Peckish

Hmmm. Maybe my kids will have to detach themselves from their various electronic brain-sucking machines (AND those of their friends) long enough for me to see their precious faces.

Tink's Mom

We get brownouts when the power gets too overloaded...I think sometimes that they are worse....It makes the airconditioner work harder, because it isn't getting sufficient power.

butterflies5518

rolling blackouts started in Houston yesterday 15-45 minutes

magnolia

Because of the medical necessity. These customers usually have red plugs or their power company knows not to turn off their power.

Great-great granny

This was on one of the Austin TV news FB pages tonight from a weatherman:


"Wow...the news just doesn't get any better, does it? Texas A&M State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon says not only was July 2011 the hottest month EVER RECORDED in Austin, it was the HOTTEST MONTH ON RECORD FOR TEXAS! And, he proclaimed that this is now OFFICIALLY THE MOST SEVERE ONE-YEAR DROUGHT ON RECORD FOR TEXAS."

It is still 102 where I live no. of Austin & it's 10 PM!!!

THANK EVERYONE WHO IS SENDING PRAYERS FOR SOME RELIEF.

TanyaL

Talking about the electricity reminds me to share this with you. We had a service call on our air conditioner today. Here are the tips we were given to help our AC unit. Turn it completely off at least 30 minutes once or better, twice, a day, so that it can completely cool the motor down. (We're doing this around 7:00AM and 11:00pm) Clean those filters every 2 weeks! With the drought here in Texas the air is so filled with dust that the filters clog up within 2 weeks and then the AC runs hotter. Wash your compressor frequently with the water hose - every few days - the dust in the air is that bad! We also live on a dirt road. We had to tell the man to start looking for a good buy on a new but scratched and dented unit since he said that was the best buy on a furnace/AC unit. He had just bought a unit for himself like that. The furnace goes into a closet, the compressor sits outside - why would we care if both were scratched or dented and the price reduced? It's the reduced price we care about.Just hope he finds a unit before this old one of ours finally dies. It's 17 years old.

alikat110

We are with kinetic energy.

wanda lou

So sad.

dglvr

Wow I couldn't imagine doing all that. Good luck to all of you in the heat. I'll quit complaining about our 90's here.
I wish I could move to Alaska in the summer.

wolfkitty

Praying for all in the awful weather! My son lives in Austin. He hasn't talked about the weather As I said, I am just praying for everyone!