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re: Beryl Thread - the clean up begins...
Posted on 7/9/24 at 10:37 am to billjamin
Posted on 7/9/24 at 10:37 am to billjamin
What’s up Bill!
Do you have power? Lost it about 9 am yesterday over by candlelight park. Houses across the street never lost it. I’m up and running on generator though.
Did you get your generator all installed before all this?
Do you have power? Lost it about 9 am yesterday over by candlelight park. Houses across the street never lost it. I’m up and running on generator though.
Did you get your generator all installed before all this?
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Posted on 7/9/24 at 10:38 am to The Pirate King
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Damn they nailed the path down 10 days ago with that consensus
Posted on 7/9/24 at 10:51 am to elsu
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What’s up Bill!
Do you have power? Lost it about 9 am yesterday over by candlelight park. Houses across the street never lost it. I’m up and running on generator though.
We lost it at 9am too. Heard the transformer blow and and it was out.
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Did you get your generator all installed before all this?
Thank god we did. Been running off it and about to shut it down for a break in service.
Shoot me an email at username at gmail or text me if you have my number if you need anything. We're juiced up and running.
This post was edited on 7/9/24 at 11:10 am
Posted on 7/9/24 at 10:52 am to shallowminded
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Believe it or not, it could have been a lot worse.. hear me out. I was in St Simon’s back in mid May(16th/17th) with some friends from Houston ( Katy), while we were there y’all had that bad storm come through. I think that thing picked off some low hanging fruit. Be grateful nobody close to you was hurt or even killed!
We took a direct hit from that one too. Cleared out a lot of crap that would have come down from this one, so i feel like it lightened the impact.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 11:03 am to rds dc
Sincerely hoping power is restored asap for my Fellow Texans asap.
Hang in there
Hang in there
Posted on 7/9/24 at 11:04 am to White Roach
Sorry it took so long
This post was edited on 7/9/24 at 11:07 am
Posted on 7/9/24 at 11:36 am to alphaandomega
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Is it because of the grid or the fact that so many people have moved to Texas from other states that the havent had time to add the needed lines and power plants?
That's kind of my point. Things are not really being done to do much to our grid. I think most Texans feel it's pretty much the same as February 2021. Instead of building new power plants, they are sinking most of their new energy generation into solar or wind power. It's not keeping up!
Posted on 7/9/24 at 11:39 am to Girth Donor
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Sorry it took so long
Good tits are worth the wait.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 11:41 am to LaLadyinTx
Houston could do a better job holding Centerpoint's feet to the fire to do regular maintenance and securing power lines from trees, normal wear and tear etc., instead of waiting until an event to happen. No excuse for 40 MPH winds to knock down half the city.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 11:44 am to elsu
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CenterPoint admits thousands of out-of-town repair crews weren't staged in the Houston area ahead of Hurricane Beryl
KHOU Article
Posted on 7/9/24 at 11:48 am to LSUminati
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Houston could do a better job holding Centerpoint's feet to the fire to do regular maintenance and securing power lines from trees,
100%... They had 8k here for the storm 2 months ago. As part of that restoration they should have cleaned all foliage away from every line in the impacted area.
But nope, you can drive by tons of lines with branches interwoven throughout all of the previously impacted area.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 11:53 am to LSUminati
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Houston could do a better job holding Centerpoint's feet to the fire to do regular maintenance and securing power lines from trees, normal wear and tear etc., instead of waiting until an event to happen. No excuse for 40 MPH winds to knock down half the city.
Tell the PUC you're willing to pay more for electricity. This is passed straight through to consumers with set margins. There's not much to it. If you want more you have to spend more.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 11:54 am to billjamin
All good here too on generator. Glad you got it up and running!
Will reach out at some point to inquire about the whole home generator procurement that you did.
Will reach out at some point to inquire about the whole home generator procurement that you did.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 11:57 am to billjamin
I personally would, but I think it’s shitty to hold a gun to captive customers’ heads to provide something that should be a baseline requirement of a utility provider.
This post was edited on 7/9/24 at 11:57 am
Posted on 7/9/24 at 11:57 am to elsu
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Will reach out at some point to inquire about the whole home generator procurement that you did.
I found a great guy who was affordable. I ordered it from home depot when they ran the memorial day sale (got my 26kW w/ transfer to the door for 7K) then he came and hooked it up. He did 3 houses on my street and a couple friends as well. I'd be happy to pass on his info.
He also added in a hook up off the 1" line so i can convert my boiling pot to NG and give up on draining 3 propane tanks every time we have a party.
This post was edited on 7/9/24 at 11:58 am
Posted on 7/9/24 at 12:00 pm to LSUminati
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I personally would, but I think it’s shitty to hold a gun to captive customers’ heads to provide something that should be a baseline requirement of a utility provider.
Defaults are the issue. They would skyrocket and that's bad for everyone because it'll just get baked into a rate case for the people who do pay. Then you're paying even more and you end up in a viscous cycle like Cali or PR.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 12:04 pm to beaverfever
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Is it common for hurricanes to produce tornadoes like this?
Most hurricanes produce at least a handful of tornadoes just from the sheared environment common in the northeast and eastern quadrants of all landfalling hurricanes even minimal ones. Some obviously have additional conditions present that enhance the instability even further in the sheared environment to become prolific tornado producers. Beryl had those conditions in far eastern Texas, much of western Louisiana, and southwest Arkansas yesterday.
Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Ivan in particular were two of the biggest tornado producers on record. Hurricane Rita produced 98 confirmed tornadoes...half of those in Mississippi...while Hurricane Ivan is the all time record holder for tornadoes produced spawning 120 confirmed tornadoes from Alabama and the Florida panhandle thru the Mid Atlantic states
This post was edited on 7/9/24 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 7/9/24 at 12:10 pm to Girth Donor
Posted on 7/9/24 at 12:11 pm to Govt Tide
Just got back from Surfside. A few trees down along the way but not too bad. The houses damaged were all older and/or neglected for the most part from what I saw. Newer homes on the beach side looked fine. I’m on the bay side and got about 2 ft of water from Alberto but nothing from this storm, I was expecting 5 ft of water.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 12:11 pm to thadcastle
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CenterPoint admits thousands of out-of-town repair crews weren't staged in the Houston area ahead of Hu
It's not uncommon for them to avoid the path with some margins and stage outside the impacted area. These are independent service companies and they don't want their shite to get torn up in a storm. Also doesn't do anyone any good if they get damage and can't work.
Another thing to consider is timeline. Storm passes and they still can't get buckets in the air working until winds drop below at least 30mph (OSHA) or 25mph for most internal policies. Many of them will stage their drivers close enough and get them some rest (remember these are all CDL regulated guys too) then mob them in right after so they can get going once the wind drops down to a safe level.
It's frustrating to hear it but really doesn't piss me off much because there are a lot of factors. It's bad optics though.
This post was edited on 7/9/24 at 12:16 pm
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