yes just logged on for 15 mins and poof :rolleyes:
what a coniknydink... 15 minutes after you logged on we get disco'd... :noid
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: mERv on August 02, 2024, 05:52:52 PM
Someone pulled the plug and reset the entire map when KNights had 1 base to go. I just had wfluffied and got vh at 53 and was shooting them all down with my goatness now the entire map is reset and we are starting over on the same map
THATS GREAT ACES HIGH :ahand :cheers: :x
:salute
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: mERv on August 02, 2024, 06:50:05 PM
x5 hard resets
Game is clearly code blue
Lets practice a theory....
Im gonna stay out of the game tonight. Let me know if there are any more hard crashes
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: The Fugitive on August 02, 2024, 07:25:40 PM
Most likely brown outs, its 103 out there.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: RichardDarkwood on August 02, 2024, 08:23:32 PM
cue the Doors music
this is the end.......
beautiful friend
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Banshee7 on August 02, 2024, 08:24:23 PM
The one night I actually had time to fly this week, too. :bhead :bhead
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: thndregg on August 02, 2024, 08:41:57 PM
The one night I actually had time to fly this week, too. :bhead :bhead
I just got on myself after some time off and arriving back in the Philippines last month. Yeah, a bit disappointed after multiple attempts at flying bombers this session. Showing huge data packet loss on the US end of the trace route to HTC.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Animl-AW on August 03, 2024, 09:37:06 AM
Not likely. That's common in the summer in these parts and the Texas grid can easily handle it. 80's here right now. We were hitting 110 frequently last summer for many days and no power problems.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 03, 2024, 10:24:54 AM
I grew up in Dallas. No Air conditioning until I was in my teens. Outside almost all the time. I snicker when I read about areas fearful when it gets into the 90's. P******
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Animl-AW on August 04, 2024, 05:18:31 PM
Not likely. That's common in the summer in these parts and the Texas grid can easily handle it. 80's here right now. We were hitting 110 frequently last summer for many days and no power problems.
I think we all remember that grid not handling it in both summer and winter. Seems to me it made the news.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Animl-AW on August 04, 2024, 05:21:48 PM
I grew up in Dallas. No Air conditioning until I was in my teens. Outside almost all the time. I snicker when I read about areas fearful when it gets into the 90's. P******
It can kill elders who are not conditioned to heat.
TX ain’t all that brawny. They lost their minds when cold came and grid went down. As all states sent aid and jackets
Ya we all called ya p******
“ we don’t need help from anyone, until we need it from everyone”
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 04, 2024, 05:29:15 PM
Some lost power in Texas last Feb during prolonged sub zero weather. The grid did not go down. We never lost power. I lived in Indiana (Grissom AFB) for three years. I lived in Idaho for 16 years. It's colder there and gets more snow than Indiana.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Animl-AW on August 04, 2024, 05:42:45 PM
Some lost power in Texas last Feb during prolonged sub zero weather. The grid did not go down. We never lost power. I lived in Indiana (Grissom AFB) for three years. I lived in Idaho for 16 years. It's colder there and gets more snow than Indiana.
I like live in NW IN, just south of Lake Michigan, we get WAY more snow and s LOT COLDER than Grissim. You’re more likely getting KY/southern weather down there, super mild. Mid to souyh IN totally different weather system.
Idaho is on other side of main jet stream, higher alts got a lot of snow and lower temps.
In both winters are shorter.
NW IN was 40 bellow zero 2 yrs ago, 10-20 below is common.
I lived in WA too, higher alts 12 feet is common.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Animl-AW on August 04, 2024, 05:48:34 PM
Some lost power in Texas last Feb during prolonged sub zero weather. The grid did not go down. We never lost power. I lived in Indiana (Grissom AFB) for three years. I lived in Idaho for 16 years. It's colder there and gets more snow than Indiana.
Actually the grid going down is what made the news. <scratches head> Point being, everyone outside tx are p****** , until they needed aid from the p******. Lol comeon man. It was nationwide news.. not all of tx went down, you were lucky, didn’t live it.
Those dumb snowbirds. lol
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 04, 2024, 06:05:34 PM
Texas has it's own power grid. Like I said, some lost power, the large most did not. I was here.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Animl-AW on August 04, 2024, 06:22:57 PM
Texas has it's own power grid. Like I said, some lost power, the large most did not. I was here.
I get what you’re saying, but that grid had to get power from another state when it went down. That grid is one of the weakest in the country. Ironically, TX now has more wind power thsn any other state. Damn green power. :)
That said, I have several childhood friends in DFW, they kinda chukle
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 04, 2024, 06:40:57 PM
Where do you get the idea Texas has a weak power grid? It does not. You have a source?
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 04, 2024, 06:43:07 PM
And why wouldn't Texas take advantage of it's wind? See, this is an example of you showing your politics thinking it too subtle for anyone to notice. I notice.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Animl-AW on August 04, 2024, 10:06:51 PM
And why wouldn't Texas take advantage of it's wind? See, this is an example of you showing your politics thinking it too subtle for anyone to notice. I notice.
Common man,.. you resemble your own accusation. By doing that you then know the answer. Don't assume I don't recognize double talk, it's not slick at all. A lil projection going on. Making fun of failed conceptions does not show my preference, other than its funny they claimed to have not needed it before the black out. You're doing it right now.
I don't post goofy political stuff in OC, I reply to it, when I can stomach the weirdness. Dispelling false claims and stating reality is not a political preference. What ya don't like is reality doesn't support the claims.... therefore anyone who points it out or disagrees with it MUST BE the other side of the fence, which is also nonsense and shallow thinking. Reality is reality no matter the source. It's binary, it's either true or it's not. Don't label people for calling it out, that makes you appear political.
I'm telling ya,.. you and your buddy and your lame efforts to do slick double talk is way more than just obvious. You're not setting any hooks other than I'm bored enough to reply. It's got a weird entertainment value.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Molsman on August 04, 2024, 10:56:15 PM
Sorry all I am making my return back and been downloading all the skins for the game and talking to people in the game while waiting. So blame it on Molsman
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 05, 2024, 08:29:09 AM
Common man,.. you resemble your own accusation. By doing that you then know the answer. Don't assume I don't recognize double talk, it's not slick at all. A lil projection going on. Making fun of failed conceptions does not show my preference, other than its funny they claimed to have not needed it before the black out. You're doing it right now.
I don't post goofy political stuff in OC, I reply to it, when I can stomach the weirdness. Dispelling false claims and stating reality is not a political preference. What ya don't like is reality doesn't support the claims.... therefore anyone who points it out or disagrees with it MUST BE the other side of the fence, which is also nonsense and shallow thinking. Reality is reality no matter the source. It's binary, it's either true or it's not. Don't label people for calling it out, that makes you appear political.
I'm telling ya,.. you and your buddy and your lame efforts to do slick double talk is way more than just obvious. You're not setting any hooks other than I'm bored enough to reply. It's got a weird entertainment value.
Pretty typical of those with your political persuasion. Unable to see any perspective but your own. Mocking those beyond your echo chamber.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Shuffler on August 05, 2024, 08:40:51 AM
I think we all remember that grid not handling it in both summer and winter. Seems to me it made the news.
We have huge amounts of people moving here from other states. California, Virginia, Carolinas, etc.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 05, 2024, 12:03:05 PM
We moved back to Texas in June of 2023. I think we've lost power briefly only once in that time. Was in the middle of the night, probably equipment changeout. Considering the many thunderstorms in that time it's remarkable.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: JimmyD3 on August 05, 2024, 12:22:53 PM
Texas has a more dependable power grid, than most of the other states, just saying. :neener:
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Animl-AW on August 05, 2024, 12:23:53 PM
Texas has a more dependable power grid, than most of the other states, just saying. :neener:
No true. It may be now, but not in recent past. They refused maintenance which brought quality down. Glad they fixed it, it was harsh to watch on tv.
In NW IN only time we lose power is when lightning hits a transformer.
My long gone now mint condition. 79 i528 bmw, made in Germany, came from Huston area. Drove that beast for 14 yrs.
Ya, I’m a grown mature adult, I live outside sims too, I drink cocktails like most here, except you obviously drink way more than I do. The hypocrites who act like its some form devil worship drink more than me. Ya just can’t stand that others do as you do. I’ve even been known to be in bar fights. Ya, this us real life, dweeble. Damn right
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: JimmyD3 on August 05, 2024, 12:35:30 PM
No disrespect intended, but your off in left field. Must be getting your info from CNN or MSNBC. I lived through it, we never lost power during that storm, now some did. The biggest headache we have here in Texas with the power grid, is the stinking progressives trying make all new development All Electric. Natural Gas is still the best heating source, second to none.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: LilMak on August 05, 2024, 12:44:48 PM
Texas has a more dependable power grid, than most of the other states, just saying. :neener:
I’ve lost my power more in Texas and for longer durations than in the last three years than the previous thirty in various other states combined. Spent over a week without power last month and that isn’t a new development. As far as I’m concerned, the grid is trash. Thunder? Power is out. Too hot? Power is out. Too cold? Power is out. Sneeze? Power is out.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Animl-AW on August 05, 2024, 12:45:33 PM
No disrespect intended, but your off in left field. Must be getting your info from CNN or MSNBC. I lived through it, we never lost power during that storm, now some did. The biggest headache we have here in Texas with the power grid, is the stinking progressives trying make all new development All Electric. Natural Gas is still the best heating source, second to none.
Depends where you’re located. I post links to TX newspapers. It was seen nationwide. Much aid was sent. <shrug> dunno what else to say, the i fo came from your state, it was televised. I do beleive AH recently went down due to power ussues.<shrug> no offense taken.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Animl-AW on August 05, 2024, 12:46:23 PM
I’ve lost my power more in Texas and for longer durations than in the last three years than the previous thirty in various other states combined. Spent over a week without power last month and that isn’t a new development. As far as I’m concerned, the grid is trash. Thunder? Power is out. Too hot? Power is out. Too cold? Power is out. Sneeze? Power is out.
Thank you
Too much pride to acknowledge it I guess.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 05, 2024, 01:05:45 PM
I’ve lost my power more in Texas and for longer durations than in the last three years than the previous thirty in various other states combined. Spent over a week without power last month and that isn’t a new development. As far as I’m concerned, the grid is trash. Thunder? Power is out. Too hot? Power is out. Too cold? Power is out. Sneeze? Power is out.
Where in Texas do you live?
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 05, 2024, 01:08:09 PM
Power issues around Houston due to recent hurricane. Interestingly there were some people out actually assaulting restoration crews. Can you believe that?
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: JimmyD3 on August 05, 2024, 02:24:23 PM
I live in Garland Tx, a suburb of Dallas. Not saying we don't have power outages. But to suggest that Texas has the worst Power grind in the nation, is asinine. :devil
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Animl-AW on August 05, 2024, 02:25:42 PM
Power issues around Houston due to recent hurricane. Interestingly there were some people out actually assaulting restoration crews. Can you believe that?
Unfortunately I do believe it. People have seriously scraped the bottom of the barrel on attitude and wacky distorted belief systems, lashing out at everything and everyone based on myth. I don’t see any signs of it getting better, way over hyped has been normalized.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Animl-AW on August 05, 2024, 02:36:15 PM
I live in Garland Tx, a suburb of Dallas. Not saying we don't have power outages. But to suggest that Texas has the worst Power grind in the nation, is asinine. :devil
I don’t think i ever said that, but to say the opposite as best in country is questionable too. That's not how the convo started. They simply didn’t maintain it and update it properly as recommended. End result people suffered and died when it shut down in cold weather. One person and hud team holds that blame.
The convo was about others nit conditioned for that kind of heat crying, and dying, calling them p*****, was out of line. They didn’t fair well in the cold because in tx they are not conditioned to it. Everyone outside tx is not a p*****. Pure myth from tx pride. If reality offends people lynch me. <shrug>
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: LilMak on August 05, 2024, 02:38:32 PM
Power issues around Houston due to recent hurricane. Interestingly there were some people out actually assaulting restoration crews. Can you believe that?
People were really stupid. But I can understand it because the frustration levels were high. I came really close to getting in a fight with a guy at a gas station because he thought I cut in line. I was there to fill up the gas cans for my generator (something I’ve never needed until I moved here). I don’t think he had a weapon or I believe he would’ve threatened me with it. He was that furious and it was only the first evening without power. I just dropped $500 on a transfer switch so I don’t have to run extension chords through my house every time to power goes out for over 2 hours. I’m also considering upgrading my generator so it’ll push everything in the house because sleeping in 100 degree heat kinda sucks and unpacking a window unit is a pain. I finally broke down and bought the generator because, during that winter storm, we had rolling blackouts because the grid isn’t robust enough to handle low temperatures. They turned off my power long enough to cause my pipes to freeze and destroy 1/2 the sheetrock in my garage. Meanwhile the shopping center a block away had power while people literally froze in their houses. Those aren’t the only two instances that the grid failed for an extended time. Before that, I had to toss everything in my fridge (twice) before I got the generator. These aren’t little blips where you have to reset clocks. They’re outages for hours or days.
I’ve spent close to $5000 out of pocket (generator, sheet rock, plumbing, food, upgrades) because of the grid here. I never experienced anything this bad in the multitude of states I’ve lived. Maybe it’s just a Houston thing but we’re all seeing how “great” the TX grid is whenever a big storm blows over Dale’s house. TX might not have the worst grid and it may just be a local anomaly. But it’s the worst I’ve personally experienced and I’ve rode out hurricanes in Florida.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: whiteman on August 05, 2024, 03:08:07 PM
Live in Lake Jackson Texas, grid is a damn joke. Before the hurricane we already had issues like LilMak said, it to hot, it's to cold there goes the power. Frog farted, get the generator out. The most common thread on our neighborhood facebook page is "Is anyone else power out", any random bellybutton day of the week.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 05, 2024, 03:11:00 PM
I've lived in 14 states and been to almost all the rest. I was born and raised in Dallas but have lived in other parts of Texas including Pasadena in the '60s for a couple of years. You live out in the sticks anywhere power is going to be more susceptible to the weather. The parts of Texas I've lived in have all had reliable power.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 05, 2024, 03:20:36 PM
Idaho has pretty cheap electricity. Texas is higher but not bad. Other factors made them comparable in cost of living years back. Not now with real estate having sky rocketed in Idaho.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 05, 2024, 03:24:23 PM
I've lived in 14 states and been to almost all the rest. I was born and raised in Dallas but have lived in other parts of Texas including Pasadena in the '60s for a couple of years. You live out in the sticks anywhere power is going to be more susceptible to the weather. The parts of Texas I've lived in have all had reliable power.
Ok I can swallow that. But to say the blackouts didn’t happen when the whole nation watched is tx pride denial. It was just a little shocking when it was in the news all over the country fir a month. I posted the links, I’ll bet nit one was clicked. The common state of certain people here us trying to catch Animl lying, when i loath lying and call it out like a rabid dog. Everything I post is put under a microscope, finding nothing snd trying it again and sgain. Its a failed, but saving face makes them try over and over to redeam themselves and justify undue attacks, constantly.
No I’m not like your tribe, I don’t lie. Its not normalized here.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 05, 2024, 03:28:54 PM
Blackouts related to a Hurricane do not reflect on the state power grid. Florida is considered to have a good grid yet much of it is without power right now.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Shuffler on August 05, 2024, 03:59:20 PM
Since early 2022... my power has dropped a total of 10 minutes. All logged by my Generac. I am east of Houston.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: maxy on August 05, 2024, 08:09:35 PM
Blackouts related to a Hurricane do not reflect on the state power grid. Florida is considered to have a good grid yet much of it is without power right now.
No its not, and for the record after being in 5 Hurricanes and many tropical storms, the power gets back up and running pretty quickly here in Florida
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 05, 2024, 10:05:26 PM
Blackouts related to a Hurricane do not reflect on the state power grid. Florida is considered to have a good grid yet much of it is without power right now.
Florida STATE has less outages than a single TX city did.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Meatwad on August 06, 2024, 06:09:54 AM
How are some of you even still here when I get 20% infraction for a post about the stock market?
1) Some people are more than willing to lie or misinform at the drop of a hat, so normalized they see nothing wrong with it, or just enjoy doing it. Or they do it in the joy of just pissing people off because both the speaker and the listener know its BS.
2) I never start a thread about political subjects.
3) I’ve never hit the report button in game, and only twice on the bbs to those who stand on the rpt button on me for the slightest things because they don’t like that I counter them with reality, because they want their KNOWN misinformation to flow unimpeded, unchallenged.
4) The ones trying “catch Animl in a lie” are the ones who hide the truth the most. Projection. They incite trouble then love playing victim, then stand on report button. These whimps got me blocked twice. They don’t want anyone pointing out their con job. Maturity is not their virtue.
5) We have several, like a gold fish in a glass bowl tapping at the wall thinking sooner or later their political post will be allowed, even tho the last 20 were locked. Obsessed with pushing hate and misinformation.
Difference between Bigweek (a hidden forum) you post BS and the community would just hammer you in the ugliest ways because 95% of the players never saw it
In O’club it has to be stopped before it gets as ugly as BW. HT and others had been there and know how ugly it WILL get, which is horrific for biz. The very reason BW was hidden on nntp newsgroup, not the bb.
Posting politics is a biz and number killer. Those who wish numbers would come up do the very things that chases them away, a complete oxymoron. You cannot have both.
I praise HTC for locking political or harassing post. They only have one direction to go, way south and damaging. Its not about hindering freedom of speech, its about losing players, customers, numbers. Former players care zero about that. Some hope to drag numbers down.
That gold fish is never getting out of the bowl. Learn it, live it, live it.
So hate me for trying to up numbers and save the game from community implosion. I’ll wear that badge. It won’t be done with hate and politics.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 06, 2024, 07:43:00 AM
Post that map map 5 days from now. Houston still had 800,000 people without power and 2.3 million the day of the storm.
Florida STATE has less outages than a single TX city did.
"Has" currently. The outages were higher right after the hurricane. Storm severity of course is the issue. My point was that you don't call a grid poor because portions of it are affected by natural disasters. Here we are at the hottest time of the year and Texas has fewer outages per capita of many if not most states. Ironic that Animl was calling the Texas grid horrible when his own much smaller state currently had significantly more outages and we're not talking per capita.
And btw, Houston has a lot more people than any city or county in Florida.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Animl-AW on August 06, 2024, 07:45:29 AM
What is this? A limit to how much you can post or a limit to how much you can see? I don't get it. Maybe a suicidal mutual-fund manager reported you.
I suspect the convo will only go one direction. Political blame was right around the corner. Maybe even suggested in some way. But it was coming, no matter how innocent.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Animl-AW on August 06, 2024, 07:51:18 AM
"Has" currently. The outages were higher right after the hurricane. Storm severity of course is the issue. My point was that you don't call a grid poor because portions of it are affected by natural disasters. Here we are at the hottest time of the year and Texas has fewer outages per capita of many if not most states. Ironic that Animl was calling the Texas grid horrible when his own much smaller state currently has significantly more outages and we're not talking per capita.
And btw, Houston has a lot more people than any city or county in Florida.
It is stated in every article the outage I spoke about was due to refusing maintenance of insulating certain gear to protect it from just that. Basically, I assume out of tx pride you’re trying yo dispel that reality. The natural disaster was due to incompetence. I have no clue about the rest. I only spoke of 1-2 that could have been avoided. I think tx pride consume some to think tx is immune from problems and everyone else is stupid and sucks. Denial. <shrug>
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: fudgums on August 06, 2024, 07:56:28 AM
Texas is overrated. Can't wait to see Texas become a middle of the pack SEC school.
*Horns Down
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 06, 2024, 08:09:49 AM
It is stated in every article the outage I spoke about was due to refusing maintenance of insulating certain gear to protect it from just that. Basically, I assume out of tx pride you’re trying yo dispel that reality. The natural disaster was due to incompetence. I have no clue about the rest. I only spoke of 1-2 that could have been avoided. I think tx pride consume some to think tx is immune from problems and everyone else is stupid and sucks. Denial. <shrug>
A natural disaster is due to incompetence? I've never heard anything so ignorant. I think we're done here.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: xanax on August 06, 2024, 08:11:37 AM
A natural disaster is due to incompetence? I've never heard anything so ignorant. I think we're done here.
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Stop it, you know what iI meant. Power going out during cold weather never had to happen. I can’t explain because the thread will grt locked. But it went down during cold weather due to incompetence ordered by a moron who refused maintenance be done. Totally avoidable.Natual disasters is different. You’re busy trying to conflate the two. My only point was the grid went down during a cold flas, never brought up natural disasters . Because the grid was weakened and had to get power from another state is why you have mire wind power that any other stste. The thing they cry snout most, green power. The succombed to what that tribe hated the mist and why its funny. Sorta. People gad to freeze to death to get that change. Point being tx us nit as invincible as tx pride states.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Animl-AW on August 06, 2024, 10:05:55 AM
Yeah, can't wait for that classic rivalry between Texas and Vandy to heat up this year.
Better yet, that burgeoning annual shootout between Wake Forest and Stanford in the good ol' ACC should be scintillating this season!
I thought that was funny, without even knowing what it means.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 06, 2024, 10:06:49 AM
We had colder weather in Texas last year than you had in Indiana. I live in North Texas. No outages for us last year. In the late 70's the Tower Controllers at Grissom AFB Indiana got snowed in and lost power. They burned furniture in the tower to survive. Was that due to an incompetent state government?
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Animl-AW on August 06, 2024, 10:29:15 AM
We had colder weather in Texas last year than you had in Indiana. I live in North Texas. No outages for us last year. In the late 70's the Tower Controllers at Grissom AFB Indiana got snowed in and lost power. They burned furniture in the tower to survive. Was that due to an incompetent state government?
You’re totally missing my point. I’m in redundant repeat mode because I think you’re putting effort into it “Animl cannot be correct”. You had no more black outs because you niw have supplemental wind power. What I stated 3 pages ago is in fact correct.
TX is a great state. Many states are. But invincible to stupidity its not. People not conditioned to high heat, or fragile in age are NOT p******, texans could not handle the extreme cold and complained just as much. Its what you’re conditioned for.
Us snow birds get a chuckle from FL visitors who wear winter coats at 50-60 degrees. It started by you thinking tx is brawn and everyone else a p****. Thats delusional. They isolate themselves and get caught up. Tx pride gets in the way of reality. <shrug>
Done, but not wrong.
My fav place in the country, because I’m into majestic, is west side of the cascades in WA state, a cool rain forest jungle. Most majestic place in the country, hands down. Rarely below 40, rarely above 80. Winter last one about month. I’ve been in 36 states. Its my fav.
Wanna experience extreme winter in the USA, go to Montana, middle if the jet stream.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 06, 2024, 10:41:37 AM
You don't want to be challenged then don't make claims that are offensive and wrong.
And I've been to Montana many times. Lived just a few miles from the Idaho/Montana border for 3 years.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Shane on August 06, 2024, 11:08:02 AM
You don't want to be challenged then don't make claims that are offensive and wrong.
Here are some news articles about the Texas power grid and its issues, both during that freeze in '21 and ensuing years' issues because... reasons. The refusal to consider cooperative cross state distribution is... detrimental to Texas citizens over the long run, imho.
And as was already mentioned. The demand on the Texas grid has grown dramatically as people leave other states to move to Texas. This growth isn't likely to stop anytime soon.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 06, 2024, 11:52:25 AM
Two big semiconductor plants in construction now in Sherman Tx near us. Another was just awarded a $400 million subsidy under the Chips program to build another multi-billion dollar plant in Sherman.
Chip plants require a lot of water. Nearby Lake Texoma has a lot of water. North Texas in general has a lot of water.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Shuffler on August 06, 2024, 12:45:37 PM
I have been through some major hurricanes and this last little storm we had here in Texas was worse than many of them. The winds were not straight winds. They would shift back and forth. That is why so many trees went down by the roots.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: LilMak on August 06, 2024, 12:53:56 PM
"Has" currently. The outages were higher right after the hurricane. Storm severity of course is the issue. My point was that you don't call a grid poor because portions of it are affected by natural disasters. Here we are at the hottest time of the year and Texas has fewer outages per capita of many if not most states. Ironic that Animl was calling the Texas grid horrible when his own much smaller state currently had significantly more outages and we're not talking per capita.
And btw, Houston has a lot more people than any city or county in Florida.
If it was JUST natural disasters, I probably wouldn’t have a gripe but it’s not.
Listen. I’m speaking from personal experience. And my experience isn’t just related to hurricanes and freak winter storms. I’ve literally spent more time in the dark in my last 6 years in Texas (in a metro area not the boonies) than the previous thirty plus years in various other states. Including Florida. That’s simply a fact. The grid, at least where I am, is TRASH. And there is plenty of evidence outside my personal experience to back that up.
I’m genuinely curious to see that Florida map 4 days from now to compare percentages (not total numbers) of people who still don’t have power vs what happened in Houston. Mostly so I can see Florida’s recovery vs Texas. Cat 1s in Florida usually bring more surfers than linemen.
I realize Texans have a lot of pride and this isn’t a bash on TX. Now, if you work for Centerpoint Energy as are trying to low-key defend your sub-par company, I’m willing to listen. But first you’re going to have to pay me the $2400 bucks you owe me for having to throw food away and repair the damage to my home your company cost me so far.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 06, 2024, 01:01:33 PM
I lived on Okinawa for 6 years and endured several typhoons. Lost a lot of trees but power was never an issue. You want hurricane proof power bury your wires.
And there was no evacuation for us regardless of storm strength.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Skyyr on August 06, 2024, 01:55:27 PM
If it was JUST natural disasters, I probably wouldn’t have a gripe but it’s not.
Listen. I’m speaking from personal experience. And my experience isn’t just related to hurricanes and freak winter storms. I’ve literally spent more time in the dark in my last 6 years in Texas (in a metro area not the boonies) than the previous thirty plus years in various other states. Including Florida. That’s simply a fact. The grid, at least where I am, is TRASH. And there is plenty of evidence outside my personal experience to back that up.
I’m genuinely curious to see that Florida map 4 days from now to compare percentages (not total numbers) of people who still don’t have power vs what happened in Houston. Mostly so I can see Florida’s recovery vs Texas. Cat 1s in Florida usually bring more surfers than linemen.
I realize Texans have a lot of pride and this isn’t a bash on TX. Now, if you work for Centerpoint Energy as are trying to low-key defend your sub-par company, I’m willing to listen. But first you’re going to have to pay me the $2400 bucks you owe me for having to throw food away and repair the damage to my home your company cost me so far.
If the power in your area is having issues.... don't blame the grid. That is a local issue. Likely a fuse too small on a pole even. Could be anything.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: HL117 on August 06, 2024, 04:33:47 PM
Been in Houston area since 2018, we live on the North side, we have enjoyed our time here, great people, crazy traffic, very hot and humid, great food, we chose to come here, we like the politics in most of Texas not so much Harris county, we have CenterPoint for power distribution, we went through the freeze a few years back and lost power for 4 days, we just went through Beryle and were with out power for a week, it was a bit tedious but people in our neighborhood shrugged it off like pros, they are just collecting a hugh pile of debris from our front yard and others as I am writing this, everyone just piled all debris in their front yards and in teh streets, LiMak must be a neighbor :D , I never owned a generator for backup power and I have lived in 5 different states, I have one a "Firman" on standby now sitting in my garage, it is only 10kw, I realize now I need something bigger, probably a Generac whole house 24kw, there are no basements in Houston because of the water level so I doubt power lines underground would make sense, below is an excerpt CenterPoint.com:
Houston – July 25, 2024 – Today, at a hearing before the Public Utility Commission of Texas, CenterPoint President and CEO Jason Wells apologized for the frustration Houstonians experienced during Hurricane Beryl and made a company-wide commitment to improve. In the hearing, Wells, accompanied by Tony Gardner, SVP and Chief Customer Officer, and Randy Pryor, VP Major Underground & Distribution Modernization, announced an initial series of specific actions that will increase the resiliency of the electric system, improve customer communications, and strengthen emergency response coordination and partnerships.
“There are no excuses. We will get better. We are taking immediate action to make real, measurable and positive changes to not only better serve our customers and the community, but to re-earn their trust," Jason Wells said. “Our mission is to build and operate the most resilient coastal grid anywhere in the country with best-in-class communications." - See more at: https://www.centerpointenergy.com/en-us/corporate/about-us/news/1791#sthash.DRrO0E0l.dpuf
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: LilMak on August 06, 2024, 05:02:15 PM
If the power in your area is having issues.... don't blame the grid. That is a local issue. Likely a fuse too small on a pole even. Could be anything.
Oh. Didn’t realize it was my personal responsibility to get my ladder out and fix the fn pole. Do I have to repair the transformers and power lines too? How about the substations and power plants? That my duty as well? Must be a Texas thing. Everywhere else I’ve lived in America “the grid” delivers power. That included EVERYTHING from the power plant to my meter.
If Shuffler is right, I guess I need to get the visa out and make a trip to Lowe’s to buy some poles and fuses. Anyone know what isle the substations are on? I might pick one of those up too.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Meatwad on August 06, 2024, 06:02:27 PM
This country needs more power generation that does NOT come from wind and solar. Throw up some nuclear plants and not care about environmentalists cries
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Grind on August 06, 2024, 06:58:32 PM
Two big semiconductor plants in construction now in Sherman Tx near us. Another was just awarded a $400 million subsidy under the Chips program to build another multi-billion dollar plant in Sherman.
Chip plants require a lot of water. Nearby Lake Texoma has a lot of water. North Texas in general has a lot of water.
That’s great news! Hope these plants will provide good union jobs and not trash the environment!
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Chris79 on August 06, 2024, 10:21:04 PM
If the power in your area is having issues.... don't blame the grid. That is a local issue. Likely a fuse too small on a pole even. Could be anything.
The Texas grid is “FUBAR”. If the fuse is to small it’s a grid issue. If the substation transformer is to small it’s a grid issue. If the pole spacing is 400 feet it’s a grid issue. If the conductor is 6 cwc where it ought to be least 3/0 acsr it’s a grid issue.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Animl-AW on August 06, 2024, 10:41:13 PM
This country needs more power generation that does NOT come from wind and solar. Throw up some nuclear plants and not care about environmentalists cries
Your future dog with 3 heads my have a different opinion
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 07, 2024, 07:28:06 AM
Texas has independence with it's own power grid. That may be a very good thing in the coming years. Just sayin'.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Shuffler on August 07, 2024, 08:58:58 AM
Oh. Didn’t realize it was my personal responsibility to get my ladder out and fix the fn pole. Do I have to repair the transformers and power lines too? How about the substations and power plants? That my duty as well? Must be a Texas thing. Everywhere else I’ve lived in America “the grid” delivers power. That included EVERYTHING from the power plant to my meter.
If Shuffler is right, I guess I need to get the visa out and make a trip to Lowe’s to buy some poles and fuses. Anyone know what isle the substations are on? I might pick one of those up too.
LOL no one said it was your job to fix the pole. In fact the poles were mostly all straight until they broke up HL&P. Thank those that hate big business. The management of your area is lacking. Whoever is in charge should be replaced. Same as if your red lights seem yo be broken more often than working..... whoever is responsible in your area should be replaced. That is usually a person selected to manage an area. The grid is a much larger area.
This little storm was far worse than many big storms as far as wind. While the wind speeds were not that high, they were not straight winds.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: fudgums on August 07, 2024, 09:24:23 AM
What is this? A limit to how much you can post or a limit to how much you can see? I don't get it. Maybe a suicidal mutual-fund manager reported you.
It’s a penalty system where I assume when hit 100% you’re at least prevented from posting for awhile, possibly PNG’d, idk. You’ll see by your user name an indication that you’re being watched. If you click on your user name and click “view warnings” it will show the history you have, if any…
At 20% posting/viewing wasn’t restricted.
Iirc, the % drops per week without/in absence of more infraction or warnings.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 07, 2024, 02:01:58 PM
Click your profile to see how many points you have. 80% will put you in the penalty box for a few days I think.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: xanax on August 07, 2024, 03:54:07 PM
It’s a penalty system where I assume when hit 100% you’re at least prevented from posting for awhile, possibly PNG’d, idk. You’ll see by your user name an indication that you’re being watched. If you click on your user name and click “view warnings” it will show the history you have, if any…
At 20% posting/viewing wasn’t restricted.
Iirc, the % drops per week without/in absence of more infraction or warnings.
Interesting. I had no idea how this worked.
I'm good for now, I've got room to make that post about me flying nekid while holding a plate full of spaghetti and a margarita!
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 07, 2024, 04:27:59 PM
Pictures or....
No, nix that.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Eagler on August 07, 2024, 04:28:41 PM
I am at 72% today...got a hit on the 5th for something
It would help if you knew what you are being penalized about as it doesn't seem consistent to me
Eagler
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Shane on August 07, 2024, 05:09:09 PM
I am at 72% today...got a hit on the 5th for something
It would help if you knew what you are being penalized about as it doesn't seem consistent to me
Eagler
Where are guys even seeing this? Nothing shows up in anything or anywhere in my profile/acct info? I can see something like this existing, but have never encountered it.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 07, 2024, 05:20:49 PM
It's easier to see if you make a few posts about politics.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Meatwad on August 07, 2024, 06:19:52 PM
Where are guys even seeing this? Nothing shows up in anything or anywhere in my profile/acct info? I can see something like this existing, but have never encountered it.
Profile above then view warnings .. under summary
Maybe it doesn't show if you don't have any
Eagler
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: maxy on August 07, 2024, 06:40:19 PM
the Media doesn't report about all the Floridians who have generators, only takes 1 hurricane season to realize 1 day without power from a natural event is enough to fill up the gas tanks and get the generator ready.... on a side note with a cat 3 or below, most people will have power on within a few days...
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: RotBaron on August 08, 2024, 01:09:49 AM
At the top of each forum the rules are listed. Rule 14: Posting topics or threads which are based on politics, race, or religion is expressly forbidden.
Maybe the “based” part should be removed or the rule reworded…
The stock market appears to fall in this category, I guess I’ll keep that topic to X/Twitter in the future.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: Eagler on August 08, 2024, 04:53:29 AM
With heat index in triple digits by 10am any loss of power can be life threatening for those barely able to fend for themselves on days with electricity..
Depends on your location/grid priority and if your utilities are aerial or underground and how close to civilization you are
Sorry but if have land in bfe you are not a priority and best be able to fend for yourself
Eagler
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 08, 2024, 09:00:04 AM
You can't discuss any current events without someone eventually turning it political. There's a good reason for that of course. Politics are intertwined in current events.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: LilMak on August 08, 2024, 09:01:56 AM
According to that website. 134000 lost power as the storm blew through in FL. Today about 7500 without power. Or about 5.5% still in the dark.
In Houston, 2.3 million lost power and 5 days later there were still 800k without power. Or about 34% still in the dark.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 08, 2024, 09:05:11 AM
Obviously there's a big difference between servicing 7 million people vs less than a million. Harris county has about 5 million but the area affected was larger.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 08, 2024, 09:29:46 AM
Obviously there's a big difference between servicing 7 million people vs less than a million. Harris county has about 5 million but the area affected was larger.
Obviously. However, one is six times more effective than the other at recovery. As far as actual square miles, I’d wager the storms covered similar distances. Also, Houston is a major metro area presumably with better infrastructure and massively more resources at its disposal.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: xanax on August 08, 2024, 09:45:31 AM
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 08, 2024, 09:46:31 AM
North Carolina is suffering too but probably due to the recent hurricane.
I was looking at Cape Coral a few years ago when we were thinking of moving. Good prices then, they've gone up a lot. I noticed many of the homes there have swimming pools encased in glass. My brief first thought was why? Then, oh yeah. ;)
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: LNG15 on August 08, 2024, 11:35:30 AM
North Carolina is suffering too but probably due to the recent hurricane.
I was looking at Cape Coral a few years ago when we were thinking of moving. Good prices then, they've gone up a lot. I noticed many of the homes there have swimming pools encased in glass. My brief first thought was why? Then, oh yeah. ;)
Its not glass, it is a screened in aluminum cage surrounding the back porch pool area to keep the mosquitos and critters out, that area of the house is referred to as the screened in lanai, 99.7 percent of the homes here have it, huge business for the people who install it. trust me there is zero glass surrounds, hurricane code requires impact glass for such a design, it would cost more than the house and land just for the material.
Title: Re: Connection Lost
Post by: AKIron on August 10, 2024, 07:36:09 AM