Texas City - Shelter in Place

[WildBill]

Three refineries, including a BP unit where a 2005 explosion killed 15 people, and a Dow Chemical plant lost electricity in outages that led to shelter-in-place emergency alerts and the cancellation of public schools today in Texas City.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?secti ... id=8093951" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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[puma guy]

Three refineries, including a BP unit where a 2005 explosion killed 15 people, and a Dow Chemical plant lost electricity in outages that led to shelter-in-place emergency alerts and the cancellation of public schools today in Texas City.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?secti ... id=8093951" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article ... ext%7CNews" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

We've been having rolling outages in my part of town the last few days. I was told it was for repairs, but now I wonder. If the Texas Grid is this bad already what will summer bring? I worked in refining for 35 years and our plant was first tier and kept power except in extreme circumstances. I would think Texas City petro-chem facilities would likewise be first tier or last to be effected also, but maybe not. Doesn't look good for the really hot weather of summer.