I'm sending out big prayers for my brothers and sisters in Texas. I pray that you all come through this whole. Blessings for everyone in Texas and for the state of Texas. God bless and be with you.
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BIG PRAYERS TO MY RADIO BROTHERS AND SISTERS
- Thread starter Sonar
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What I heard across AM-19 during the worst few days was sobering. No food, fuel or water available for hundreds of miles along Interstate 10. San Antonio to nearly Baton Rouge was cleaned out.
Roads excepting flyovers were made okay, but supplies weren’t to be had.
Plumbers booked solid the next two years.
I’ve carried several loads of mini-transformers into adjoining states.
Roads excepting flyovers were made okay, but supplies weren’t to be had.
Plumbers booked solid the next two years.
I’ve carried several loads of mini-transformers into adjoining states.
3 crazy stories:
Son #1 who lives 30 mi West-NW from us had little or no water for 3 days, followed by 3 days of boil your water. He did not use his heater and had everyone wearing doubled up fleece to stay warm with an indoor temp. in the 40's. It was a monetary choice he made because he was one of many who thought he would save a buck or two by signing up with Griddy (the "pay us $10 a month along with whatever the wholesale price of electricity is" folks) and was trying to avoid a humongous bill. End result: One week of no heat, no electric stove, etc. and only using electricity for one lamp, his PC, my grandson's laptop, and his cable modem = $750.
Son #2, 30 miles East-NE from us lost his electric for 3 days. He sent the wife 'n kids to her moms house which had a backup generator, and stuck it out with their pets using the fireplace for heat. He had pipes burst, but luckily they were only the ones above the garage, sparing the rest of the house. It took him a few days to get the parts needed to fix the pipes, but did the work himself.
Us (me, wife, cat): The city/towns surrounding our place was mostly w/o electricity and we watched the outage map grow, and close-in around us, but even with areas 1/2 mile in either direction going completely dark- we were spared. Never lost power, water, internet, etc. Which left us baffled, but very thankful.
Son #1 who lives 30 mi West-NW from us had little or no water for 3 days, followed by 3 days of boil your water. He did not use his heater and had everyone wearing doubled up fleece to stay warm with an indoor temp. in the 40's. It was a monetary choice he made because he was one of many who thought he would save a buck or two by signing up with Griddy (the "pay us $10 a month along with whatever the wholesale price of electricity is" folks) and was trying to avoid a humongous bill. End result: One week of no heat, no electric stove, etc. and only using electricity for one lamp, his PC, my grandson's laptop, and his cable modem = $750.
Son #2, 30 miles East-NE from us lost his electric for 3 days. He sent the wife 'n kids to her moms house which had a backup generator, and stuck it out with their pets using the fireplace for heat. He had pipes burst, but luckily they were only the ones above the garage, sparing the rest of the house. It took him a few days to get the parts needed to fix the pipes, but did the work himself.
Us (me, wife, cat): The city/towns surrounding our place was mostly w/o electricity and we watched the outage map grow, and close-in around us, but even with areas 1/2 mile in either direction going completely dark- we were spared. Never lost power, water, internet, etc. Which left us baffled, but very thankful.
Sounds bad, we dodged the bullet here, had generator ready, was able to keep power and water going in spite of my house being under construction and new pipes not wrapped yet, lost a few trees and drive way was blocked for a week, we didn't need to go anywhere, Lt. Gov Patrick sent out an email this morning that he fired some folks in charge of the grid at ercot , Texans are tough folks are used to handling our hurricanes and tornadoes, everyone pitches together and take care of our selves without government help, polar vortex with a full week below freezing however is something were not use to being prepared for.
I'm glad to hear that minimally your electricity stayed on. Obviously the storm affected you family wise, and will probably not be forgotten too soon. We'll still praying for you guys. After going through Sandy we know what it's like when mother nature shows her fury. We too were lucky and although we have a backup generator hooked up to a transfer box our electricity only went out for approximately four hours during Sandy.Others only miles away weren't so lucky as their electricity was out for months! Not to mention the flooding that caused much of the construction damage to homes. I'm not a meteorologist or scientist and I don't claim that my opinion means anything to anyone except myself, but I am a firm believer in global warming. It was only 20 years ago or less when the NYC area never experienced tropical storms, hurricanes and potential tornadoes. now those natural disasters are almost commonplace up here in the Northeast and the only thing I can blame it on is global warming. I do believe in God but I would imagine if he was angry storms like Sandy and the one you guys recently had in Texas would look like a drizzle if the man upstairs was truly angry at us. Stay strong my friend and all my Texas radio brothers and sisters. I can only hope that if it ever happens again your local governments will take much more precautionary measures. I do understand how Texas government could have been caught off guard as weather like this in the Big Horn state is almost unheard of. I thought the same thing with that tremendous rainstorm you guys had a couple of years ago. Those types of storms are reasons for me to strongly lean towards the belief that global warming is true, and is absolutely affecting weather worldwide. We're still praying for all who've had devastating weather in the state in which they reside. 73