Colder than a witch’s tit out there.

[Marshall Tucker]

Dont chew fuck wit texas.

[Benny Profane]

Should be a new license plate.

Texas

We Don't Need Your Damn Help

[plugboots]

Should be a new license plate.

Texas

We Don't Need Your Damn Help

Except when we ask Biden for it.

[BmillsSkier]

Great story; took it half step beyond believable with that last reach about the books.

Those women don't marry.

[plugboots]

Great story; took it half step beyond believable with that last reach about the books.

Those women don't marry.

I saw it in my Twitter feed and didn’t believe it either.

[dannynoonan]

Great story; took it half step beyond believable with that last reach about the books.

Those women don't marry.

Lol good point Bmills.

The fridge stuff spoiling is the other tell, just put it outside it's cold out there. But entertaining none the less.

[Danno]

Ted Cruz now vacationing in Cancun with the family. Lol.

[Benny Profane]

So, I was thinking. When I drive I70 through Kansas and eastern Colorado, sometimes there are wind turbines literally as far as the eye can see. That ain't too far from Texas. How are they doing?

[Greenstateofmind]

^^^Just like upstate. Betya they’re turning

[ötzi]

Just as cold but the power's on: (scroll down) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...utage-map.html

Having some trouble in LA and MS though, and KY and WVA also

[BmillsSkier]

Just got off a call with a client in LA and he said no water or power for a few days at his home. Busted pipes all over the place. Been hanging at the office.

[Danno]

So, I was thinking. When I drive I70 through Kansas and eastern Colorado, sometimes there are wind turbines literally as far as the eye can see. That ain't too far from Texas. How are they doing?

I haven't been there recently, but I have driven through in arctic temps before, and they spin.

[ill-advised strategy]

Ain't no damn pencil pushin regultors gonna tell them fellers what to do.

State full of ornery fucks

[XXX-er]

Speaking of Texas, the now former mayor of Colorado City, TX weighs in.......WOW:

https://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/n...ected-by-cold/

I read that timbo has recieved the appropriate death threats, wife lost her job ect so its all good

I duno if he is holding any elected office at this point but whom is going to vote for an asshole like that?

[Benny Profane]

I read that timbo has recieved the appropriate death threats, wife lost her job ect so its all good

I duno if he is holding any elected office at this point but whom is going to vote for an asshole like that?

75 million Americans?

[danmelon]

I haven't been there recently, but I have driven through in arctic temps before, and they spin.

plenty of wind turbines all over Canada in cold af places that work fine.

[skiballs]

Windmills break when covered in ice from freezing rain.


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[XXX-er]

plenty of wind turbines all over Canada in cold af places that work fine.

yeah but we are ready for cold weather, it was -30 last week and everything just keeps going

[DJSapp]

Windmills break when covered in ice from freezing rain.


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Sure, once the anti-icing elements are turned off. Same tech as currently exists in airplane wings and Vail sidewalks to melt ice. Not complicated. You are aware windmills power the research stations in Antarctica, right? I don't think it was posted on this page so I'll say it again.

Stop thinking Texas is an amazing weather outlier. It is a pure failure of un-regulated capitalism not giving a shit about people and government not being smart enough to ask 'what-if'. If the Texan windmills froze up it is ONLY because the power generators didn't install the anti-icing tech because they wanted to save money and Texas regulators didn't require them to do it. Hell, I've installed these de-icing elements on vehicle barriers in San Francisco in the event that it snows there. Last snow in downtown SF was a whopping 1" in 1976.

TL;DR Fuck Texas. They made their bed.

[The AD]

I imagine this will get either more frequent or more severe as climate change progresses.

I haven't seen any evidence that cold snaps happen any more frequently due to climate change. In fact I think the evidence points to less extremely cold weather overall.

[dtown]

I saw it in my Twitter feed and didn’t believe it either.

Agree...feels made up but don’t doubt there’s some fool out there in a similar type situation .


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[danmelon]

I haven't seen any evidence that cold snaps happen any more frequently due to climate change. In fact I think the evidence points to less extremely cold weather overall.

They had Judah Cohen on CBC this am on the topic of this weather event. He was talking about the sudden stratospheric warming that disrupts the polar vortex in the arctic sending cold air masses down to the lower latitudes. I recall he mentioned this is related to the warming arctic. His blog is pretty sweet, but really dense. https://www.aer.com/science-research...c-oscillation/

I think there is quite a bit of debate about his theories.

[seano732]

"13 Curses to Mutter Against Ted Cruz While You Boil Snow to Drink"

https://www.texasmonthly.com/politic...snow-to-drink/

[DJSapp]

Hmmm... this seems relevant. Texas had the same problem in 2011. Same root cause, power generation wasn't able to perform in cold weather.

https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/f...-11-report.pdf

[Dantheman]

They had Judah Cohen on CBC this am on the topic of this weather event. He was talking about the sudden stratospheric warming that disrupts the polar vortex in the arctic sending cold air masses down to the lower latitudes. I recall he mentioned this is related to the warming arctic. His blog is pretty sweet, but really dense. https://www.aer.com/science-research...c-oscillation/

I think there is quite a bit of debate about his theories.

I don't know Cohen, but overall this is relatively basic climatology. "Global" warming occurs disproportionately at the the poles. The weakened temperature gradient between the tropics and the poles destabilizes the polar vortex and makes detachment of the vortex and excursions into mid-latitude regions more likely. Predicting when and where those detachments will happen is exceedingly difficult (i.e., weather vs. climate), but the increasing probability of occurrence as the planet warms is not controversial in climate science.