Houston area under rolling blackouts Feb 2nd

[matefrio]

ERCOT officials said the rolling blackout involves controlled, temporary interruptions of electrical service as supplies of reserve power are exhausted.
Without the blackouts generators would overload and begin shutting down to avoid damage, potentially leading to a regional outage.



Houston area under rolling blackouts | Chronicle | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

 

[Dcav]

They are affecting most areas.

 

[Mikey]

Yeah, San Antonio is getting it too.

 

[robin303]

How long do they last I wonder.

 

[Rum Runner]

Supposed to last 15 to 45 minutes w/ averages in the 20s.

 

[San Antone RR]

Mine was an hour. 0630-0730

 

[zembonez]

My power went down about 6 AM today and came back on about one hour later. Not sure if it was planned but it sure was interesting timing.

 

[outdare]

We have lost power three times today. Again right now as I type and twice this morning once at 5 and another at 8am.

 

[jasont]

Happened at least twice at home and twice at work now. The ones at work have been an hour each.

 

[San Antone RR]

I just lost power for the second time today. News says 15 min, but my first was an hour. Will see how long this one is.

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[Mikewood]

On the west side of Houston we are getting a 20 minute outage just about every hour. It's really screwing up the computers.

 

[SiVisPacem]

This is the kind of reason I have a battery-powered alarm clock. I've been using it for almost 15 years and it's never loses power, as long as I remember to change the batteries ever few years.

 

[gladi8r]

Up here in temple area we keep losing power. My house is cold real cold

 

[sgtjab]

In Dallas ours power has been out 8 or 9 times since early this morning each outage has been about 15 minutes

 

[kurt]

Ours was out for 20 minutes this morning.

 

[espy59lc]

Ours went out twice so far, and then the cable went black one time. KSAT12's website says it might go all night and into tomorrow...Nice timing to do this when its 20 outside. My g/f's work has had it happen twice and its a hair salon so they aren't getting much done today! It'll be an interesting night of work for me if this continues.

 

[KAK]

Mine was out all night in Waco. I woke up to a shivering dog in a 43 degree apartment. I could see my breath.

I don't know if it's related but my microwave took a crap. It counts down with the light on but doesn't make microwave noises or cook anything anymore.

 

[matefrio]

Mine was out all night in Waco. I woke up to a shivering dog in a 43 degree apartment. I could see my breath.

I don't know if it's related but my microwave took a crap. It counts down with the light on but doesn't make microwave noises or cook anything anymore.

That'sa fuse, easy to replace.

 

[KAK]

Sweet I'll go buy one

 

[Rhino]

In San Antonio, we've personally had three outages so far, with two of them being an hour or more. Woke up to the first.

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