February 1, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, South Austin said: I wonder if it's going to be like whack-a-mole for Austin Energy throughout the day. It's going to be one long ass day. "Didn't we just fix this neighborhood 3 hours ago? Fuck!"
February 1, 20232 yr We just dropped to more than 30% of addresses without power again. It dropped by several thousand and then shot back up to 163,000. But 69% have power…
February 1, 20232 yr Pretty crazy sitting at my desk looking out the back window and just hearing/watching trees crash down every few minutes. Fortunately, I haven't lost too much from any of my oaks, which is frankly amazing since the branches are touching the ground (when they're normally 10-12' up). On the plus side, most of what has fallen are junipers that were too tall for me to safely cut down myself.
February 1, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said: We just dropped to more than 30% of addresses without power again. It dropped by several thousand and then shot back up to 163,000. But 69% have power… I believe you live relatively close to my hood, maybe a bit south in Rosedale. Do you have power yet? I'm sitting in my nice warm downtown office and wondering when I make the trip back home.
February 1, 20232 yr I’ve lost a lot of big oak branches. I think one tree is probably toast. Luckily got on a schedule for a tree service
February 1, 20232 yr Haven't heard from dripping springs isd but if the others are cancelling I am guessing we are too
February 1, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, UTexasFight said: This (hackberry) is my concern, dude… Hackberrys are shitty trees. they come down easily.
February 1, 20232 yr 15 minutes ago, South Austin said: I believe you live relatively close to my hood, maybe a bit south in Rosedale. Do you have power yet? I'm sitting in my nice warm downtown office and wondering when I make the trip back home. so not South Austin?
February 1, 20232 yr 18 minutes ago, South Austin said: I believe you live relatively close to my hood, maybe a bit south in Rosedale. Do you have power yet? I'm sitting in my nice warm downtown office and wondering when I make the trip back home. That’s my area, but we haven’t lost it yet, but the poles on our street are leaning over. There’s a lot of sporadic outages between the hospital area and where you live. I’m claiming the hospital district as the reason we haven’t lost it, but like I said, poles up and down the streets are leaning. Edited February 1, 20232 yr by atomheartbevo
February 1, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, yoladu said: so not South Austin? Haven't lived in South Austin (Barton Heights area) since 2006. It was my Hornfans handle, and I kept it for Shaggy and this site.
February 1, 20232 yr 1 hour 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. There will be an “unhoused right of way” walking bridge over every overpass bond done in no time, and it’ll pass.
February 1, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, atomheartbevo said: I’m claiming the hospital district as the reason we haven’t lost it, but like I said, poles up and down the streets are leaning. I think that's the reason I wasn't part of the rolling outages in Feb. 2018 (I'm closer to the state health services dept. on North Loop, but I think that's "protected" as well). I only lost power back then because ice eventually forced a tree limb onto a line close to my house.
February 1, 20232 yr 14 minutes ago, yoladu said: Hackberrys are shitty trees. they come down easily. I nearly died helping @NorthLoop take down a dead one in his old backyard.
February 1, 20232 yr 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. The Hills?Its been out since 2am in the 34. I heard a whole power pole snapped down the road so not expecting it back soon. We were down 3 days in 21.Wood burning stove and batteries for the laptops so we will be fine.Lost two decent limbs on my 160 year old live oak is kind of a bummer. And my neighbors shitty Hackberry is unscathed of course. POS is invincible.
February 1, 20232 yr Hackberrys are shitty trees. they come down easily.Older ones do nothing but drop limbs. Younger ones can be chopped down, poisoned, burned and cursed and grow back 30' tall in two years and block my view. And then spread thier spawn all over my property too.Kill em all.
February 1, 20232 yr Popular Post Lost this epic tree in our neighborhood today. Had to be one the biggest.
February 1, 20232 yr With another 18-24 hours before we get above freezing it's going to be really ugly tomorrow at this time.
February 1, 20232 yr 7 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said: With another 18-24 hours before we get above freezing it's going to be really ugly tomorrow at this time. 18-24 hrs? Where? Should be at or above 32 in all of austin metro right now and for the next several hours, and be back above freezing tomorrow morning. my weather widget doesn’t even have austin proper freezing tonight. Edited February 1, 20232 yr by Pato del Muerto
February 1, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, dieucla98 said: Lost this epic tree in our neighborhood today. Had to be one the biggest. Wow, that's fucking depressing
February 1, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said: 18-24 hrs? Where? Should be at or above 32 in all of austin metro right now and for the next several hours, and be back above freezing tomorrow morning. I don't think that's right (unless Wunderground weather stations are inaccurate:
February 1, 20232 yr 9 minutes ago, dieucla98 said: Lost this epic tree in our neighborhood today. Had to be one the biggest. Was it already marked for some reason?
February 1, 20232 yr 31 minutes ago, Born to Run said: The Hills? Its been out since 2am in the 34. I heard a whole power pole snapped down the road so not expecting it back soon. We were down 3 days in 21 Nope. But 38. Everyone we have talked to out here is without power, from falcon head to lake point over to old lakeway. Hope the twins is running off a backup generator.
February 1, 20232 yr Just now, Pato del Muerto said: Was it already marked for some reason? I was wondering that as well - I don't remember how long that mark has been on there.
February 1, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said: 18-24 hrs? Where? Should be at or above 32 in all of austin metro right now and for the next several hours, and be back above freezing tomorrow morning. my weather widget doesn’t even have austin proper freezing tonight. I've got 31 on my app (StormShield). It may be a degree or two warmer but nothing is really melting. Maybe it gets above freezing late tomorrow morning. We seem to be losing a limb every other hour. Just hoping nothing goes through the roof. That's the best outcome. Tonight's going to suck.
February 1, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, dieucla98 said: I don't think that's right (unless Wunderground weather stations are inaccurate: Yeah, about right. Shit's not melting and the trees already under strain have a long night ahead of them. Edited February 1, 20232 yr by Wally Pryor
February 1, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, utee94 said: Hackberries are almost as bad as The Derrell. Hate the Derel.
February 1, 20232 yr Shit is melting like crazy down in south Austin. My roof is almost ice free and dry.
February 1, 20232 yr Anyone know if the area of Spicewood Springs heading down to 360 has ice patches? I may need to take that way to a friends house later this afternoon.
February 1, 20232 yr Been misting/drizzling for about the last hour in Westlake and many more trees are all of a sudden cracking and dropping branches and limbs. Unless we get some solid rain to help melt off the ice faster before the wind hits tomorrow morning it's going to be apocalyptic in the Hills of WL
February 1, 20232 yr It is 33.4 by the lake per my weather station that is protected from ice and about that on a old patio thermometer. So I am rolling with what phd said. It will not get colder. I hope. Edited February 1, 20232 yr by HOOKEM4
February 1, 20232 yr 11 minutes ago, dieucla98 said: I don't think that's right (unless Wunderground weather stations are inaccurate: According to that my house should be 30 degrees but I look outside and I see water dripping from everywhere. It is sprinkling so need to account for that, but my widget says 32 and that’s more what it looks like.
February 1, 20232 yr 6 hours ago, HenryJames said: I think the dude on the left in clown shoes is doing the sign for Pauly Shore. He trying to remember which one he picked his nose with and.......which one he picked his ass with.
February 1, 20232 yr Two Oncor trucks rolled up across the street about a half hour ago. There are overhead power lines back there where it is in the CoA limits. Our Brushy Creek MUD utilities are all underground. Edited February 1, 20232 yr by Armybrat
February 1, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, yoladu said: Hackberrys are shitty trees. they come down easily. Ugh, the hackberrys that we were on schedule to remove are looking strong as hell, while all of our poor cedar elms are disintegrating around us.
February 1, 20232 yr Sooo, any news on power in south austin? Been out since 6:48. Near st David's south and didn't lose power during snowpocalypse but of course we do now
February 1, 20232 yr 34 minutes ago, dieucla98 said: Lost this epic tree in our neighborhood today. Had to be one the biggest. No! Is that near Deep Woods?
February 1, 20232 yr SW Austin here and I suspect we're hovering at freezing. Would either appreciate a warm up of a degree or two or I thought I heard legit rain would actually raise the temperature. Our ice is nuts.
February 1, 20232 yr In 78730, and i hear water running off the trees and roof pretty consistently now. Still hearing lots of crashes in the branches but it seems to be ice falling not more limbs.
February 1, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, texasdago said: Our ice is nuts. Stay outside for too long, and you should just reverse that statement.
February 1, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said: Sooo, any news on power in south austin? Been out since 6:48. Near st David's south and didn't lose power during snowpocalypse but of course we do now Go to the Austin Energy Outage map, and zoom into your neighborhood. Click the icon closest to your address, and look at the "Crew Status." I don't know where you live, but I clicked on the icon that had the little guy with a hard hat on next to it. That's the only one in your area that has a crew assigned to it. All the others say pending.
February 1, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, South Austin said: I think that's the reason I wasn't part of the rolling outages in Feb. 2018 (I'm closer to the state health services dept. on North Loop, but I think that's "protected" as well). I only lost power back then because ice eventually forced a tree limb onto a line close to my house. We keep getting power flickers. I think it’s a case of power going out and then being rerouted in from another direction. Looking at the Austin Energy map, in your general area, to the north of Hancock and between Burnet and Shoal Creek it showed around 2,700 without power. I’m not sure how far those boundaries extend or if it’s multiple outages or what. No crews assigned yet. Looks like HEB or somewhere close to it is out. Edited February 1, 20232 yr by atomheartbevo
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