[quote=bigdad]Yeeesh ..

So ,a winter storm hits .. like they often do this time of year .. They are shutting off our power to provide electricity to the states below us .. , they can actually go into the pwr grid and not allow you to use water heaters , stoves, W/D ..etc ..

I've lost pwr at house yesterday from 2 pm to 4 pm .. didn't affect me much , Texas is rough shape ..kinda funny they were always barking at me when I lived there about being on their own pwr grid and stuff so they could leave the union and survive on their own , looks like they can't .

Your welcome SD to the rescue ! [/quote

The problem is the energy here is supplied by windmills now. Texas is up to 25% wind power now. When they shut down, there is not enough gas fired plants to take up the slack like there used to be. The politicians in Washington decide what Texas does , not Texas. All these green people need to wake up. They won’t.