• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

Record Cold forces Rolling blackouts for the state of Texas

Same story here in San Antonio. My normal 20 minute commute took a good hour due to traffic signals at major intersections being out. Given the temps for the next two days I would expect this to continue for some time.
 
Facilities in Texas are simply not designed or built with 9 degree weather in mind, just like you don't build a plant in Ontario to handle 108 degree heat. Because of this, water pipes froze and burst at many power generating plants causing them to go offline. Also, because of the massive draw on natural gas by homes, that meant there was a severe drop in pressure in the natural gas lines causing natural gas fired electric plants to have trouble and go offline.

The rolling blackouts at my home in the Dallas area were MUCH longer than 15 minutes. They averaged 30 minutes at a time, but when power came back it would only stay on for 5 minutes before dropping again for another 30 minutes. Started at 6am when outside temp was 11 degrees. I've got natural gas heat, but of course you have to have electricity to run the fans to blow the hot air out of the furnace. It is incredible how quickly your house gets cold in that situation!

I used to live in Boston and Philadelphia, so I know cold. BUT, this still sucks.
 
Houston is doing it too. Not really in my part of Houston, but other places are.
 
This happened in Denver during the 2006 chaser convention. People were getting stuck in elevators at the hotel, and at least one speaker was running presentation devices off of vehicle power.
 
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