Chalkie

I ran across a pretty interesting article regarding the failures of the Texas grid during this weather event. Wind Energy Fails: Grading the Reliability of Energy Sources During the Texas Power Outages I am not a scientist, engineer or statistician but the data presented seems to be factual to me.

Not exactly generations since Texas had a major cold weather event just 10 years ago. USA Today article

Trailers with a gross weight exceeding 7,500 lbs. must pass an annual safety inspection. In some cases, you may be asked to provide additional information such as: Weight Certificate. A note on the weight certificate that we ran into when we registered our RV. The weight they want is an empty weight, not possible when you are living in it. The DMV settled for a photo with the weight sticker on the RV that also had the VIN. The clerk was sure this would work and so took it to her supervisor who submitted it to the state and it was accepted.

That is likely true until there are more satellites up. When I was using a "manual" antenna for DirecTv you had to have it pretty darned precise to get a signal, and now with my Pathway X2 if it misses just one of the satellites it has a fit, and it is automated supposedly. I think things will get more flexible as time goes on with this project.

I thought this was going to be one of the advantages to Starlink - portability. I have seen pics of the equipment and it doesn't look any larger than a satellite TV dish.

I agree that until 2016 nothing came on line for a number of years. However, you said and I quote: That list shows about 50 reactors that came on line after 3 Mile Island. Yucca (not Yukon) Mountain, which would have provided long term storage for nuclear waste was halted for purely political, not scientific, reasons according to the GAO. It is something we are going to have to reckon with, however, because as existing plants age and need to be decommissioned we will need to store the waste somewhere. Maybe this could be a new Elon Musk project, launch the waste into the sun or something.

Not so. Quotes from US Energy Information Administration: We are still building reactors. And if you look at this reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_reactors#United_States you find that a number have come on line since 3 Mile Island. Currently a multi-national effort to build a fusion reactor is underway in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France. If fusion reactors can be perfected nuclear will definitely be the power source of the future. Here is an article in Scientific American.

The school my daughter works for was supposed to be closed Tuesday and Wednesday (Monday was holiday) and then have virtual classes the rest of the week. That has now been changed to closed, period, due to continued rolling blackouts.

Not just the University. The entire state of Texas has been woefully unprepared from local to state levels. Depending on area it has been no electricity, no water, no gas or some combination of the three.

I found two items on a tax lawyers website that might be of interest. However, I think the above advice to consult an attorney directly is the best advice.

We have a T-Mobile signal booster that works fairly well for 4G LTE but will not work for 5G. I have no idea if they offer an updated one for 5G or not. I do know when the M2000 does not receive a strong enough 5G signal it will revert to 4G LTE.

Where our daughter lives they sent messages to residents telling them to drip faucets, and just as you stated they were then forced to send out messages saying to boil water. Now they have no water at all unless the city can "import" water from neighboring cities. The mismanagement at state and local levels for this weather emergency is appalling.

Glad you found it. In T-Mobile fashion the phone associated with the M2000 will be in the area code of whatever you used for the delivery address. Seems funny as our T-Mobile phones are both 719 but the M2000 is 737.

Wouldn't matter to me as the park I am in (in Texas) doesn't want their taps left on, and now as long as the subfreezing temps have hung around they have shut their water treatment plant down.

I have a gizmo for a microwave that you are supposed to put in a scrambled egg and cook it to make the egg for an egg muffin. I have found that unless you time it perfectly it comes out rubbery and can vary from egg to egg. It is much more satisfactory to me to pour that scrambled egg into one of the silicon rings in the fry pan. But your experiment sounds interesting. Let us know if it works, which I think it will, but the real trick would getting an easy over egg out of a microwave.

I went to the TMobile site and see it here https://www.t-mobile.com/tablets. Then scroll down.

Based on that, I would say yes. They have to be buying it from somewhere.

I know that Texas has a (mostly) statewide grid called the Texas Interconnection managed by - ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas). It's lines are not actually isolated from other states but the area managed does not cross state lines which keeps it free from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rules. So I guess you could say it has its own but I see it as more smoke and mirrors.

We have friends in the Kansas City area that are getting rolling blackouts as well. Here is a quote from a daily email I get called the Morning Brew.

Drying an egg could be interesting. Would that leave you with a powdered egg? But I did say fry.

But can you fry an egg in it? Convection ovens are great but they are not a replacement for a stove top. I don't know the specific dimensions but a lot of newer RVs are coming with a 4-burner cooktop that actually has a usable oven. If you don't want the oven take a look at gas cooktops. They can be had in smaller sizes and most gas places are able to convert natural gas to propane.

They do. This is a veteran owned and managed park and they have invested a lot into upgrading the infrastructure of the park. I appreciate the way they manage and the personal touch they bring to everyday interactions. I can certainly live with their rules when the weather is so darned weird.

Well said!! I spent 3 tours in California, specifically the Monterey area, but have family all over the state and visited them often while I was stationed there. There are certain places I would not mind living in in California but they are all along the coast where cost of living is well outside my means. Overall, the state is beautiful. A lot condensed into one state, but no longer my cup of tea.

ROFL They do not want you to drip the faucets. They have their own private well and water treatment plant and they have a limited amount of water in a tank (about 8000 gallons) and do not want the entire park (about 100 sites) to drain that tank. Again, their park, their rules.

They are, and it is their park and their rules, I am not faulting the decision but I now no longer see a need for the heated hose.