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We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb
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quote:Originally posted by Steve Miller:
Quirt and Mary Anna, do you guys have a generator? News reports here say power is out all over TX and OK.
quote:Health officials in Texas are scrambling to use more than 8,000 vaccine doses before they expire after the harsh winter storm hitting the state knocked out the power of the deep freezers storing the vaccines.
Two Harris County public health officials told ABC News that their facility that stored the Moderna vaccine lost power early Monday morning and a backup generator also failed. The freezers that kept the vaccine at its containment temperature were among the affected equipment, they said.
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We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb
Bazootiehead-in-training
quote:Moderna vaccine lost power early Monday morning and a backup generator also failed.
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Life is short. Play with your dog.
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quote:Originally posted by Nina:
whoa, those power lines!
I am morbidly fascinated with watching those videos of cars sliding on ice.
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Several people have eaten my cooking and survived.
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We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb
Bazootiehead-in-training
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The most dangerous word in the language is "obvious"
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We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb
Bazootiehead-in-training
quote:With nearly 4 million Texans in need of power amid the winter storm that struck the state, demand for energy is exceptionally high. The demand has exceeded the supply that the state has to offer.
As a result, the Public Utility Commission of Texas held an emergency meeting on Monday where officials introduced an order that would adjust energy prices. The order said in part, "Energy prices should reflect scarcity of the supply. If customer load is being shed, scarcity is at its maximum, and the market price for the energy needed to serve that load should also be at its highest."
The order also stated that The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the organization that monitors Texas' power grid, should correct any past prices to reflect the current shortage of energy. However, there are caps in place in the order to make sure consumers are protected from skyrocketing prices.
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We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb
Bazootiehead-in-training
quote:Originally posted by wtg:
How are our Oklahomans doing? And the Oregonians?
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Mary Anna Evans
http://www.maryannaevans.com
MaryAnna@ermosworld.com
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Several people have eaten my cooking and survived.
quote:Originally posted by Mary Anna:
(It's so nearby that we recently had a water outage when they had a problem with the water system, so it's just luck of the draw that our electrical utilities aren't also entwined with theirs.)
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Life is short. Play with your dog.
quote:Originally posted by Nina:
Personally, this Oregonian is doing just fine. Lots of downed trees, but I live in a neighborhood with underground utilities so minimal power loss. But it's very localized. Just a block away they lost power for a little over a day. Also localized are the impacts of ice/snow on the roads. My driveway and the street in front of my house is ice. Two doors away it's clear. Thank you, picturesque trees. LOL.
Now the weather is warm, the main roads are slushy to dry and transportation is moving. Power is slowly coming on in other places.
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