To all those without power this morning, I'd like to thank you for doing your part to fight anthropogenic global warming during this historic cold wave.
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Misc Winter 22-23 Whamby and Banter Thread Part 2
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Ouch
Interesting as I don't have that alert on my phone from Duke Energy and I'm on their list. Also a DE spokesperson just told WRAL on Thursday they did not expect any taxing on their ability to provide enough power during this cold snap. Of course I'm on Duke Progress Energy so may not be the same
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.
GeorgiaGirl
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No lol, yesterday while I just had on a long-sleeved shirt, I started to feel cold after a couple of hours before it even got to here.
But an electric blanket does work.
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.
My mom’s power went out at 6:30 this morning and is still off. It isn’t supposed to come back on until 5pm. @Tarheel1 all of Neely Farms is out of power right now.
I told my five year old yesterday that we were going to take our shirts off and run around the house this morning and he never forgot it. So that’s what we did at 8:00 this morning. My nipples still hurt.
I told my five year old yesterday that we were going to take our shirts off and run around the house this morning and he never forgot it. So that’s what we did at 8:00 this morning. My nipples still hurt.
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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.
Oops didn’t read the above explanation haha
DadOfJax
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Can we start a January thread yet?
NoSnowATL
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This cold
There already is one unblock me
Avalanche
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Great!! Those are moments that kids will remember for a lifetime!!
I love our wood stove.
NoSnowATL
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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.