Yes. Small town north of Houston. Our power was off from 5am Monday until 4pm Tuesday. it was 9 degrees overnight. No water pressure. We are fortunate to own a travel trailer. We were able to spend a few hours running the heater until the batteries were flat. and able to cook a meal on the propane cook top. We're being warned to 'prepare' for m ore 'rolling blackouts'.
We moved here from Colorado 4 years ago, so we also have plenty of heavy winter clothes to wear. But most of the people we see aren't wearing clothing adequate for this weather. It got up to 32 this afternoon, but the temp is dropping quickly. Forecast is for 18 tonight, and the same temps for the next 2 days.
Friends of mine in same area, also from CO. When the well pumps are working, they've been hauling in pool water for the toilet tanks and bottle up what they can when the water is running.
Also grilling in their parkas.
Damn, bro, I'm really sorry to hear it. Hope everything resolves asap
Thanks. We're seeing on the local (Houston) news that some areas have been without power since Monday morning.
Also, around here there is no snow removal equipment, so driving anywhere not recommended. One of our plans if things got bad (but mostly thinking hurricanes in the summer) that we would just drive out of the target area until it was over. But this weather is so wide spread it would take days to get to an unaffected area.
Just now they are talking on the news about how many burst water pipes they will have to deal with when they thaw.
Good gracious. That must be a once in a lifetime sort of storm for down there. Hope people prepped before the storm.
Seems like a lot of people in Texas don't know to turn the water off and drain the pipes in the house once the temperature nears freezing.
The houses here weren't built to be able to drain the plumbing. Also, the local news advised everyone to leave their faucets on to trickle to keep the pipes from freezing. But when power was lost the local water wells quit pumping so there is no water flowing in the pipes.
You can do it in any house. Just shut the water main off, and turn on the faucets lowest to the ground, usually first floor, basement, or outside spigot. The faucets will run until the pipes run out of water.
if you don't want to drain the water, just keep the water moving. It's the reason a river doesnt freeze. turn the outside spigot on just so that a very light stream or drip of water is coming out of it. Do that for any area that you are worried is going to freeze
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