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> …if temperatures plummet again…
by catchnear4321 3y ago
> …if temperatures plummet again…
- WendyTheWillow 3y agoYeah I was confused; I live near Texas and the temperature has not gotten very cold yet, so the idea that blackouts were already in the table was a briefly alarming thought. But of course, it’s just a headline…
- adventured 3y agoNot just a headline, the article is from the Dailymail, one of the most garbage publications in Britain. It's equivalent to linking to an article on Breitbart or TMZ in terms of trashiness. The sole reason it made it to the front page so quickly is HN has an irrational obsession with the powergrid in Texas due to the politics involved.
- zelda420 3y agoThis exactly the same as 2021 when the state lost mass power. I personally lost it for 4 days.
- WendyTheWillow 3y ago“This” makes it look like blackouts are imminent; they are not.
- larrydag 3y agoThat's a big "if". The cold temperatures in Texas in 2021 was the first such experience in nearly 70 years. It was a very, very extreme condition. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/weather/2021/02/16/thousands-still-without-power-as-north-texas-reaches-record-low-temperature/ https://www.dallasnews.com/news/weather/2021/02/16/thousands...
- Retric 3y agoIt was the most extreme event but hardly the only such event. “In 2011, Texas was hit by the Groundhog Day blizzard between February 1 and 5, resulting in rolling blackouts across more than 75% of the state.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Texas_power_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Texas_power_crisis
- throw555chip 3y agoWe lived here in 2011, I don't recall any major issues with power that we experienced or what was reported on in any news broadcast. The only thing about weather I remember for 2011 was the excessively hot summer.
- Retric 3y agoIt got coverage at the time here’s one story in the middle of it: https://www.texastribune.org/2011/02/03/the-rolling-chain-of-events-behind-texas-blackouts/ https://www.texastribune.org/2011/02/03/the-rolling-chain-of... Here’s a deep dive if you want the nitty gritty details: https://www.nerc.com/pa/rrm/ea/Pages/February-2011-Southwest-Cold-Weather-Event.aspx https://www.nerc.com/pa/rrm/ea/Pages/February-2011-Southwest...
- vel0city 3y agoThe 2011 storm was absolutely nothing like the 2021 storm.
- Retric 3y ago2011 was a large scale snowstorm in Texas resulting in rolling blackouts for 5 days. It was very slightly less severe which meant people got power restored in the middle of it thus mitigating most issues, but 2021 only happened because they didn’t actually fix any of the issues revealed in 2021. https://www.nerc.com/pa/rrm/ea/Pages/February-2011-Southwest-Cold-Weather-Event.aspx https://www.nerc.com/pa/rrm/ea/Pages/February-2011-Southwest...
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- baq 3y agoWe've brushed +2C average vs 1900 baseline in the past few days. This means there's much more energy and moisture in the atmosphere, so what has been extreme will be par course. Summers will be hotter, but winters may see lower minimum temperatures, depends on how strong the polar vortex gets and how fast it breaks down - warmer planet means it can break down faster, to a first approximation.
- SV_BubbleTime 3y agoWhy is 1900 a base line?
- callalex 3y agoIt’s a good combination of not too far into the invention of non-renewable fuel sources but recent enough to have extensive and accurate weather observations.
- bmitc 3y agoClimate change.