AlamoVampire

This whole weather disaster in texas has been a nightmare. North of 40F at my house and power went out like 15 minutes ago. This is a NIGHTMARE. Sooner things return to normal the better. 171702192021 Update power was out for about 30 min. 191502192021

I honestly feel like I am living in some surreal nightmare. I have not had running water for 36 hours almost (nor has my neighborhood) and my power has been less than stable. But oh it gets better. It is 29 degrees F outside (looking at about a high of 35-36F in a few hours) and it is snowing again. I live in south texas. It. Does. Not. Snow. Here. And in the span of less than a week I see about half a foot of snow, power and water failures and now its snowing again. I just want my normal texas weather back. Id settle right now just to have power (still on as i write this) and running water, fast food places to be open and a cessation of this infernal snow. I can live with 29 degree weather but take away the snow please, its lost its charm. Sorry to rant but holy cow this weather is beyond irritating. 083402182021 update: minimal water pressure has returned. Snow is falling still. No real hope of normal life returning at this point. I never thought I would hate snow. I now hate snow. I just want to stop living in fear of never knowing when my power will fail, of not knowing just how long my power will be off when it fails or now, thanks to how bad this week has been of not knowing when potable safe water (city wide boil water notice in effect) will be a thing again. Can it be over and can my regular worries please return? This isnt fun any more. Again guys, I know it isnt gripping or thrilling reading but you cannot know just how cathartic it is to be able to share my front line experiences of the worst winter weather texas has seen. Wish me luck. 125702182021

Can it stop being nasty weather in texas please? Other day I was with out power 11 hours 20 minutes at the longest. It was cold and very uncomfortable. Tonight it is warmer (in the mid to upper 30s) and around 830 or so pm my water pressure dropped. 3 or so hours later it was gone. Pipes are likely not frozen as my neighbor has no water either. Fine i can manage. But as of about 10 minutes ago as i write now my power is out too! This has passed beyond curious through irritating right into infuriating. 025502172021 update.... 1 hour into loss of power. So no water or power... this stinks. 034502172021 update.... i honestly feel like i am stuck in a farce. In 1 minutes time my power will have been down for 2 hours and my water for about 4-5 hours. Please i beg make this situation end... 044402172021 Update the third.... it is 0540 as i start typing this. It is 31 degrees outside. I hear freezing rain or rain (not sure which but most likely freezing given its 31F) and I am nearing 3 hours w/out power and 5-6 hours w/out any water to my house. I am certain that this has to be either a cosmic joke or a farce. They say it will reach into the low 40s today. I know my little saga isnt gripping reading but it helps to have some place I can vent my frustration at my helplessness in this situation. As I near the end of this update I want to thank you for reading and following along. There we go, 3 hours no power, 5-6 no water. Please make this end, i just want power and water back. 05402172021 update the fourth 0635 in 10 minutes power will have been down for 4 hours. This is not fun. I am not pleased. ERCOT which is the power grid and company that runs said grid is doing a miserable job keeping the power on. I am sick of this. Whats worse is I can step out my front door and see power on down just 1.5 blocks from me in 1 direction (my left as i stand on my front porch) and power on 1 block directly in front of me. My question is: why is it I never see those houses with out power? Why always the circuit powering my block? I live in a simple neighborhood. There is no reason my block has to suffer like this, why not share this load onto those homes? Id get it if a hospital or a police station shared their circuits but the nearest hospital is several miles away and the police sub station nearest me is easily twice as far as the hospital. Heck even the closest fire station is 4-5 miles away... well as i close this update the 4 hour mark is less than 3 minutes away. Im giving up and going to sleep. Thanks for reading and letting me vent. 064202172021 update the fifth at 0715 power came back. 4 hours 30 minutes. Water however is still mia. 072002172021

Yup. @Adslegend will you be next? 180202162021

Well i have power back. It has been back 4 hours. Here is hoping it stays back! 11 hours 20 minutes no power grand total. 194102152021

I just joined the 1k rep group. Happy to be here! 122902152021

Im west of @Cydonian Monk and where im at im coming up on 7 hours no power. Sure snows pretty, but i want my power back... over 200k ppl in my town w/out power, 7800 or so alone in my zip... 111702152021

@kerbiloid10 degrees F into Celsius: -12.2222 and 1 degree F into Celsius: -17.2222 as for your wish: granted but it can only be read as cuneiform. i wish to have a wish of wishes that wish wishes for all the wishes that ever wished a wishful wish that could be wished. 064902152021 (still no power restoration at my home )

Banned FOR having a “1984” reference in your signature. 055302152021

Granted but you are physically incapable of drinking it. I have 2 wishes, one is a real wish so that it enters the universe at large, the second one is for the game. Please only corrupt wish 2 as wish 1 is a serious real world wish. 1. I have not had power at my house for 90 minutes now, its the 4th power failure tonight. It is currently 10 degrees F with a real feel of 1 degree F and the wind is blowing. I wish my cities power company would hurry up and restore power. Power went down around 0423 and as I type its 0551. The next wish is for the thread. 2. I wish for stronger joints on rockets. 055202152021

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Id settle for my power staying on right now. Ive lost power 3 times over the last hour. Its 10 or so degrees outside and my city as unequipped to deal with this as they are seem to be rolling black outs that last 10-15 min. Im sick of the power failures tbh. I want to play ffxiv or watch netflix but i cant... 025402152021 for anyone following along my power just return at 0300... so far it went out at 0205, 0240, 0254... will update as things progress 030202152021 well its 0423 and my power failed again. This is ridiculous. 042502152021 currently 0650 and power still down, wind is blowing.... i want to thank those who are following my frigid lil saga. 065102152021 we are now 3 hours in. Its now 12 degrees F (-11.1111 degrees Celsius for you @kerbiloid) and still no power... 072302152021 072402152021 This will be my last edit for a while as im gonna try to sleep. As i write we have passed 3 hours 30 minutes since my power went down. It has fallen to 10 degrees F again. 075202152021 075302152021 brief update then going back to sleep. In just 3 minutes i will not have had power or heat for 7 hours. 18 degrees f outside. Very windy. 111902152021 and this 8 hours no power... 18 degrees F outside, windy... going to sleep some more lol 123002152021

My city is seeing snow for the first time in at least 3 years. As of my writing there is an INCH!! of the stuff on the ground. I know technically its not a lot but for my town an eighth of an inch of ice shut us down earlier this evening, so, for me its positively delightful to see! We are expecting upwards of 4 inches, again for us thats extreme! Snow, here, whod have thought! 011702152021

The reason suddenly appears in your mind. Now you are compelled to join in. i wish for unlimited power! 074302152021

Not likely. @adsii1970 to the courtesy phone. 074202142021

Granted but you are forced to be audited for any and all income from age 3 years until the end of said audit. Then they let you work lol. i wish for snow! 230102132021

It is reasonable to believe you had wished for a car that you could drive in, so giving you a micromachine toy car corrupts it. to the wish above this post: granted, but to use it you must pay $3,000,000,000.99 each time. i wish i had that kinda cash. 212702132021

Not this time. @adsii1970 has to be next this time yes? 212502132021

Tasty 212402133021

Has great taste in an awesome comic! 212302132021

Getting summons whiplash lol @adsii1970 will you be next this time? 184302132021

You rang? @adsii1970 are you next? 180402132021

Granted, you have a micromachine toy car. (Do you feel old if you did not need to google that?) i wish for a nice dr pepper 072402132021 new page post 2

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Scientist 041302132021 new page! 041402132021