I've always said Dogs was smarter than most humans. These I have are Beagles so hunting and being outdoors is their Nature. Just lost my female l ast week after 13yrs and it had absolutely nothing to do with her being outside for 13yrs
I will say , they are animals I mean. God created them to survive the elements without human assistance . Granted domestic dogs are a bit diff but still. Hope he is for sure his dog house is relatively insulated and it won’t be 5 degrees in there tomorrow morning
Just check on mine outside. He is camera shy but he listens well. I told him to freeze so I can take the pic and he listened.
Yep and it's sad that people think like that. just because I have outside hunting dogs doesn't mean I don't love them.
Luckily south Carolina didn't get the real cold air?
Sorry - really didn't mean to stir up trouble or make an example out of you. And I certainly don't want to imply that you don't love or care for your dogs. I'm sure they're your best buds, just like mine are to me. I also had dogs growing up that stayed outdoors in a shelter with blankets and wood chips. And we would cover the opening with blankets to minimize any drafts. Just on nights this cold we would always bring them in. That's where I was coming from with that. I hope I didn't come across as hateful or anything, certainly wasn't my intention! Merry Christmas to you and your family!!
Probably planes dumping the bathrooms
There is a large number of power outages now, really borderline bad situation as they are conducting rolling blackouts. Below is from their site
Why is this stuff happening all of a sudden. We've had arctic blasts for years and have never had rolling blackouts.
I was thinking the same thing
A lot of new development of homes and businesses without the proper upgrades to current infrastructure and development of new infrastructure. Demand on the TVA grid in Tennessee for example was 35% higher than expected, with the combination of cold knocking out a few coal and gas facilities. There needs to be a priority to the maintenance and development of our infrastructure or we are all going to end up like Texas of February 21.
Thanks for the explanation. That makes some sense and in some ways it doesn't. Why have we been able to add new development and big growth for years and years and now all of a sudden we can't do it properly anymore?
I assume since we haven’t had this extent of cold in 4 or more years.. the amount of new population we’ve gained probably puts stress on the whole system.
This cold
There already is one unblock me
Great!! Those are moments that kids will remember for a lifetime!!
So true. My youngest daughter, now all grown up still talks about honking like a snow goose to bring in the March 2009 snowstorm.
I have a similar 100-year-old gas radiant heater cranked up in the basement home theater right now. It never gets turned off in the winter, just adjusted. It helps to warm the entire house!
The answer to that question comes down to the delicate conversation around energy policy. I don't have much information on other states but the newest nuclear reactor in Tennessee was built in 2016. A lot has been added to the grids since 2016 and there is a large push away from coal and gas operations. However, no one is willing to approve or spend the money on newer and more efficient energy methods, because of politics and the policies in place. Although incidents like these will encourage lobbyists and voters to get out and approve such measures. Just need to experience these issues for people to see the bigger problem and come up with solutions.
