Texas power outages 051624

[CleverNickname]

I got hurricane-level rain for about an hour last night, but no power outage, which was strange because usually my power will go out if a butterfly sneezes.

[Rex G]

The NWS has determined that it was a tornado in the Cypress area, where we have seen the twisted and toppled power line towers.

It is interesting to see and hear the statements of folks who say they have never seen anything like this. Often, those statements include indications or direct statements that they are relative newcomers to this part of Texas. I have been here on the Texas Coastal Prairie, my entire life. This was a fierce spring storm, unusual, but not unprecedented, in its ferocity. Some of the places that received quite the pounding were farmland, ranch land, or simply undeveloped land, for much of my living memory. Recently, developers have been trying to pave the planet, moving outward from the Houston metro area, including the areas to the west and northwest of Houston that have long been well-known as anvils, upon which the spring storms hammer the earth.

It ain’t “climate change.” It is Climate, Unchanged.

[RoyGBiv]

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Thanks for sharing this.

[Trooper224]

We have some peeps in Huston. They lost part of their fence and a tree, but other than lost power they're okay. She's a native Texan and he's a Kansas native, so from them it's no big deal.

[LittleLebowski]

The NWS has determined that it was a tornado in the Cypress area, where we have seen the twisted and toppled power line towers.

It is interesting to see and hear the statements of folks who say they have never seen anything like this. Often, those statements include indications or direct statements that they are relative newcomers to this part of Texas. I have been here on the Texas Coastal Prairie, my entire life. This was a fierce spring storm, unusual, but not unprecedented, in its ferocity. Some of the places that received quite the pounding were farmland, ranch land, or simply undeveloped land, for much of my living memory. Recently, developers have been trying to pave the planet, moving outward from the Houston metro area, including the areas to the west and northwest of Houston that have long been well-known as anvils, upon which the spring storms hammer the earth.

It ain’t “climate change.” It is Climate, Unchanged.

Didn’t they use to call these storms “northers” or something like that?

[Rex G]

Didn’t they use to call these storms “northers” or something like that?

A “norther” is simply a cold front. A “blue norther” is a strong cold front, that clears the skies, and gets us really cold. Well, at least in this part of Texas. Texas is large enough to have five to seven different accents/dialects and cultures.

[jh9]

Texas power outages 051624

Without delimiters (5/16/24) I thought that was a counter of some sort-- Texas power outage 51,624-- and figured "yeah that seems about right."

Hopefully they get it sorted. Surprisingly no loss further inland. Around here if there's a good stiff breeze it'll go out for a few minutes.