at the house. Temp sure drops quick.
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02-02-2011, 11:20am | #15 | ||||||
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Strange, you'd think that ERCOT would have alerted the news media to urge their readers/viewers/listeners to conserve power voluntarily to avoid this very thing, just as they do during the Summer when a/c's are running out of control trying to beat back the heat.
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Freaking people up here have been off the grid for 6 days and you guys spaz over 15 minute blackouts.
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So the power is out for about 45 minutes at a time? I heard hot water in the tub will help. A battery backup can power a space heater for a little while.
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02-02-2011, 11:28am | #18 | ||||||
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Not spazzing, but a little pissed that everything in fricking house has to be reset every time it happens. Wifi, routers, DirecTV reloads, all the clocks... not to mention the last time it made me need to go out and reset the breaker on the antique HVAC - outside - in the snow and 14 degrees.
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Based on what I have seen in summers past, if Texans had been warned there was a problem, I bet voluntary conservation would have eliminated most of the problem. I mean, even in South Texas, we do own coats. |
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