power outages - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/power-outages/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Sat, 20 Feb 2021 02:40:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 power outages - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/power-outages/ 32 32 103504436 Causes of Power Outages – Minus the Politics https://houstonnewmedia.org/causes-of-power-outages-minus-the-politics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=causes-of-power-outages-minus-the-politics Sat, 20 Feb 2021 02:40:30 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=24394 To clearly see what actually caused recent power outages and the collapse of the Texas grid, it helps to separate the issue from politics. As with flooding, the contributing causes are numerous. And they don’t become apparent until rare events conspire to bring them into sharp focus. That happened this week when millions of people […]

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]]> 111057 NWS Issues Second Winter Storm Warning, Worse than First https://houstonnewmedia.org/nws-issues-second-winter-storm-warning-worse-than-first/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nws-issues-second-winter-storm-warning-worse-than-first Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:07:24 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=24355 As of 6 PM Monday, more than a million people in Harris County remain without power. And the National Weather Service has issued a second winter storm warning this week. It could be worse than the first. Expect more freezing precipitation and even colder temps. The warning lasts from midnight tonight until 6AM Thursday. Here […]

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]]> 109826 Rolling Power Outages, Freeway Overpasses Closed, Even Colder Temps Coming https://houstonnewmedia.org/rolling-power-outages-freeway-overpasses-closed-even-colder-temps-coming/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rolling-power-outages-freeway-overpasses-closed-even-colder-temps-coming Mon, 15 Feb 2021 14:20:11 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=24347 A crippling winter storm continues to ravage the region. Overnight, ice and snow accumulated on roadways. All major freeway overpasses closed. Both airports remain closed until further notice. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has started rolling blackouts lasting 15-45 minutes. Centerpoint just reported that one fourth of all customers in the Houston region are […]

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