Is it really that cold?

[MOPanfisher]

Gonna get it anyway, thankfully so far it hasn't turned out to be as bad as was predicted early on.  I didnt mean to imply snow was good, more of a "it's cold and snowy but at least the wind is blowing" sarcastic.comment.

[BilletHead]

                   Son just texted me. City utilities in Springfield are doing rolling blackouts this morning. 30 to 60 minutes at a time. His mother in law just went out a few minutes ago.

 

[Flysmallie]

1 hour ago, BilletHead said:

                   Son just texted me. City utilities in Springfield are doing rolling blackouts this morning. 30 to 60 minutes at a time. His mother in law just went out a few minutes ago.

 

Yep. Ours was out earlier this morning. Now our store downtown is out. Also have people in Ft. Smith that have them going too. 

[tjm]

1 hour ago, MOPanfisher said:

sarcastic.comment

yeah, my silly question was with a grin, the important thing about the weather is that if we are patient it will change

[Terrierman]

Webster Electric Co-op says no blackouts at least so far.  Thankfully the trend is warmer.

[Quillback]

Gotta hang in there a few more days.  Forecast is for a high of 50 next Monday.  

[Terrierman]

I was just reading more about Texas' problems.  Their stand alone power system had to buy power on the open market.  Normal price is around $18 per megawatt hour.  They had to pay as much as $4000.  Ouch.

[fishinwrench]

5 hours ago, MOPanfisher said:

thankfully so far it hasn't turned out to be as bad as was predicted

I can only remember one time in my life that a weather event got as bad as the weather report predicted.  

Typically they exaggerate substantially.....just in case. 

[nomolites]

$18 MWH is dirt cheap - final costs are typically multiple times that after the all misc adders like “peak” demand charges are calculated and added to an invoice.  Electricity under peak demand is always cost prohibitive and most big consumers curtail or drop off line rather than take that beating....that may be driving at least some of these blackouts where utilities are buying from someone else.  I don’t think they are allowed to pass their posterior whooping for that power on to the end user..and may be why you don’t get it.

Mike

[Ryan Miloshewski]

I already took off next Mon-Weds so I can fish, hike, shoot something, crap and piss outside--all of it. I am going insane. Might just sit in the Taney parking lot in a lawn chair wearing a tank top and drink.