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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Five SFF Books Featuring Frigid, Icy Worlds
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 21:25:04 -0500
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On 7/18/2024 7:49 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 7/18/2024 12:50 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 7/18/2024 12:15 PM, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
>>> On 18/07/2024 07.50, John Savard wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:18:48 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>>>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That is awesome compared to Hurricane Ike which had major areas
>>>>> without power for up to six weeks.
>>>>
>>>> Hurricane Ike destroyed stuff that had to be replaced.
>>>>
>>>> I presume this outage is due to too many people turning on their air
>>>> conditioning at once, so all they have to do is flip the breakers.
>>>
>>> You somehow missed hearing anything about Beryl?
>>>
>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Beryl>
>>>
>>> "[...]  The second named storm, first hurricane, and first major 
>>> hurricane
>>> of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, Beryl broke many meteorological
>>> records for the months of June and July, primarily for its unusual 
>>> location,
>>> intensity, and longevity."
>>
>> We have been living the dream of Beryl down here in Houston for almost 
>> two weeks now.  Lived on the genny for four days.  Walking outside, it 
>> was a concert of genny's in all directions.
>>
> Partly because Texas refuses to be connected to the rest of the North 
> American power grid....

Sigh.  The Texas Grid alone is not much smaller than the east and west 
power grids that have their own problems.  Tying lots of things together 
is not always a good solution.

BTW, the Texas grid is tied to the eastern, northern, and Mexican power 
grids through several DC interconnections in Oklahoma and ???.  The 
amount of power that can be transferred either direction is around 1,000 
MW the last time I looked.
    https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards

We (ERCOT) were pulling 600 MW off the eastern grid today after the 
solar power plants stopped making power between 6pm and 8pm.  The solar 
power shutdown is becoming quite a problem with 20,000 MW at noon with a 
clear sky and then the total fade away from 6 pm to 8 pm.  Today it 
popped the price from $25/MWh to $120/MWh.  I have seen it as much as 
$2,000/MWh when the dusk wind did not come up and the wind turbines 
stayed at 3,000 MW and did not move up to 10,000+ MW as they usually do.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_curve

Lynn