Mesquite Texas Giving Out Free Firewood

  • mahtofire14
    Mahtomedi, MN
    Posts: 10922
    February 18, 2021 at 3:46 pm #2016043

    Guess I better stock up on wood for my smoker…..

    Brad Dimond
    Posts: 1276
    February 20, 2021 at 9:18 am #2016407

    Brother still stuck in Irving TX just texted “I have heat, food, water and bullets. I am OK bunkered up here.” Roads expected to clear of ice today, he’s hoping to fly home to MSP tomorrow.

    blackbay
    mn
    Posts: 820
    February 20, 2021 at 9:45 am #2016409

    I’m wondering what is different between our windmills and natural gas lines and those down south. Do they use thinner lubricating oils in the windmills? Why don’t the blades on ours have icing issues that make it on the news? Why don’t our gas lines freeze?

    glenn57
    cold spring mn
    Posts: 10432
    February 20, 2021 at 10:03 am #2016411
    blackbay wrote:

    I’m wondering what is different between our windmills and natural gas lines and those down south. Do they use thinner lubricating oils in the windmills? Why don’t the blades on ours have icing issues that make it on the news? Why don’t our gas lines freeze?

    they interviewed a texan on the news thew other night, along with some other news tidbits……. they said houses are not built down there to retain heat like ours up here are, and our gas and water lines, in places where needed are designed and insulated.

    blackbay
    mn
    Posts: 820
    February 20, 2021 at 12:54 pm #2016429
    glenn57 wrote:

    they interviewed a texan on the news thew other night, along with some other news tidbits……. they said houses are not built down there to retain heat like ours up here are, and our gas and water lines, in places where needed are designed and insulated.

    I knew about the the way they build houses, but they must not run the gas lines the same way as here either.

    crappie55369
    Mound, MN
    Posts: 5755
    February 20, 2021 at 12:59 pm #2016430

    Wind turbines have weatherproofing applied in Northern climates. They failed in Texas because they don’t apply that. That’s what I heard in the news anyway

    hdog3385
    Posts: 148
    February 20, 2021 at 1:26 pm #2016434

    One of the primary reasons the wind turbines failed is because they didn’t change the gear oil like we do here in the north. My cousin used to do maintenance on these turbines and now is involved in the construction of them. In the northern climates they use 3 different weights of oil, one for spring/fall, another for summer and another for winter.

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