beasterbrook wrote:Wind just starting to pick up a bit.. hopfully miss the worst of it..Innisfail is another story.. cat 5 direct hit by the looks of it.. I will prob loose a couple of houses.. uninsured.. but as long as all safe it doesn't matter.. Innisfail will be smashed.. we will see.. they are expecting a 6meter storm surge..Brette
Mars wrote:Ya, Brett's link shows where they expect it to end. Trouble is with all the cities on the coast. Although, Brett's situation is looking like its getting better - the fanzines should be safe. I think he's been downgraded to the border between "Strong Gale Force Winds" and just "Gale Force Winds".I think your cyclone is effecting the weather on this side of the globe too - we are expecting a foot of snow overnight. Here's hoping for a snow day.
Prufrock wrote:I have already had two "ice" days as my office has been closed yesterday and today. Everything here is encased in ice.Martin
Kingofpain89 wrote:Not quite that bad down here in Dallas but with the temperature below zero and ice everywhere, it has effectively shut down all the schools and a lot of businesses. And since everyone is at home running their heaters the local power grid is being taxed to the point that the power company is cycling blackouts every couple of hours for about a half hour.I'm not complaining though. Not when I think about what is going on in Australia and what has happenned before during hurricane season in the U.S. It could be a lot worse. Being without power for a couple of hours this morning bothered my wife enough that she wants to go buy a portable generator though.
Badmike wrote:I bet Jerry isn't getting any of these rolling blackouts at Texas Stadium this week, eh???Mike B.
- ERCOT is urging all consumers who can reduce their energy consumption to do so at this time. Severe weather has led to the loss of more than 50 generation units -- more than 7,000 MW, and additional units are continuing to trip offline due to the extreme cold temperatures. ERCOT Grid Operations has asked the utilities/transmission providers to implement rotating outages until the load is reduced through conservation and restoration of generation units. Conservation is very critical at this time to reduce the load on the system.Rotating outages are controlled, temporary interruptions of electrical service initiated by each utility when supplies of reserve power are exhausted. Without this safety valve, generators would overload and begin shutting down to avoid damage, risking a domino effect of a state-wide outage.As of noon, 2000 MW of the rotating outages had been restored, and 2000 MW remains under rotating outages.One megawatt is roughly enough to power 200 homes in extreme temperatures
