Anyone know what's up with Magnora?

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[–]magnora7 16 insightful - 3 fun16 insightful - 2 fun17 insightful - 3 fun -  (10 children)

Hey I'm doing ok, just dealing with some bad shit here in Texas. Lost power for 3 days, dealing with freezing temps indoors, and no water for several days, my water main burst, still don't have water, no repair guys available for weeks, no water available at stores because everyone is having the same problem, it's not good. I'll be fine though, but I've been extremely busy dealing with this disaster.

[–]Jesus 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

A texan. You know when they get snow an apocalypse occurs. Water main bursting is bad. Hope you get everything sorted out.

[–]magnora7 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I've been in Texas for 14 years now. I've seen snow 3 times in those 14 years. All other times, it melted within an hour or two. This snow stayed for 4 days. That just doesn't happen in south-east Texas.

Literally 100k+ peoples houses water mains burst in houston. They're all built with basically exposed pvc pipe going in to the house for the mains, because it literally never gets this cold for this long, so they all burst the same way. No plumbers for weeks probably. At least there is bottled water available now though, there wasn't even that a couple days ago, and grocery stores were closing at 3pm because they sold everything they had... it was pretty wild for a bit there

[–]Jesus 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

It was a very curious bunch of snow storms, I'll say that. Why are the mains above ground? I thought it was more common for them to be under ground below the front line. I mean I know Texas is hot but they do have a few ski mountains the farther west you go.

Glad you're okay.The homeless population probably had a rough time too.

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I thought it was more common for them to be under ground below the front line.

They are, but then there's a short bit exposed before it goes in to the side of the house at 4'

Yeah it was a very tough situation and despite the hardships I know a lot of people had a worse time of it.

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    [–]magnora7 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    Thanks. I'm doing okay now, it looks like the temps have warmed back up, and there's finally bottled water to buy on the shelves for the first time in days. The main thing now is my house doesn't have water, and it will be probably a week until I can get a plumber to come out because everyone else also needs a plumber for the same reason.

    Just be patient, I'll be back. Don't make any big changes to the site please, status quo is best. I appreciate your hard work, because I do know exactly how hard it is. Thank you.

    [–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

    Best wishes.

    (Perhaps when services are restored, I'd be really interested in hearing your thoughts on the political situation in Texas, particularly with regard to preparations for natural disasters, concerns about Federal regulations, politicians, &c.)

    [–]magnora7 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    Thanks. Yeah that's something I've been thinking about, I'll do a little write-up when I return

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      [–]magnora7 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

      Thank you. The coal and nuclear plants also froze up! That's the craziest part. We lost 30GW of power production at the worst of the freeze and only 8GW of that lost was wind. The rest was coal and nuclear, who had water cooling lines that froze up because they weren't insulated or heated