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yellowdogintexas

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3. this one is not a grid issue. There is no grid in the entire South that can

Reply to snowybirdie (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 6, 2023, 10:46 AM

Feb 2023

recover from a massive ice storm like this one. Trees fall and take out power lines.
I was just in Austin and it is going to take a while; Austin has a LOT of trees.

If we had an ice storm like that one, my red oaks would be dropping branches - big heavy branches. Our neighborhood is full of large old trees; it would be a royal mess.

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It could be another week before some Austin Energy customers get power back [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 OP

It was a lot of ice. Cracklin Charlie Feb 2023 #1

Didn't Beto snowybirdie Feb 2023 #2

this one is not a grid issue. There is no grid in the entire South that can yellowdogintexas Feb 2023 #3

Austin has a beautiful tree canopy! Texasgal Feb 2023 #6

Ice storms are catastrophic ga_girl Feb 2023 #4

It would be hard to imagine how much damage the ice storm caused last week. We had 5 trees walkingman Feb 2023 #5