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Posted on 5/20/24 at 7:58 pm to Wellborn
Yep Generac is kinda the standard. I am in Kingwood and lots of people lost power here as well. They are trickling back on now. I would also check the Kohlers. My in laws who also live here put one of those in last year when my FIL pretty well had to have reliable electricity due to health. Be advised that gas supply in relation to your electric meter is going to dictate the price tag to a degree.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 7:58 pm to Warrior Court
Appreciate that, Warrior Court. Truly.
This post was edited on 5/20/24 at 7:59 pm
Posted on 5/20/24 at 8:07 pm to ColoradoAg
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What is up with Texas and the power grid?
Windmills ain’t worth a shite.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 8:14 pm to Auburn80
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Live near a hospital or the police station. Highest priority for getting repaired.
That’s a fact, I’ve been through 3 ice storms since I moved down here in the 70s and the only one I didn’t go a long period without power was the first one when I lived in an apartment by the nursing home. I had plenty of company.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 8:28 pm to SchizoAg
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This isn't Mississippi. There is no such thing as a 4-week power outage. A direct hit from a Cat 5 hurricane only gets you 2 weeks at the worst.
Well now. Let me educate you. 09/22/89. Hurricane Hugo, Charleston, SC. I lost power at 7:19 pm. I didn’t have power again until the afternoon of 10/28/89. Of course, Russelldale was way, way down on the priority list, but we paid taxes and power bills just as surely as the folks living on the Battery.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 8:47 pm to Wellborn
Charge up that Democrat-mandated EV and go for a nice drive.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 8:50 pm to ColoradoAg
Thank the all of the above uniparty politicians.
JFC.
JFC.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 8:52 pm to Wellborn
Pay your bill?
Posted on 5/20/24 at 9:27 pm to TheFourHorsemen
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You need 12k at least.
Lucky for me I've had mine for about 5 years and it's never been used.
Mostly I just want to keep my deep freeze, fridge and aquariums going. If it happened often, I'd look into bigger.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 9:48 pm to Wellborn
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but not enough juice to run the AC or pool pumps
Put all that stuff on one generator, just don’t start the compressors at the same time.
Run the pool unless you don’t want to swim for a month. If you still can’t run it, it’ll still be cheaper faster and less chlorine in the long run if you throw a couple extra pounds of cal hypo in there every evening. Don’t let it get away from you.
This post was edited on 5/20/24 at 9:49 pm
Posted on 5/20/24 at 9:55 pm to 3down10
4 kW is plenty to run a small 5000 BTU window unit and keep one room cool.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 10:05 pm to Wellborn
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Wellborn
Good luck buddy. Sounds awful. Prayers all you guys get through that shite soon.
We recently moved from ATL to Bham and we’re shocked at the severity of the weather here. Besides the ice hell storm, Bham gets some gnarly shite rolling through the area.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 11:40 pm to WalkonQB
It’s gotten hotter now. Average temperature in Austin has gone up nearly 5 degrees since 1970. The Gulf is so warm now that the sea breeze temperatures are warmer too, making it more difficult to cool down overnight.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 11:44 pm to rtr23242526
No effects here. The derecho intensified after it passed through here, and we were on the southern edge of it.
Posted on 5/21/24 at 8:48 am to SchizoAg
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This isn't Mississippi. There is no such thing as a 4-week power outage. A direct hit from a Cat 5 hurricane only gets you 2 weeks at the worst.
Ike knocked out power in parts of Houston for over 4 weeks
Posted on 5/21/24 at 8:53 am to Gritz
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people with electric cars
Posted on 5/21/24 at 10:21 am to TFH
quote:I work with Slalom on a weekly basis. They are one of our consultant partners.
If you work for Slalom I hate you
Posted on 5/21/24 at 10:28 am to ColoradoAg
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Sales partners, you idiot ... I work for a major vendor in IT, and some partners are going to Corpus with us. We sell the hardware, and they sell the services to support it.
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Posted on 5/21/24 at 11:34 am to Wellborn
Dat sucks. Been there done that. Don’t wish that on any fan. 
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