Seeing reports on the news that entire families died in their homes overnight due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Homeless people have been found dead on medians in the middle of the street. Cell service is down. No word from the state on power restoration.
Please pray for Texas.
54 hours without power and NO breaks. My pipes are now solid frozen. 78758. The huge apartment complex and large hotel directly across the street from me have power. PLEASE, even just one hour.
Some generation is slowly returning.
ERCOT was able to direct utilities to restore 600,000 households last night.
2.7 million households still do not have power.
THREAD: I lived in Wisconsin my entire life (til college). I’ve gone to school when the windchill is -30. Mom didn’t make me bring a winter jacket until the temperature hit single digits. But now I live in Fort Worth, TX.
Texans really living like its 1875 lol. No heat, no lights....I had to brush my teeth with a candle and a bottle of water I fetched up yonder from thine well.
ROTATING OUTAGE UPDATE: Due to the severity of weather and the condition of the @ERCOT_ISO grid, rotating outages in the Austin Energy area are lasting longer than the expected 40 minutes.
Please continue to conserve energy.
How rotating outages work: https://t.co/fxc16JZo6H