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