Not a fan of the Texas Panhandle but

[vercetti2021]

I thank whichever God is out there that we are NOT on that ERCOT bullshit grid. So I gotta give credit to this part of the state who decided to stay on the national grid. Its gonna hit 107 Tuesday here in Amarillo.

[Joinfortmill]

1. 👍

[TexasBushwhacker]

2. Yup. Upper panhandle, El Paso and East Texas

I remember during the MEGAFREEZE that Lubbock was just fine and it gets cold as a well diggers butt there in the winter.

[duhneece]

15. My daughter is in Lubbock

I hadn’t realized how lucky she is.

[TexasBushwhacker]

23. Is she going to Texas Tech?

My cousin was a PCP there for about 30 years. They retired to Marble Falls a few years ago.

[duhneece]

24. No, she's in law enforcement

I was seriously afraid she’d ‘turn Republican’ working for law enforcement in Texas, but she’s so pro-choice and anti-insanity that I’m safe! 😂
She’s 34, been in law enforcement there for 13 or 14 years… and she loves her job

[TexasBushwhacker]

26. That's awesome! N/t

[PJMcK]

3. Gardez votre sangre froid

French for keep your cool.

[duhneece]

25. Usually I do

But not always. 😂

[czarjak]

4. The Greg Grid was foisted on us.

[UpInArms]

5. It was once called

Southwestern Public Service …

That was in the 70s-90s … at least when I was there … was a pretty good electric service provider

[vercetti2021]

7. Yep I remember

And sparky the rat.

[LudwigPastorius]

6. I'm south of Ft. Worth.

109 tomorrow

111 Tuesday

This absolutely sucks.

[flying_wahini]

8. Hey I'm in Ft Worth too.

[LudwigPastorius]

18. Salutations!

Let's hope our power stays on this week.

[electric_blue68]

9. Got friends east of Dallas.

[roamer65]

11. You ARE lucky.

Appears as though you may be on the Eastern Interconnect Grid.

[Skittles]

12. cool

I thought only the El Paso area was exempt from the grid fraud.

[roamer65]

13. Some of East Texas along the border with Louisiana appears lucky as well.

[herding cats]

14. May you keep your AC on!

I'm a tad jelly, but happy for you all the same!

I'm in central Texas and have an RV and a generator as a backup. Still waiting on my Generac install for the whole house.

[Scruffy1]

16. It's really a geographic accident.

I live in El Passo and we are closer to four state capitals than our own. (New Mexico, Sonora, Chihuahua. Arizona) Both El Paso Gas and El Paso Electric have been the main suppliers for New Mexico for many years. Same with the panhandle. Actually, because of their small population density and the long distance to the oil town of Houston the only they to get power was to be part of the same grid as El Paso.

[Scruffy1]

17. It's really a geographic accident.

I live in El Passo and we are closer to four state capitals than our own. (New Mexico, Sonora, Chihuahua. Arizona) Both El Paso Gas and El Paso Electric have been the main suppliers for New Mexico for many years. Same with the panhandle. Actually, because of their small population density and the long distance to the oil town of Houston the only they to get power was to be part of the same grid as El Paso.

[locks]

19. Great article in the NY Times this week

Gerrymandering USA about the town of Denton, north of Dallas, which has two colleges and many wonderful diverse people, mostly young who work so hard caring for each other and keep a caring community voting and electing liberal leaders. More like Austin than the rest of TX but the TX Republicans legislators just gerrymandered the downtown of Denton out of the district where the colleges and diverse and liberals live and vote. My grandchildren live there and I am dismayed that these awful Repubs are destroying the best places in the country.

[efhmc]

20. Was through Sweetwater last week and there were very few turbines turning.

[Warpy]

21. 2 reasons I appreciate the Texas panhandle

First, there was a hell of a lot less Texas to go through on I 40 than on I 10. Second, there was a fajita joint on the interstate that perfumed the air with garlic for miles. I always stopped there.

El Paso is also on the western grid, not ERCOT (Elected Republicans Conning Ordinary Texans). It seems the only 2 parts of Texas I ever had much use for saw ERCOT coming and said no thanks.

[Fiendish Thingy]

22. My brother just moved to Perryton

Looks like that’s part of the panhandle as well, so hopefully he won’t lose power either.

[TexasBushwhacker]

27. Well, it's Tuesday morning and 80 in Houston

and 90% humidity. 90 PERCENT! I'll shortly be walking through soup to get to my car. Predicted high is 100°, with a heat index of 108. It's supposed to get to 101 Wednesday.