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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:57 PM Original message |
Texas warns of rolling blackouts amid power shortages after air conditioners go on overdrive as stat |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. The office where I work just re-booted after a ten minute blackout |
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daa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. They can pray nt |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I thought Gov Good Hair (Thanks Molly Ivins) already did lead a prayer service on this issue. |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Apr. 21, 2011 Gov. Perry Issues Proclamation for Days of Prayer for Rain in Texas |
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daa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 08:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Here in Georgia |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. i may be wrong here, but, in the old days, in them parts .... |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
42. A lot of us don't pray but thanks...You can keep your religions... |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thank God there's no global warming |
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orwell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. + 100 n/t |
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ShockediSay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Or climate change n/t |
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Yavapai (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. Will this Texas drought never end??? |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Our Texas drought will not end any time soon. |
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Yavapai (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. So we will see another "Dust Bowl" in the coming depression. |
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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. I'm seeing areas to the immediate west and southwest of Ft Worth turning |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. We've had temps here in Fort Smith of over 100F since July 4th. |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I met some ranchers driving through OK... |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. Crazy bad here. |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. No doubt god is punishing TX for... |
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japple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. I feel guilty, here in Georgia, for complaining of 92-98 degree days. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
15. We had one on Wednesday... |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. To lose air conditioning at this point would be a death sentence. |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Ahhh! poor little things...good luck to you. nt |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. And it was, unfortunately, for one Dallas woman |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Tell me about it, been 111 all week around Hope, Arkansas |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. yes the crackheads who stole the old woman's AC killed that woman dead |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:42 AM Response to Original message |
20. So far cool in LA. Can't believe it, but it has been a basically |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
21. I live in Dallas, supposed to be 107 today |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I've always wondered about that. |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:19 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. I am originally from Alabama and dry heat is way better. |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Some people have been "rooting" for the record to be beat |
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Gin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. years ago I lived in San Diego and temps hit 111...Yikes...we had |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. This looks more like a garfish than an alligator. |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Not an alligator. No legs. |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Looks like a alligator gar. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. they are alligator gars |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I know, I hate to see the suffering due to the weather we aere having. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
31. Too many people |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. are you out of your gourd? ARKANSAS is not known for its extreme heat |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Is there ANY subject for which |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 12:02 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Are you? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
34. I hope the weather breaks and that there is enough power for people. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Me too. n/t |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
43. Why don't they hire some Native Americans to do a rain dance? nt |
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