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1 minute ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Wasn't his one of the few that kept power during the freeze? 

Yep.  Bottom line, one of our two family homes, a mile apart from each other, has been among the last 1% (or even fewer) to get power back in 1) the big freeze, 2) the ice storm (our home was without power 4-5 days in each one of those), and now 3) the mini-hurricane at my old man's house.

Before these, the longest we'd ever been out of power was in Houston during Alicia in 1983, and my folks after Ike in 2008 -- in both cases, well into day 3, then the power came back on.  Never for 4-5 days.  Now?  We've been without power for 4-5 days three times in five years.

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19 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Yep.  Bottom line, one of our two family homes, a mile apart from each other, has been among the last 1% (or even fewer) to get power back in 1) the big freeze, 2) the ice storm (our home was without power 4-5 days in each one of those), and now 3) the mini-hurricane at my old man's house.

Before these, the longest we'd ever been out of power was in Houston during Alicia in 1983, and my folks after Ike in 2008 -- in both cases, well into day 3, then the power came back on.  Never for 4-5 days.  Now?  We've been without power for 4-5 days three times in five years.

there's your sign

https://www.harborfreight.com/3500-watt-super-quiet-inverter-generator-with-co-secure-technology-carb-72899.html

Posted
2 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

Got a generator for our casa a few years back (used it in the ice storm).  Figured all that was going wrong at my old man's house was losing some food left in the freezer, which all things considered, was just a coupla hundred bucks worth.  Didn't think we should bug the neighbors with our (louder than the one you posted) generator just for that.

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Just now, Brisketexan said:

Got a generator for our casa a few years back (used it in the ice storm).  Figured all that was going wrong at my old man's house was losing some food left in the freezer, which all things considered, was just a coupla hundred bucks worth.  Didn't think we should bug the neighbors with our (louder than the one you posted) generator just for that.

Other idea would be some big-ass spare Yetis that can find use between weather events.

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4 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

Other idea would be some big-ass spare Yetis that can find use between weather events.

Got those, but honestly, with the freezer kinda full, it kept things frozen/cold for 2+ days (better than the yeti would do -- I have a couple of good coolers, we did use them in the snowpocalypse -- didn't even need refrigeration or ice, just filled them, topped them off with snow, and left them outside - saved the more expensive fridge and freezer items that way).

It just seems that storms and major power loss are becoming a way of life around here.  Lived in Austin nearly 40 years, and the three worst weather events for us have been in the last 5 years.

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Posted
18 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

Want to feel some nostalgia?

Presenting WeatherStar 4000.   Maybe this has been posted here before, but I couldn't find it.   He even has the music down.    You can run it in kiosk mode.  

https://weatherstar.netbymatt.com/

And here's his GitHub

https://github.com/netbymatt/ws4kp

 

 

 

Now that's one of the cooler things I've come across. Thanks for sharing. 

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It's been a while.

Unfortunately it's not going to be nearly enough to make much of a dent in LT.  We need streamflows up in the 10K-20K range to get rises that are more than a few inches.  The San Saba should help out LB over the next couple of days.

Still, a little bit is better than nada.

 

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5 minutes ago, royiv said:

Has the rain had a meaningful impact on your cistern going into summer?

Thanks for asking yep May took us from just over 10,000 to over 20,000. That will get us well into November (at an overly generous 4,000 per month)  given that we are also out of town for 3 weeks. 

I think even in drought we have proven to have a sufficient roof surface area compared to our usage to be fine.  

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10 minutes ago, troph said:

Thanks for asking yep May took us from just over 10,000 to over 20,000. That will get us well into November (at an overly generous 4,000 per month)  given that we are also out of town for 3 weeks. 

I think even in drought we have proven to have a sufficient roof surface area compared to our usage to be fine.  

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I love hearing about your home. I find everything y’all did for energy efficiency and conservation so fascinating.

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2 hours ago, troph said:

Thanks for asking yep May took us from just over 10,000 to over 20,000. That will get us well into November (at an overly generous 4,000 per month)  given that we are also out of town for 3 weeks. 

I think even in drought we have proven to have a sufficient roof surface area compared to our usage to be fine.  

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I have cistern envy.  Are you using it for solely for irrigation or other purposes?

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Posted
13 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

I have cistern envy.  Are you using it for solely for irrigation or other purposes?

All water except for sprinklers and pool. But garden / plant watering and all home uses are cistern. We were shocked to find out how much water pools use. Wow. 

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38 minutes ago, troph said:

All water except for sprinklers and pool. But garden / plant watering and all home uses are cistern. We were shocked to find out how much water pools use. Wow. 

Is it just from the initial fill up or ongoing refills? Never owned a pool.

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1 hour ago, troph said:

All water except for sprinklers and pool. But garden / plant watering and all home uses are cistern. We were shocked to find out how much water pools use. Wow. 

 

Many, many years ago, when I was in college, I ran the municipal swimming pool in our fair town for 3 summers.  Now, by "ran" I had zero to do with lifeguards, concessions, whatnot.  I was the ugly kid who was given the task of making sure the PH levels were fine, that the ratio of piss to water was satisfactory, switch over the chemical tanks when they ran low, visit with the health department when they came out periodically to test the water etc.

The pool held 1.2 million gallons.  It would easily lose on average around 20,000 gallons per day from evaporation, people splashing water out, cracks in the bottom of the pool, people getting out of the pool and having water drain off of them, etc.   The pool had two 4 inch faucets that were used to fill the pool; we would open up one of them partially to top off the pool after it closed for the day.  

My last summer there, they hired a company that came in before hours, put on scuba equipment, and were to "seal" the cracks in the pool with some special caulking that was supposed to cut the water losses in half, but after they were done, we still were losing around 20K per day.

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