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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (3934)	4/17/2006 11:53:26 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 24213

dallasnews.com Higher temps lead to rolling blackouts in North Texas Residents urged to limit electricity use 04:51 PM CDT on Monday, April 17, 2006 From Staff Reports: Texas experienced rolling blackouts on Monday as folks turned on their air conditioners when temperatures rose. The problem is that many power generators shut down in April for maintenance. So the supply of electricity can't meet the unexpected demand that the heat caused. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. is also calling on Texans to cut electricity use to only essential needs. The council, which operates the state's electricity grid, also called on transmission companies, like TXU Electric Delivery, to temporarily cut off electricity to neighborhoods on a rolling basis. The transmission companies won't cut off critical customers, like hospitals or nursing homes, said ERCOT spokesman Paul Wattles. He said it's been a few years since Texas initiated rolling blackouts. [ Parent \| Reply to This ] [new] Leanan on Mon Apr 17 at 6:37 PM EST KVUE in Austin has a little more detail: Officials say there was not enough power generation to serve the demand, thanks to unseasonably hot temperatures and power plants out for maintenance. Blackouts were ordered for areas across Texas. Temperatures reached record highs for the second day in a row in Central Texas. The temperature at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) reached 100 degrees by 5 p.m. The previous record, set in 1987, was 90 degrees. Temperatures across Central Texas were in the upper 90s and low 100s. Temperatures were expected to reach record highs again on Tuesday. Last month, energy usage was up six percent compared to March last year. So far in April, energy use is up 16 percent compared to last year. I guess it's time to pay for that mild winter we had... theoildrum.com

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (3934)	4/18/2006 12:40:42 AM
From: Bill on the Hill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24213

men after my own heart. looks like my $13.50 mark is made. out go the 100 oz bars. in go the new seeds and fruit trees. maybe another glock. we do not have monkey wards catalogs anymore. toilet paper is among the premium items that are worth storing. i have bolts and nuts. fifty pound cans of them. been carrying them around for twenty five years. love old radios. i have an old ham set, nice shortwave radio. both tube types. extra transmitter tube in the closet storage above where i type. two feet in front of me next to the monitor is a Roberts 720A reel to reel. A good friend brought it back from nam and i have it. pristine shape and i have ten or twelve reels of ooooold grateful dead recordings on them. probably some songs never heard but by a few...... i can run that off my solar. ten pairs of boots, five pair of felt slippers. twenty jeans and twenty pair of wool socks. new. still in the wrappers. the ten dollar a pair kind. naw. they are twelve dollars a pair. lots of blankets. stored in big plastic rubbermaid containers. stacked against the north wall. sure helps keep out the cold. jackets of all kinds, hats, scarves, gloves. shovels and more shovels, rakes, three wheelbarrows, three bikes, extra tires, couple extra trucks, kawasaki 500 dirt bike, sledge hammers (6), saws, drills, welder, tractors, trailers, engines, generators (extra genset head). rubber gloves, N95 particle masks (200), tyvek suits with hoods (bought them for spraying), booties (disposable), extra razor knives, great asst. needles (stitched myself up a few times i got in fights) that really pissed off my wife when i got the thread out in front of the boys and sewed my hand up...... bug out pack weighs a hundred twenty pounds. five feet long and thirty inches diameter. stove, sleeping bags (2), tents (2), tarps (dark green - 3), cooking utensils, tiny tv set, radios, tools, one hour fuses (5), weapon. its by the door on a high shelf. lots more over at the ex'es house. she has the bullets....... i could go on but its a work in progress. and i believe in a soft landing..... but ready for a hard one. need more pot. ps: we are already in iran. it is foregone that we attack imho. this one will not be pretty. $100 oil will soon be a thing of the past. GET WHATEVER "IT" IS, NOW.....