Hope all upper Texas people are safe.

[Texaswitchy]

We are all fine.

We learned a lot in December so we are more then prepared.

All the animals are safe and warm.

Just sitting by wood burning stove fixing stew.

Three friends came to visit so temporarily are staying over.

They are from Houston which is fine and has been spared the big freeze, just temps a little warmer.

But it is not safe to drive so I have company.

Temps back up in a few days.

The new normal.

[gay texan]

1. Got two diesel generators on hot standby

I trust the grid as far as I could throw a bank safe

[Texaswitchy]

2. Yep.

The grid is not up to this.

Glad we are off grid.

Plenty of wood.

Warmer weather is coming.

[gay texan]

12. Freezing rain until 10am tomorrow

Very brrrrrr

[Texaswitchy]

14. I was out this morning.

Dressed in multiple layers.

A lot of broken limbs.

More fire wood.

[phoenix75]

3. Stay safe and well!

Good that you have a wood burning stove. Great backup source of heat.

[Texaswitchy]

5. We are good.

The gulf coast was spared...

Might help with the grid.

We learned our lesson in December.

Time to prepare for more rough weather.

[Traildogbob]

4. Anybody

Checking on Ted Cruz’s dog?

[Texaswitchy]

7. Cruz doesn't deserve a dog.

Houston is ok.

He lives in the River Oaks area.

[ananda]

6. NW Austin, power on, using phone hotspot for internet..

until Spectrum fixes its power outage.

[Texaswitchy]

8. Hope your power stays on.

Had to check on the chickens and it is cold and icy .

The chickens are in their boxes around the heaters.

[JCMach1]

47. Update: never lost power in McKinney, but about .5" of ice total

Lost 3 days of school and everyone at home has a cold(negative tests for Covid).

[Lonestarblue]

9. Lots of outages in Austin, including my area.

No power since this morning and no indication that a crew is even working on it. Freezing temps again tonight, so I have a risk of frozen pipes. I already have lots of tree damage. I’m so glad the governor “fixed” the power grid here and assured everyone a couple of days ago that everything would be fine.

[Texaswitchy]

11. He fixed it alright, sure.

You might want to check into a kerosene heater.

For next winter.

We have them on the farm here ..

They are safe if used correctly.

I was afraid the grid would go.

[Mariana]

20. If you shut off the water to the house, and open all the taps

you may be able to prevent frozen pipes.

[ananda]

42. Austin Energy "claims" that it's weather related and..

nothing to do with the power grid.

Right.

[Lonestarblue]

45. Nearly 153,000 people without power in Austin.

Austin Energy hasn’t even assigned a crew to my neighborhood, so it could be days before they get around to us. My utilities are all underground so the outage was not caused by falling wires. This is what happens when you don’t spend the money to winterize the grid and you have an idiot governor who does nothing to force such precautions. After all, this kind of freeze here happens only once in a lifetime according to him, even though we’ve had three events in two years.

The state has an enormous budget surplus, none of which will be spent upgrading the power grid.

[Texaswitchy]

46. Yes.

Just a shame this is happening again.

No need.

A kerosene heater is something to look into.

They are not as scary as they sound.

We have three and had no fires.



You just have to learn how to use them.


The newer models are really safe to use.

Just get them in the summer and learn how to use them.

The Texas grid will not get better.

[SheltieLover]

10. Day 2 of 3 day ice storm here in TN.

So far, we're ok. Ferals & fed. Power on. Heat pump doing great.

Stay safe, all!

[Texaswitchy]

13. We built the cattle some plastic houses from Pvc pipes and heavy duty plastic.

Working well.

Plenty of straw on the ground.

They are anchored to the ground and portable when needed ..
.
We checked on the cattle this morning and they were nice and warm inside.

All that body heat ..

Brought them extra hay.

That was a cold morning.

[SheltieLover]

29. Awesome!

Ty for caring for them.

[Texaswitchy]

39. If you have animals you have to take care of them .

Some birds are in there also..

Hung out some birds feeders.

Smart birds .

[calimary]

15. Thank you for checking in!

Good to know you are - uh - weathering the weather!

Stay safe, warm, and smart.

[Texaswitchy]

16. It is amazing the Gulf Coast is spared the freezing weather.

It is cold but above freezing...

Over cast but not much rain..

Weather is amazing.

[calimary]

25. Weather IS amazing, for sure, Texaswitchy!

It's another physically tangible reminder to us humans that there is DEFINITELY something bigger, and WAY more powerful, than we are.

For many, it's God Up-There. For all of us mortals, it's the weather down here.

[Texaswitchy]

27. Yep.

That old barb wire fence sure did work..

Old Texas joke.

[flying_wahini]

17. Everything started to melt in sunny spots but it is still below freezing here in FtW.

It was 16* last night and not above freezing till tomorrow.
Streets are frozen 2” solid ice.

[Texaswitchy]

21. I know someone who lives in Dallas..

You guys are cold......

Watching a channel YouTube..

[Texaswitchy]

32. Stay warm.

I am getting cold watching the YouTube channel.

This guy is driving in that weather watching it live.

Just a few more days.

[Tree Lady]

19. Daughter in San Antonio has power

but her kids high school closed for 2 days? Not trusting the grid or just don't want to pay to heat? Who knows? She works from home so glad power working.

Said she feels freezing, they aren't use to cold weather. Said she is wearing blanket.

[Texaswitchy]

23. Long underwear is your friend...

Will really help keep you warm..

Then some sweat pants...

Long sleeve t-shirts.

I have long sleeve T-shirts must be 20 years old.

Never wore them so much as in the last few years.

[Tree Lady]

26. I agree daughter told me after a few

years in Texas she got rid of most of her winter things.

After last grid mess I sent her camping stove because she couldn't even heat food or water.

[Texaswitchy]

28. Camping stoves are important emergency gear .

Some good sleeping bags.

[Tree Lady]

30. Those they had they have RV

but keep it down at the gulf.

[Texaswitchy]

34. A sleeping bag beats a blanket.

A nice thick one.

Mine is rated for 20 and below.

No power and that is really needed.

[AllaN01Bear]

22. stew sounds good . id better quit stewing about stew.hang in there .

[Texaswitchy]

24. Yesterday was chicken and dumplings.

Big pots of food.

Soup tomorrow.

Corn bread.

Four people to feed.

[mgardener]

31. Last month was the 25 anniversary of our epic ice storm

5 days of icy rain.
We only lost power for 3 days
https://www.weather.gov/btv/25th-Anniversary-of-the-Devastating-1998-Ice-Storm-in-the-Northeast
It was -9 when I awoke this am.
-18 Friday night.

Will the fun never stop?
Stay safe everyone!

[Texaswitchy]

35. This might be more normal now.

A kerosene heater might be good to keep around.

Not as scary as they sound.

We use them in the barn..

[Tickle]

33. When giving time to prepare

it can be kind of fun or even romantic at times to sit by the Fire with candles no noise in the back ground just nice talk

[Texaswitchy]

36. It is nice in the cabin with good friends.

Warm stove and good food.

Outside not so much.

[Texaswitchy]

38. It is nice in the cabin with good friends.

Warm stove and good food.

Outside not so much.

[Tickle]

43. right!

On occasion like a stormy cold night it can be a wonderful memory. A few days tucked away like that not so good LOL

[Texaswitchy]

44. Yep.

I get out during the day.

But it was to dangerous for them to leave.

Icy roads.

This was nice to have company this time.

In December it was just me and the dogs .

Good memories.

[Lucinda]

37. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[JCMach1]

40. Just bored. I bought a power inverter for my Chevy Volt

After Snowmageddon. It can act like a generator if needed.

[Texaswitchy]

41. Good idea.

The weather will only get more wild..

Global warming..

[Texaswitchy]

48. Just taking a break from cutting tree branches off the road .

We can't get out until we clear the road.

No shortage of fire wood.

Hope all y'all get power back on soon.

The solar panels are working.

The trees took a beating.