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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3797477" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>We were in South Tx during their major power outage two winters ago.</p><p> When there is a sustained widespread, total blackout of power, the gas stations couldn't pump without electricity, and the propane companies could only fill the trucks using generators to pump the propane into the trucks until they ran out of fuel for the delivery trucks and generators. </p><p>Natural gas was the only source of energy for some homes that were plumbed with it. </p><p>The first couple of days wasn't much of a problems as a lot of stations had gas, but when the first week rolled over everything came to a halt. </p><p>People were using their EV's to power their homes and RV's until they ran out of fuel.</p><p> We kept our batteries charged with a pickup using what fuel we had in the tank. Fortunately our RV's propane tanks were full and we had a couple of spare bottles, but there was an end to that coming as temps remained in the 20's. </p><p>A buddy that lives there year around had a friend with a full 1000 gallon propane tank, so we took some of our empty bottles and got a refill. </p><p>We made it just fine, but alot of folks had burst pipes as the temps never get below the 40's at it's worst in South Tx. Same latitude as Miami Florida.</p><p>It was amazing to see how energy supplies started shutting down when fossil fuels weren't present. </p><p>Everything comes to a halt including the wind farms that froze up and the solar farms covered in ice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3797477, member: 5412"] We were in South Tx during their major power outage two winters ago. When there is a sustained widespread, total blackout of power, the gas stations couldn't pump without electricity, and the propane companies could only fill the trucks using generators to pump the propane into the trucks until they ran out of fuel for the delivery trucks and generators. Natural gas was the only source of energy for some homes that were plumbed with it. The first couple of days wasn't much of a problems as a lot of stations had gas, but when the first week rolled over everything came to a halt. People were using their EV's to power their homes and RV's until they ran out of fuel. We kept our batteries charged with a pickup using what fuel we had in the tank. Fortunately our RV's propane tanks were full and we had a couple of spare bottles, but there was an end to that coming as temps remained in the 20's. A buddy that lives there year around had a friend with a full 1000 gallon propane tank, so we took some of our empty bottles and got a refill. We made it just fine, but alot of folks had burst pipes as the temps never get below the 40's at it's worst in South Tx. Same latitude as Miami Florida. It was amazing to see how energy supplies started shutting down when fossil fuels weren't present. Everything comes to a halt including the wind farms that froze up and the solar farms covered in ice. [/QUOTE]
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