From: boron_elgar@hotmail.com   
      
   On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:53:34 +0000 (UTC), Howard    
   wrote:   
      
   >Boron Elgar  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 13:32:54 -0600, Tim Wright    
   >>   
   >>>On 02/16/2021 20:31, Beaver Fever wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> A fucking ice storm?   
   >>>>   
   >>>-1 Monday night here in North Texas.  About 5 inches of snow last   
   >>> night. Rolling blackouts, plus, the fuel valve on our furnace is   
   >>> flakey and is on order since last Friday.  Sometimes it will come on,   
   >>> some times it won't.   
   >   
   >I found out a while back that the valve on my furnace needs electricity   
   >to work. I really ought to figure out how to run it off a backup battery   
   >before there is a long outage during the winter.   
   >   
   >>>This is NOT why I live in Texas.   
   >>   
   >> Do you have any alternative heat such as a fireplace? How is your   
   >> water? Are you ok?   
   >>   
   >> I've a niece in the suburbs of Houston. Oh, the stories she has been   
   >> telling, although she is safe.   
   >   
   >It sounds astonishing the state system refused to winterize the system   
   >or have sufficient backup systems for the electrical grid.   
      
   The Texas system is a kingdom all unto itself.   
      
   Disasters can happen, but a disaster waiting to happen is different.   
      
   Still, things happened during Superstorm Sandy that no one would have   
   predicted. Who expected subway or substation flooding in NYC?   
      
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