Blizzard of the century

[Mark from Plano]

Originally Posted by Bhowie

Rolling blackouts here.

Yeah, I was up late working and then got up late this morning to find all my clocks blinking. Don't think the power stayed out too long though.

 

[Connemara]

My chocolate lab, who is huge for a female at about 85lbs., is laying in the driveway and the snow covers most of her body.

But she loves it. We got walloped, and it's not even close to done yet.​

 

[Bhowie]

Originally Posted by Mark from Plano

Yeah, I was up late working and then got up late this morning to find all my clocks blinking. Don't think the power stayed out too long though.

I heard on the news ERCOT was rolling it in 15-45 minute intervals in Dallas and Austin. My boss in Austin said he was without power around 9'ish this morning. Some people were claiming they were w/o power for several hours. Power companies said there was no infrastructure failure so all blackouts should be from ERCOT. Seems like there has been lots of finger pointing and heads in the sand.

 

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by Bhowie

I heard on the news ERCOT was rolling it in 15-45 minute intervals in Dallas and Austin. My boss in Austin said he was without power around 9'ish this morning. Some people were claiming they were w/o power for several hours. Power companies said there was no infrastructure failure so all blackouts should be from ERCOT. Seems like there has been lots of finger pointing and heads in the sand.

We had a few blackouts here that killed our interwebz from 8 to 12.

 

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by frenchy

even bigger *****
CANADA cANADA CAnADA !!!!!!
we get this much snow in may and barbeque outside in january you hosers,eh

LAWL come run a 12-miler with me in August and we'll see how much starch you have left in ya.

 

[rnoldh]

This one is for AF

 

[paco_deluca]

black outs are here in houston as well.

 

[rnoldh]

Originally Posted by paco_deluca

black outs are here in houston as well.

????? Where?

I am by Memorial Park and while it is cold for Houston ( about 35 degrees

), I haven't heard of any Houston area black outs.

Even San Antonio is considerably colder than Houston.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by otc

Rode my bike into work this morning...lake shore drive was closed and a long stretch of the northbound side was filled with cars that had been abandoned. The southbound side was clear and plowed so I rode it all the way downtown like I was in one of those zombie apocalypse movies where all of the people vanish but me.

Last night, during the thickest part of the snow, I decided to walk around my block a few times. The city was so eerily silent. It was like a ghost town, I was the only person I saw the entire 20 or 25 minutes I walked. It was actually kind of beautiful.

 

[whiteslashasian]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Last night, during the thickest part of the snow, I decided to walk around my block a few times. The city was so eerily silent. It was like a ghost town, I was the only person I saw the entire 20 or 25 minutes I walked. It was actually kind of beautiful.

I did that walking home from a party last year in NYC. It was so weird to hear absolutely nothing. Makes you wonder how you deal with the noise and congestion on a day to day basis...

 

[paco_deluca]

Originally Posted by rnoldh

????? Where?

I am by Memorial Park and while it is cold for Houston ( about 35 degrees

), I haven't heard of any Houston area black outs.

Even San Antonio is considerably colder than Houston.

power was out in midtown this morning for about 45 mins

 

[Crane's]

Close to 24 inches of snow fell around here with drifts as high as 4 feet. LOL. I thought I moved from Chicago 10 years ago. i must have been dreaming all this time.

Pretty much the entire state is shutdown. What a mess this is going to be when it melts. Floods of 93 anyone?

 

[globetrotter]

went out with the kids for a walk to the lake, about 5 minutes. had a lot of fun, snow about 18-20 inches high, but drifts that were 4-6 feet deep. jumped off the roof of our minivan into the sow, all in all, a lot of fun. but I'll tell you, if I had to move the car I'd be fucked - there is no way I can move for a while.

 

[jet]

all good over here, driving no problem and no outtages

 

[otc]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Last night, during the thickest part of the snow, I decided to walk around my block a few times. The city was so eerily silent. It was like a ghost town, I was the only person I saw the entire 20 or 25 minutes I walked. It was actually kind of beautiful.
Check my album on facebook...some mad stretches of eerily silent and empty lake shore drive. edit: if you are friends with kyle, you can probably see this