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1 minute ago, atomheartbevo said:

Do people really believe we could just bury all of our power lines?

We have underground sewer systems don’t we?

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5 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Holy fucking shit, tell me that you have not lived very long in Austin and/or have never dug in your yard without telling me you have not lived very long in Austin and/or have never dug in your yard.

Do people really believe we could just bury all of our power lines?

 

We can.  All of the power lines in my neighborhood are buried.  It's just not feasible from a capitol outlay perspective.  Would need to be done piece by piece as upgrades are performed.

Good luck Austinites. When are things supposed to thaw out? A number of coworkers of mine are still without power.

7 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Holy fucking shit, tell me that you have not lived very long in Austin and/or have never dug in your yard without telling me you have not lived very long in Austin and/or have never dug in your yard.

Do people really believe we could just bury all of our power lines?

 

Die, you unbridled cunts. 

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AE should put a Bond on a future ballot with ALL of the expense of burying ALL electric lines and then see which people want to spout out off about how much they want it.

2 minutes ago, JesusSweatDuck said:

We can.  All of the power lines in my neighborhood are buried.  It's just not feasible from a capitol outlay perspective.  Would need to be done piece by piece as upgrades are performed.

Oh, we can, but the cost would be enormous.  It makes sense in some brand new subdivisions, but it’s not going to happen in Austin proper on any large scale.

10 minutes ago, zman13 said:

Number of houses without power continues to go up

 

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And it just went up another 3,000-4,000.  Hopefully this is just them catching up with previous outages and nothing new from the stuff moving through.

My power did not go out during snowpocalyose, but here we are now with no power. Lines are buried in my hood and on a hospital circuit. 

4 minutes ago, Orange&White said:

AE should put a Bond on a future ballot with ALL of the expense of burying ALL electric lines and then see which people want to spout out off about how much they want it.

After the piece of shit product we're seeing from recent mobility bonds, we might not see another capital improvement bond project approved by the Austin voters anytime soon.

1 minute ago, South Austin said:

After the piece of shit product we're seeing from recent mobility bonds, we might not see another capital improvement bond project approved by the Austin voters anytime soon.

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Had power for almost 90 seconds.

Also need to work unbridled cunts into more conversations.

Didn’t the state just have a huge surplus?  I know they have most of that earmarked for the homeless problem, education and health care but maybe they can spring some loose for infrastructure. 

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Just now, Ghost of LL said:

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Worthy of laughter.  But I remember Steve Adler campaigning like hell for the 2016 mobility bond (he got my law firm to contribute to that bullshit) because he knew that Austin voters had gotten incredibly stingy on capital improvement projects, specifically dealing with infrastructure, over the past several voting cycles. 

2 minutes ago, South Austin said:

After the piece of shit product we're seeing from recent mobility bonds, we might not see another capital improvement bond project approved by the Austin voters anytime soon.

 

1 minute ago, Ghost of LL said:

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Austin voter have no concept about how bond elections work. They simply cannot make the connection between approving a bond and the increased cost of living. That is why the approve 98% of the ones that are proposed tp them.

Just now, Homercles said:

Didn’t the state just have a huge surplus?  I know they have most of that earmarked for tax cuts, education and health care but maybe they can spring some loose for infrastructure. 

Now my turn.

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16 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Holy fucking shit, tell me that you have not lived very long in Austin and/or have never dug in your yard without telling me you have not lived very long in Austin and/or have never dug in your yard.

Do people really believe we could just bury all of our power lines?

 

 

7 minutes ago, Orange&White said:

AE should put a Bond on a future ballot with ALL of the expense of burying ALL electric lines and then see which people want to spout out off about how much they want it.

I worked in telecom for 15 years. It's not energy but burying lines is the same.

There's a reason why Telecoms don't go back and bury all hanging lines. IT"S FUCKING EXPENSIVE!

Anything can be made full proof if you're willing to spend a shitton of money, money which, you know, will be passed to consumers.

 

"Why is my electric bill so got damned high!!!!!"

5 minutes ago, South Austin said:

After the piece of shit product we're seeing from recent mobility bonds, we might not see another capital improvement bond project approved by the Austin voters anytime soon.

Sir, may I interest you in some bike lanes?

I wouldn’t trust any of the numbers from AE. Their outrage reporting system is borked. 

7 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

My power did not go out during snowpocalyose, but here we are now with no power. Lines are buried in my hood and on a hospital circuit. 

You know 1/1,000,000,000 of my pain. 

Shit, we are losing two poles on our block so my power will go soon when they finally come down.  No way schools can be open if this many are without power.

 

1 minute ago, crash_davis said:

Sir, may I interest you in some bike lanes?

Sure, bike lanes, libraries, and parks -- voters gobble up that shit.  But fixing our roads and other infrastructure?  Not as enthused.

Now would also be a good time to remind everyone that the Austin City Council pilfers over $100M per year from AE and uses it for Council people's pet projects and economic incentives to corporations. 

Instead of, you know, repair and maintenance and tree trimming.

 

4 hours ago, Anastasis said:

Thank god there are no gusting winds or this would be a total shit show. 

 

4 hours ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

Oh thanks, man, you've jinxed us!

 

10 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

My power did not go out during snowpocalyose, but here we are now with no power. Lines are buried in my hood and on a hospital circuit. 

Mother Nature sees your buried power lines and says:

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7 minutes ago, South Austin said:

After the piece of shit product we're seeing from recent mobility bonds, we might not see another capital improvement bond project approved by the Austin voters anytime soon.

Austin voters?

Dear lord. 

RRISD school canceled again tomorrow.  Fuck

4 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

 No way schools can be open if this many are without power.

 

How does home insurance typically work with downed trees?  Do most policies cover events like this one?

I've generally just had our landscaper take care of the work out-of-pocket during similar incidents however we have extensive damage this time around and I'm wondering if it may be worth having insurance take a look.  Easily $4-5k+ in removal upcoming.  

Just now, Chet Steadman said:

How does home insurance typically work with downed trees?  Do most policies cover events like this one?

I've generally just had our landscaper take care of the work out-of-pocket during similar incidents however we have extensive damage this time around and I'm wondering if it may be worth having insurance take a look.  Easily $4-5k+ in removal upcoming.  

I don't recall it being weather related, but back in 2005 or so a large limb fell on the roof of my first home in Austin causing some, but not extensive damage.  USAA covered it without issue. 

7 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

Sir, may I interest you in some bike lanes?

Now that we can count elon as an austin resident, he'll probably swindle the city into paying him to bury all our bike lanes

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Then we got a decent break (although more stuff could form up south of us, but so far no) until dinnertime or so. I'm still hoping that temps will climb into the 33+° range by "sunset" (whatever that is!). Temps are not going to go down now the next 12-24 hours - just up, so I'm squeezing hard rooting for that.
 

Back later, I'd imagine.

1 minute ago, Chet Steadman said:

How does home insurance typically work with downed trees?  Do most policies cover events like this one?

I've generally just had our landscaper take care of the work out-of-pocket during similar incidents however we have extensive damage this time around and I'm wondering if it may be worth having insurance take a look.  Easily $4-5k+ in removal upcoming.  

Tree fell on my house a few years ago. Filed a claim. Insurance covered roof repairs and tree removal, minus the deductible. 

2 minutes ago, Chet Steadman said:

How does home insurance typically work with downed trees?  Do most policies cover events like this one?

I've generally just had our landscaper take care of the work out-of-pocket during similar incidents however we have extensive damage this time around and I'm wondering if it may be worth having insurance take a look.  Easily $4-5k+ in removal upcoming.  

Insurance typically doesn't cover landscaping.  Now if it fell into your house, they'd pay to repair that

On 1/31/2023 at 9:26 AM, ftf82 said:

My mother in law has been visiting since January 7. Her flight back to Albuquerque today was canceled yesterday, so we rescheduled for the same time on Wednesday. Which I'm sure will shortly be canceled. We'll have better luck playing pickup sticks with our butt cheeks than we will getting her a flight back to New Mexico by Friday.

Street was blocked this morning with a down tree (we are on a one way in/out dead end street). Got an Uber to pick up mother-in-law on the other side of the downed tree and got her to the airport. Flight just took off. Dry January just ended (literally).

Just now, ftf82 said:

Street was blocked this morning with a down tree (we are on a one way in/out dead end street). Got an Uber to pick up mother-in-law on the other side of the downed tree and got her to the airport. Flight just took off. Dry January just ended (literally).

There's a dude driving Uber today? Damn, hats off to that dude. Rent is due.

Just now, ftf82 said:

Street was blocked this morning with a down tree (we are on a one way in/out dead end street). Got an Uber to pick up mother-in-law on the other side of the downed tree and got her to the airport. Flight just took off. Dry January just ended (literally).

But your mom's February will be incredibly wet.

1 minute ago, ftf82 said:

Street was blocked this morning with a down tree (we are on a one way in/out dead end street). Got an Uber to pick up mother-in-law on the other side of the downed tree and got her to the airport. Flight just took off. Dry January just ended (literally).

You motivated son of a bitch.

Just now, South Austin said:

But your mom's February will be incredibly wet.

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2 minutes ago, Chet Steadman said:

How does home insurance typically work with downed trees?  Do most policies cover events like this one?

I've generally just had our landscaper take care of the work out-of-pocket during similar incidents however we have extensive damage this time around and I'm wondering if it may be worth having insurance take a look.  Easily $4-5k+ in removal upcoming.  

It depends. Any damage to structures on your property? That one is usually covered. For the rest, I think it is policy dependent.

18 minutes ago, DaysOff said:

Had power for almost 90 seconds.

Also need to work unbridled cunts into more conversations.

And now, please direct your attention to the unbridled cunts giving the safety demonstration and thanks again for flying United. 

if your power just went out around Spyglass and Mopac, this is your reason.

 

3 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Power just came back on for five seconds and then off again.

So Red Five is standing by?

 

 

 

I'll show myself out.

8 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

if your power just went out around Spyglass and Mopac, this is your reason.

 

I wonder if it's going to be like whack-a-mole for Austin Energy throughout the day.

2 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I wonder if it's going to be like whack-a-mole for Austin Energy throughout the day.

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